Inventory of the Educom records, 1963-1972

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.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Educom.
Title: Educom records, 1963-1972
Language of Material: English
Extent: 3.75 Linear Feet, 3750 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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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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Collection is open for research.

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Use Restrictions

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.

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Nominating Committee, 1966 March 8

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Office of Naval Research, 1967 July 20

Box 1

Network for Triangle Area, 1966 September-October

Box 1

National Science Foundation, 1965-1967

Box 1

National Meeting, Tallahassee, FL, 1967 March 15-16

Box 1

National Institutes of Health, 1967 March

Box 1

National Environmental Health Sciences Center, 1966 June-July

Box 1

Travel Expenses, 1965-1968

Box 1

Montgomery, Edison, 1965-1967

Box 1

Task Force Information Networks, 1965-1967

Box 1

Miscellaneous: Brochures, correspondence, bio sketches, 1972

Box 1

EDUCOM: Report of the Summer Study on Information Networks, preliminary draft, 1966 September

Box 1

EDUCOM: Research Report, Agricultural Sciences Information Network Development Plan, 1969 August

Box 1

Organization and Personnel, Subcommittee on, 1965

Box 2

Presidency, 1965-1967

Box 2

Publications, Miscellaneous, 1965-1967

Box 2

Regan, Peter F., 1965-1966

Box 2

Releases, undated

Box 2

Reports, 1966-1967

Box 2

Reprints, 1966-1967

Box 2

Summer Study, Study in Educational Communications Networks, 1966

Box 2

Summer Study Grant, 1966

Box 2

Task Forces, 1965-1966

Box 2

Task Force, Computer-Based Clinical Operations, 1967-1968

Box 2

Task Force, Continuing Education, 1966-1967

Box 2

Task Force, Copyrights and Patents, 1965-1967

Box 2

Task Force, Educational Systems and Technologies, 1966-1967

Box 2

Periodical, Networks for Higher Education, 1972

Box 2

Spring Conference, 1972

Box 2

Annual Meeting, 1971 October

Box 2

Fourth Annual Meeting, 1968 October 15-16

Box 2

Conference on Educational Communications, Duke University, 1966 April 13-15

Box 3

EDUCOM Bulletin, 1966-1972

Box 3

Advanced Research Project Agency, 1972

Box 3

Meeting, 1968 May 14-15

Box 3

Agenda, 1965-1967

Box 3

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), 1957

Box 3

Associated Universities, Inc., 1964

Box 3

Baruch, Jordan, 1968

Box 3

Becker, Joseph, 1966-1968

Box 3

Benefits and Responsibilities, undated

Box 3

Budget, 1965-1967

Box 3

Computer-based Educational Systems, undated

Box 3

Computer Printouts, 1963, 1965

Box 3

General Correspondence, 1965-1972

Box 3

Anlyan, William G., 1964-1967

Box 3

Bylaws, Interuniversity Communications Council, Inc., 1964-1972

Box 3

Educom: Final Report, 1972 June

Box 3

Diffusion of Computer Systems in Higher Education, Subcommittee on, 1967

Box 4

Directory, 1965-1967

Box 4

Dues, 1968-1970

Box 4

Educational Communications Networks, 1967

Box 4

EDUNET, 1966

Box 4

EIN Project, 1969-1971

Box 4

Financial Statements, 1967

Box 4

Ford Foundation, 1966-1967

Box 4

General Information, 1965-1967

Box 4

General Learning Corporation, 1966

Box 4

Goals and Objectives, Committee on, 1967

Box 4

Memorandum for Institutional and Trustee Representatives, 1968-1971

Box 4

IBM, undated

Box 4

Instructional Television, Subcommittee on, 1967

Box 4

INTRACOM, 1967

Box 4

Annual Report to the Kellogg Foundation, 1967 June 8

Box 4

Kellogg Grant, 1965-1967

Box 4

Member Universities, 1966-1967

Box 4

History, 1965-1966

Box 5

Minutes, 1967-1970

Box 5

Minutes, 1964-1966

Box 5

Mental Retardation, 1969

Box 5

Miller, James G., 1965-1968

Box 5

Missouri, University of, 1967

Box 5

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.