Archived Information

Rutherford H. Adkins,

Interim President, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee

Judy C. Bailey,

General Manager, AccuTek Assemblies, Inc., Manassas, Virginia

Phil Baird,

President, National Indian Education Association (NIEA), Washington, DC

Daniel Basalone,

Principal and Director, Professional Development Collaborative, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California

Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann,

Director of Research and Development, A World Of Difference Institute, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Los Angeles, California

Ted Brandhorst,

Director, ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, Laurel, Maryland

Douglas Carnine,

Director, National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Diane Childs,

Education Librarian, University Research Library, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Donna Christian,

President, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC

Sheila Clawson,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Arthur M. Cohen,

Professor and Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Community Colleges, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Anita M. Colby,

Associate Librarian, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Library, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

William J. Corbin,

Assistant Director for Administration, Learning Technology Center, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

John D'Amicantonio,

Associate Librarian, California State University at Long Beach and Immediate Past Chair, Education Division, Special Libraries Association (SLA), Long Beach, California

Sylvia E. Dean,

Research Specialist, Evergreen School District, Vancouver, Washington

Anne Marie Del Vecchio,

Director of Professional Development, Special Libraries Association (SLA), Washington, DC

Mary E. Dilworth,

Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Washington, DC

Dennis D. Embry,

Chief Executive Officer, Heartsprings, Inc., Tuscon, Arizona

C. Ray Ewick,

Director, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana

Roxanne Fulcher,

Director of Government Relations, Special Libraries Association (SLA), Washington, DC

Edward S. Gleaves,

State Librarian and Archivist, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee

Marjorie B. Green,

Director of Education, A World Of Difference Institute, Anti-

Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Los Angeles, California

Monica Hagan,

Reference Librarian, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

Michael Harrison,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Robert M. Hayes,

Director, CELCEE Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education, Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Arthur E. Hernandez,

Assistant Professor of Education, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Charlotte Higuchi,

Director, Language Arts Project and Elementary School Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California

Melissa Hinkson,

Instructor and Director, Instructional Materials Center, School of Education, Howard University, and National Advisory Board Member, American Associate of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Washington, DC

Carrell P. Horton,

Dean of Academic Affairs, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee

David R. Johnson,

Project Director, National Transition Network, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michael D. Klapper,

Co-Director, National Research Center for Science Teaching and Learning (NCSTL) and Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, College of Mathematics and Physical Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Leah A. Lievrouw,

Student, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Marion MacLean,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Sharon E. McNeil,

Director, Pullias Reference Center, Los Angeles County Office of Education,

Marian Mohr,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Jerry A. Neff,

Superintendent, Hebron Public Schools, Hebron, Nebraska

Mary Ann Nocerino,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Brian D. Ray,

President, National Home Education Institute and Associate Professor, Western Baptist College, Salem, Oregon

Harold Richtol,

Division of Undergraduate Education, Education and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Virginia

Maryanne Roesch,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Courtney Rogers,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Lawrence Rudner,

Executive Director, ERIC Executive Committee and Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Nancy D. Safer,

Interim Executive Director, The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Reston, Virginia

Betsy Sanford,

Walnut Hill Center, Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia

Jeanne Hurley Simon,

Chairperson, U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), Washington, DC

Birute Sinkeviciute,

Private Teacher of Violin, Educational Television Producer, and Parent Volunteer, Los Angeles, California

Lynn Smarte,

Director, ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, Maryland

Lynn Sorsoli,

Student, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Paula Squires,

Curriculum Director, Anadarko School District, Anadarko, Oklahoma

Gerald E. Sroufe,

Director of Governmental and Professional Liaison, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, DC

Barak Stussman,

Information Specialist, ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, Maryland

J. Maurice Travillian,

Assistant State Superintendent for Libraries, Maryland State Department of Education and President, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), Baltimore, Maryland

Helga Visscher,

Education Librarian, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Linda Weber,

Director, Education Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Arthur L. White,

Co-Director, Professor of Science Education National Research Center for Science Teaching and Learning (NCSTL) and Professor of Science Education, College of Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Jane Williams,

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), Washington, DC

Lee Winslow,

Instructor, Mathematics Department, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego Community College District, San Diego, California

Lee L. Xia,

Professor of Mathematics, University of New Hampshire and Resident Fellow, Division of Undergraduate Education, Education and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation (NSF), Durham, New Hampshire

Nancy L. Zussy,

Washington State Librarian and Immediate Past President, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), Olympia, Washington

The Task Force also wishes to acknowledge the assistance and encouragement of senior officials in the U.S. Department of Education, including the Secretary of Education, Richard E. Riley; the Deputy Secretary, Madeleine E. Kunin, now U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland; the Under Secretary, Marshall S. Smith; and the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Sharon P. Robinson. This report and the work of the Task Force were greatly facilitated by the Executive Director of the National Library of Education, Blane K. Dessy, who served as Designated Federal Official; and by E. Stephen Hunt, Director for Planning and Policy, National Library of Education, who managed the Task Force operations and supervised preparation of the report. Other National Library of Education and Department staff who assisted the Task Force include:

Ann V. Bailey John N. Blake Nancy J. Cavanaugh Maura A. Daly Nancy L. Floyd

Inez M. Frazier John B. Lyons Keith M. Stubbs Cynthia A. Tapscott

Appreciation is extended to the staff of ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, Maryland for hosting a visit of the Task Force on March 31, 1996; the staffs of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Community Colleges and the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, for hosting the Task Force meeting on July 31-August 2, 1996; and to the staffs of the University Library and Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee for hosting the Task Force meeting on October 30-November 1, 1996.

Finally, the Task Force acknowledges the services of Capital Hill Reporting, Inc., Washington, DC, CSR & Associates, Inc., San Diego, California, and Hughes, Markhum & Jeske, Nashville, Tennessee in preparing and making available verbatim transcripts of Task Force meetings.
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[Appendix C: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Used in this Report]

[Appendix E: Members of the NLE Advisory Task Force]