Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 06:00:38 -0800 From: jessea@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: Resource Input to Federal system needed ERIC (the Education Resources Information Center) is "a federally funded national information system that provides access to an extensive body of education-related resources." (quoting from their own literature). The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, containing more than 900,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. It is accessible to the general public but is probably used most often by educators themselves, the people WE want to reach, and teach, and sensitize. There are 16 ERIC Clearinghouses nationwide which provide a variety of services, products, and resources at all education levels BUT MOST OF THEIR STUFF IS NOT LGBT INCLUSIVE, OR AT LEAST NOT SPECIFICALLY AND EXPLICITLY SO. WE HAVE TO FIX THIS, so that folks everywhere can access excellent LGBT resources through this federal electronic system. What follows is quoted from their own literature: "TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE DATABASE, SEND ONE LEGIBLE COPY ALONG WITH A REPRODUCTION RELEASE FORM (available from any ERIC component) TO THE ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER. You may submit documents to the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility if you are unsure which clearinghouse is appropriate." Below please find SOME of the ERIC Clearinghouses to which YOU should consider submitting good LGBT material for inclusion. If you are not the author of such material, but know someone who is such an author, or the publisher of such material, get in touch with them to PLEAD with them to do this. COUNSELING AND STUDENT SERVICES University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Education 1000 Spring Garden St. Greensboro NC 27412-5001 Toll free 800-414-9769 phone= 919-334-4114 Fax= 919-334-4116 Internet= ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION University of Illinois 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Urbana IL 61801-4897 Toll free 800-583-4135 phone= 217-333-1386 Fax= 217-333-3767 Internet= READING, ENGLISH, AND COMMUNICATION Indiana University Smith Research Center 2805 East 10th St. Suite 150 Bloomington IN 47408-2698 Toll free 800-759-4723 phone= 812-855-5847 Fax= 812-555-4220 Internet= SOCIAL STUDIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION Indiana University Social Studies Development Center 2805 East 10th St. Suite 120 Bloomington IN 47408-2698 Toll free 800-266-3815 phone= 812-855-3838 Fax= 812-555-0455 Internet= TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 610 Washington DC 20036-1186 Toll free 800-822-9229 phone= 202-293-2450 Fax= 202-457-8095 Internet= URBAN EDUCATION Teachers College, Columbia University Institute for Urban and Minority Education Main Hall, Room 303, Box 40 525 W. 120th St. NY NY 10027-9998 Toll free 800-601-4868 phone= 212-678-3433 Fax= 212-678-4048 Internet= RURAL EDUCATION AND SMALL SCHOOLS Appalachia Educational Laboratory 1031 Quarrier St. POB 1348 Charleston WV 25325-1348 Toll free 800-624-9120 phone= 304-347-0400 Fax= 304-347-0487 Internet= ERIC Processing and Reference Facility ARC Professional Services Group Information Systems Division 1301 Piccard Dr., Suite 300 Rockville MD 20850-4305 Toll free 800-799-ERIC (3742) phone= 301-258-5500 Fax= 301-948-3695 Internet= FEDERAL SPONSOR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) 555 New Jersey Ave NW Washington DC 20208-5720 Telephone: 202-219-2289 Fax: 202-219-1817 Internet: Be prepared to FOLLOW-UP ON YOUR MATERIAL SUBMISSIONS, AND TO FIGHT FOR THEIR INCLUSION. We will stand by you and help with action alerts...keep us posted!!! *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ YOU MAY RE-POST OR PRINT, WITH ATTRIBUTION Jessea Greenman The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project*; ph/fax: 510-601-8883 586 62nd St. Oakland, CA 94609-1245 To get to our gopher, gopher to "gopher.outright.com" Point a web browser at http://www.outright.com/project21 Another Web site, courtesy of "Gay & Lesbian Web Alliance": URL: http://emanate.com/glwa/proj21 Or try http://www1.usa1.com/~furball/glb/person.html/ (provided courtesy of Claude DiDomenica of Children's Animated Television) The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project is *always* looking for volunteer organizers. If interested, please contact Jessea as shown above. Please cc us on all correspondence you send or receive regarding one of our action alerts...we file it ALL! Thanks! *P.E.R.S.O.N. (copyrighted) stands for Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally.