Despite the development of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), strategies for bringing the capacities of educational research and development to local educational agencies have been largely ignored. This report suggests the need for "linking" strategies to bridge the gap, and proposes how they might be implemented. Requirements for linking agencies and personnel and for the linker's access to resources are defined, and procedures for building effective linkage are proposed. The recommendations are summarized in two appended tables. (SK)