A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

FOR RELEASE                                Contact:  Jim Bradshaw December 23, 1994                                  (202) 401-2310

EDUCATION DOCUMENTS NOW ON INTERNET "ONLINE LIBRARY"

Reporters, policymakers and parents can retrieve the full text of the recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) -- via the Internet -- through the U.S. Department of Education's "Online Library."

"With the Online Library, we hope to help reinvent government and improve customer service by expanding access to information," said Deputy Education Secretary Madeleine Kunin.

The service, also known as "INet," features entire "electronic shelves" of information on GOALS 2000, school-to-work, family involvement, ESEA and technology. It's run by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Also available:

Descriptions of more than 75 promising schoolwide programs under Title I of ESEA;
Strong Families, Strong Schools (a recent report based on 30 years of research about parent and family involvement in education);
Moving America to the Head of the Class: 50 Simple Things You Can Do;
A Teacher's Guide to the U.S. Department of Education;
Reports by the National Education Goals Panel, including portions of the Community Action Toolkit;
The National Commission on Time and Learning's Prisoners of Time;
Various research reports and education statistics compilations; and
"Pointers" to other education resources on the Internet, including the National Parents Information Network.

To access Online Library, several routes are available: Worldwide Web (WWW) -- The department's WWW server can be reached through the uniform resource locator (URL) at: "http://www.ed.gov/". The ESEA legislation is located under "Department-wide Initiatives."

Gopher -- To use gopher, type the address, "gopher.ed.gov". Or, select NorthAmerica->USA->General->U.S. Department of Education from the All/Other Gophers menu on your system. Within that directory, the ESEA legislation is located under: "Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and Early Childhood->Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (ESEA)/".

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) -- Type the address "ftp.ed.gov". Log on as "anonymous."

E-Mail -- E-Mail users can reach the department's catalog and Mail Server instructions by addressing, "almanac@inet.ed.gov". In the body of the message type, "send catalog." (Avoid the use of signature blocks and leave the subject line blank.)

The department does not offer public access Gopher or WWW clients. Users must either have an appropriate Gopher or WWW client (such as NCSA Mosaic or Lynx) or be able to telnet to a public access client. The department's public servers may not be accessed directly by telnet. For speed and ease of use, Gopher and Mosaic/Lynx are the preferred access methods.

Suggestions or questions about the contents of the WWW, Gopher, FTP and Mail servers may be addressed to:

             E-mail:        inetmgr@inet.ed.gov                             gopheradm@inet.ed.gov                             wwwadmin@inet.ed.gov               Telephone:     (202) 219-1547               Fax:           (202) 219-1817               Mail:          INET Project Manager                             U.S. Department of Education                             Office of Educational Research and                             Improvement/EIRD                             555 New Jersey Ave., NW, Room 214                             Washington, D.C.  20208-5725

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