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[Identification of item], Educom records, University Archives, Duke University.
The Educom records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1977.
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Accession A77-30 is described in this finding aid.
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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.
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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