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Size | 6 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4,600 items) |
Abstract | RTPnet is an online community network for the Research Triangle Park area (including Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and surrounding towns) of North Carolina. It is a volunteer-driven, membership-based service of Public Information Network Inc., previously known as Triangle Free-Net, and is dedicated to helping North Carolina nonprofit organizations leverage Internet tools to promote and support their missions. The collection documents the organizational progress, 1989-2015, of RTPnet. Included in the chronological files are drafts of policies, meeting agendas and minutes, organizational charts, user guides, materials related to RTPnet publications, conference materials, project descriptions, correspondence regarding requests for public access terminals at the Chapel Hill Public Library, quarterly status reports to Orange County, financial information, grant proposals, NCTech4Good materials, and Community Networking newsletters, among other items. Clippings and copies of local news articles and other publications from the 1990s that discuss affordable Internet access and its potential benefits, the emergence of electronic democracy, and other technology issues are also included. Subject folders contain tax information, user guides, certificates, bylaws, attendee lists, evaluation forms, emails, and other items. Other materials include correspondence between RTPnet and individuals and groups that used RTPnet's Internet services and disk space and a videotape, "Community Computing: If it plays in Peoria ...," which describes the Heartland Free-Net of Peoria, Ill., one of the largest freenets of the early 1990s. |
Creator | RTPnet. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jessica Sedgwick,p November 2006
Encoded by: Jessica Sedgwick, November 2006
Updated by: Mary Oliva, July 2017
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RTPnet is an online community network for the Research Triangle Park area (including Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and surrounding towns) of North Carolina. It is a volunteer-driven, membership-based service of Public Information Network Inc., which is dedicated to helping North Carolina nonprofit organizations leverage Internet tools to promote and support their missions. Public Information Network Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation incorporated in August 1990, doing business as RTPnet, and previously known as Triangle Free-Net.
Back to TopThe collection documents the organizational progress, 1989-2015, of RTPnet, an online community network for the Research Triangle Park, N.C. Included in the chronological files are drafts of policies, meeting agendas and minutes, organizational charts, user guides, materials related to RTPnet publications, conference materials, project descriptions, correspondence regarding requests for public access terminals at the Chapel Hill Public Library, quarterly status reports to Orange County, financial information, grant proposals, NCTech4Good materials, and Community Networking newsletters, among other items. Clippings and copies of local news articles and other publications from the 1990s that discuss affordable Internet access and its potential benefits, the emergence of electronic democracy, and other technology issues are also included. Subject folders contain tax information, user guides, certificates, bylaws, attendee lists, evaluation forms, emails, and other items. Other materials include correspondence between RTPnet and individuals and groups that used RTPnet's Internet services and disk space and a videotape, "Community Computing: If it plays in Peoria ...," which describes the Heartland Free-Net of Peoria, Ill., one of the largest freenets of the early 1990s.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Includes drafts of policies, mission statements, and bylaws, meeting agendas and minutes, organizational charts, user guides, materials related to RTPnet publications, conference materials, project descriptions, volunteer management, correspondence regarding requests for public access terminals at the Chapel Hill Public Library, quarterly status reports to Orange County, financial information, grant proposals, and Community Networking newsletters, among other items. Clippings and copies of local news articles are included from the early 1990s which discuss affordable Internet access and its potential benefits throughout society, emergence of electronic democracy, and other technology issues.
Folder 1 |
1989 |
Folder 2-4
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4 |
1990 |
Folder 5-7
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7 |
1991 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1992 |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
1993 |
Folder 12-16
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16 |
1994 |
Folder 17-22
Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22 |
1995 |
Folder 23-25
Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
1996 |
Folder 26-27
Folder 26Folder 27 |
1997 |
Folder 28-30
Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
1998 |
Folder 31-32
Folder 31Folder 32 |
1999 |
Folder 33-34
Folder 33Folder 34 |
2000 |
Folder 35-42
Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42 |
2001 |
Folder 43-49
Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49 |
2002 |
Folder 50-54
Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54 |
2003 |
Folder 55-59
Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59 |
2004 |
Folder 60-63
Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63 |
2005 |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Files kept by the organization in separate subject folders contain tax information, user guides, certificates, bylaws, attendee lists, evaluation forms, emails, and other materials. Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 64 |
Attendee Lists |
Birchwood Learning Center |
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Bylaws |
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Certificates |
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Community Technology Center net |
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Folder 65 |
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Evaluation forms |
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Exploring RTPnet |
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Exploring the internet |
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Folder 66 |
Getting started using a computer |
Forums |
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WWW Board |
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Folder 67 |
File Management |
Job hunting online |
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National Public Telecomputing Network |
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Folder 68 |
Public terminals |
Students engaged in technology |
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Folder 69 |
Tax forms |
Folder 70 |
Training |
Web |
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Word processing |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Contains correspondence between RTPnet and individuals and groups who utilized RTPnet's Internet services and disk space. Also included is a videotape, "Community Computing: If it plays in Peoria ...," which describes the Heartland Free-Net. Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 71 |
Old Users (A-C) |
Folder 72 |
Old Users (D-G) |
Folder 73 |
Old Users (H-M) |
Folder 74 |
Old Users (N-Q) |
Folder 75 |
Old Users (R-S) |
Folder 76 |
Old Users (T-Y) |
Videotape VT-5297/1 |
"Community Computing: If it plays in Peoria ...," (14:28) from the National Public Telecomputing Network, 1991.Describes Heartland Free-Net of Peoria, Ill., one of the largest freenets of the early 1990s. |
Arrangement: Original order.
Contains meeting minutes, annual reports, conference materials, research and presentations on hosting services, and correspondence related to various activities of RTPnet.
Folder 77 |
Net Tuesday/501 Tech Club, 2008-2009 |
Folder 78 |
NCTech4Good meetings, 2010 |
Folder 79 |
NCTech4Good meetings, 2011-2012 |
Folder 80 |
NCTech4Good meetings, 2013-2014 |
Folder 81 |
NCTech4Good meetings, 2015 |
Folder 82 |
NCTech4Good Conference 2010, 25 June 2010 |
Folder 83 |
NCTech4Good Conference 2011, 15-16 April 2011 |
Folder 84 |
NCTech4Good Conference 2012, 4 May 2012 |
Folder 85 |
NCTech4Good Conference 2013, 6-7 June 2013 |
Folder 86 |
NCTech4Good Conference 2014, 5-6 June 2014 |
Folder 87 |
NCTech4Good Conference 2015, 4-5 June 2015 |
Folder 88 |
RTPnet Hosting Shutdown, 2014 |
Folder 89 |
RTPnet Board Meetings, 2006-2008 |
Folder 90 |
PIN, Inc./RTPnet, 2009-2012 |
Folder 91 |
PIN, Inc., 2013-2015 |
Folder 92 |
CiviCRM, 2006-2007 |
Folder 93 |
Drupal, 2008 |
Folder 94 |
Scrap Exchange, 2008 |
Folder 95 |
NCLA, 2007-2009 |
Folder 96 |
Content, 2004-2007 |