The role model for this program is Dan O'Brien, an athlete who holds the world record in the decathlon and won the gold medal in that event at the 1996 Olympics. He overcame many obstacles to become a successful athlete, and he attributes his success to the goal-setting strategies he learned in school. Students who take part in this program can write to Dan O'Brien in care of the ERIC Clearinghouse and will receive a letter, biography, and other materials at no charge. The Directory enables Internet users to search more than 4,000 national, regional, and state organizations including information centers, comprehensive and technical assistance centers, and many other types of programs, services, and organizations. Each entry in the calendar includes the conference name, date, location, topic, and target audience as well as the sponsor's contact information.
Users can search the calendar several ways, and it's updated continually.
The Wizard also allows users to load more than 80 prepackaged search strategies on current educational topics. Users can revise the strategies to suit their needs or use the strategies as a starting point. The strategies were developed by the best reference librarians in the ERIC system. This catalog includes more than 15,000 records from more than 200 collections, creating easy access regardless of where the materials reside on the Internet. The series supplements recent bibliographic citations from ERIC with an analysis of the important issues.