Hi, Rachel.  Not every single ERIC document is available online yet.  I do
remember seeing a news item that the full text is supposed to go back to
1988 now.  If you go to the ERIC website and click on "News" you will see
a couple of relevant news releases.  There is one that is supposed to lead
to lists of documents available online.

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/resources/html/news/

Does this help?

Sincerely,

Barbara Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Axe Library
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg KS  66762
620-235-4884
bpope@pittstate.edu

> Mark,
> This does not answer your question about policies for discarding
> microfiche but my question is - does ERIC really provide all their ED
> documents online? Ive come across on more than one occasion instances
> whereby documents are not available online yet?? and as we do not have a
> reader I have no way in which to access this material.
>
> Rachel Ben-Eliezer
> Serials Librarian and Interlibrary Loan Services
> David Yellin College of Education Library
> POB 3578
> Jerusalem, ISRAEL
> Telefax.: 02-6558180
> E-Mail: rachelb@dyellin.ac.il
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Mark L. Ferguson
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 4:47 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] What to do with ERIC microfiche?
>
> Has anyone devised a policy, and rationale for the policy, on what to do
> with old ERIC microfiche?  Our library serves a small Catholic liberal
> arts college with a dynamic educational program.  We had a standing
> order for microfiche from ERIC until 2004 when ERIC stopped producing
> the microfiche and provided the documents for free online.  Our
> collection is huge, dating back to 1967 although certainly spotty,
> especially as you go back in years.
>
> While the ERIC database is critically important to our Education
> department, the microfiche collection is never used, and becoming more
> and more dated as the years go by.  For this reason I would like to get
> rid of it, but its a lot of microfiche to discard and I would like to
> check all my sources before I move on this.
>
> What have other people done with old ERIC microfiche?  I would be very
> interested to find out.
>
> Mark Ferguson
> Periodicals librarian, Mahoney Library
> College of  Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
>
>