Services and Associated Policies
USEIN TOOLS FOR DEVELOPMENT
The primary tools for USEIN development, as articulated above, are a listserv for members, a Web site for posting of general information with links to relevant sites, an electronic question-answering service (possibly utilizing the existing ERIC services), a directory of education information providers with keyword searching capability, and subsets of that directory that will list institutions with collaborative collection responsibilities or that will provide information about historical curriculum or education collections. Other products and tools will be identified for development by future partners and USEIN members.
It should be noted that one of the primary tools that will aid in USEIN development is the creation of operating procedures and bylaws. Although these documents will be of limited interest to the public, they will provide the framework needed to establish the ongoing philosophy and services provided by USEIN.
A critical tool necessary to USEIN operation is a formal evaluation. Criteria for these evaluations should be established at the same time as are operating procedures. Evaluation instruments used in other federal agencies may serve as models.
Services and Associated Policies