{"id":46938,"date":"2025-05-06T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=46938"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:37:18","slug":"eric-updates-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2025\/05\/eric-updates-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIC Updates, May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In March 2025, journal publishers received the following notice from ERIC. This information was also detailed in a prior LiBlog post<\/a> in April: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Department of Education is working with the Department of Government Efficiency to “reduce overall Federal spending” and “reallocate spending to promote efficiency” (EO 14222). As a result, the number of records added to the ERIC collection will be significantly reduced going forward. The number of actively cataloged sources will be reduced by approximately 45% starting April 24, 2025.\u202fSubject matter was not considered during the process to identify which sources would be made inactive.\u202f Please note that all records currently in ERIC will remain available.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On April 28, 2025, the acting director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) announced a contract renewal with the AEM Corporation and the continuation of ERIC. The announcement also stated that \u201cno content has been removed or deleted from ERIC\u201d but characterized the future as a \u201cnew phase\u201d with a \u201crefined scope\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a 50% cut to its annual budget, the future of ERIC remains uncertain. For up-to-date information on ERIC, see the ERIC Updates page<\/a> of our Education Complete LibGuide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Barshay, J. (2025, April 28). Education Department restarts online library ERIC. The Hechinger Report.<\/em> https:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/proof-points-restart-eric-ed-library\/<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitzgerald, S. R., Weaver, K. D., & Droog, A. (2025). Selecting a specialized education database for literature reviews and evidence synthesis projects.\u202fResearch Synthesis Methods<\/em>,\u202f16<\/em>(1), 30\u201341.\u202fdoi:10.1017\/rsm.2024.11<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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