Publications IDENTIFIERS *ERIC

This peper prOvides'a brief history of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), as well as an overview of.the present status of the ERIC system, i.e., its management, technical operations, current products and aervices, curract plans, and projected new activities. After an account of the legislative mandate that resulted in the formation of ERIC, the organization's beginnings and early developmental history are recounted. A management perspective on the presekt state of ERIC is then presented, which includes an outline bf ERIC's'orgaltizational mission, objectives, agd functions; a summary of ERIC's Atructure; and a description of the governmental environment within which ERIC functions. The operational aspects of ERIC are also addressed, wfth specifid attention devoted to ERIC system components (Central,ERIC