Inventory of the Educom records,
1963-1972
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Descriptive Summary
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
Educom.
Title
Educom records, 1963-1972
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet
3750 Items
Abstract
Educom (The Interuniversity Communications Council) was formed to provide universities an effective means of collaboration in their efforts to utilize the potential benefits of the emerging communications sciences for educational pursuits.
Contains materials that reflect Duke University's membership in Educom and includes correspondence, Educom Bulletins, reports, and minutes. The collection ranges in date from 1963-1972.
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Collection is open for research.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Educom records, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The Educom records were received by the University Archives as a
transfer in 1977.
Processing Information
Processed by Kimberly Sims, July 2006
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, September 2006
Accession A77-30 is described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
The Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM and INTERCOM) was organized in a preliminary fashion as a non-profit corporation at a meeting held in Denver, Colorado, in October 1964. Present at this meeting were academic officers of seven universities: Duke University, Harvard University, State University of New York, University of California, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Virginia. Its Board of Directors consisted of individuals chosen from among those proposed by institutional members and included a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Director. A Scientific Advisory Board was also established and consisted of one representative from each member institution.
Educom was formed to keep universities informed of nationwide developments in the field of communications. Interests included the storage and retrieval of information, uses of computers in research and teaching, new methods of teaching and learning and data processing in universities. The specific objectives included developing new concepts, techniques, and applications of the communications sciences developed with increasing rapidity and establishing task forces in areas of critical development.
The first Educom conference was held at Duke University in 1966 with 150 in attendance. Educom's first president, Edison Montgomery of the University of Pittsburgh, was elected. William G. Anlyan, Duke University's Dean of the School of Medicine at the time, served as the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1964-1969.
In 1998, an organization originally named the College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) disbanded and consolidated with Educom to form EDUCAUSE. Duke University remains an active member. For more information, please go to www.educause.edu.
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Collection Overview
Contains materials that reflect Duke University's membership in Educom and includes correspondence, Educom Bulletins, reports, and minutes. The collection ranges in date from 1963-1972.
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Subject Headings
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Related Material
Library Administration Records, 1930-1998
Duke University Archives
Douglas M. Knight Records, 1949-1970
Duke University Archives
William G. Anlyan Papers, 1930-1995
Duke University Archives
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Detailed Description of Collection
Container List
Box 1
Nominating Committee, 1966 March 8
Office of Naval Research, 1967 July 20
Network for Triangle Area, 1966 September-October
National Science Foundation, 1965-1967
National Meeting, Tallahassee, FL, 1967 March 15-16
National Institutes of Health, 1967 March
National Environmental Health Sciences Center, 1966 June-July
Travel Expenses, 1965-1968
Montgomery, Edison, 1965-1967
Task Force Information Networks, 1965-1967
Miscellaneous: Brochures, correspondence, bio sketches, 1972
EDUCOM: Report of the Summer Study on Information Networks, preliminary draft, 1966 September
EDUCOM: Research Report, Agricultural Sciences Information Network Development Plan, 1969 August
Box 2
Organization and Personnel, Subcommittee on, 1965
Presidency, 1965-1967
Publications, Miscellaneous, 1965-1967
Regan, Peter F., 1965-1966
Releases, undated
Reports, 1966-1967
Reprints, 1966-1967
Summer Study, Study in Educational Communications Networks, 1966
Summer Study Grant, 1966
Task Forces, 1965-1966
Task Force, Computer-Based Clinical Operations, 1967-1968
Task Force, Continuing Education, 1966-1967
Task Force, Copyrights and Patents, 1965-1967
Task Force, Educational Systems and Technologies, 1966-1967
Periodical,
"Networks for Higher Education"
, 1972
Spring Conference, 1972
Annual Meeting, 1971 October
Fourth Annual Meeting, 1968 October 15-16
Box 3
Conference on Educational Communications, Duke University, 1966 April 13-15
EDUCOM Bulletin, 1966-1972
Advanced Research Project Agency, 1972
Meeting, 1968 May 14-15
Agenda, 1965-1967
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), 1957
Associated Universities, Inc., 1964
Baruch, Jordan, 1968
Becker, Joseph, 1966-1968
Benefits and Responsibilities, undated
Budget, 1965-1967
Computer-based Educational Systems, undated
Computer Printouts, 1963, 1965
Copyright, 1968
General Correspondence, 1965-1972
Anlyan, William G., 1964-1967
Bylaws, Interuniversity Communications Council, Inc., 1964-1972
Educom: Final Report, 1972 June
Box 4
Diffusion of Computer Systems in Higher Education, Subcommittee on, 1967
Directory, 1965-1967
Dues, 1968-1970
Educational Communications Networks, 1967
EDUNET, 1966
EIN Project, 1969-1971
Financial Statements, 1967
Ford Foundation, 1966-1967
General Information, 1965-1967
General Learning Corporation, 1966
Goals and Objectives, Committee on, 1967
Memorandum for Institutional and Trustee Representatives, 1968-1971
IBM, undated
Instructional Television, Subcommittee on, 1967
INTRACOM, 1967
Annual Report to the Kellogg Foundation, 1967 June 8
Kellogg Grant, 1965-1967
Member Universities, 1966-1967
Box 5
History, 1965-1966
Minutes, 1967-1970
Minutes, 1964-1966
Mental Retardation, 1969
Miller, James G., 1965-1968
Missouri, University of, 1967
