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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2500 items) |
Abstract | The University of North Carolina established its Computation Center and purchased a mainframe computer in 1959, primarily to assist faculty in analyzing research data. In 1967, Administrative Data Processing (later Administrative Information Services) was established to help university departments manage their administrative data. In 1987, the Computation Center became Academic Computing Services. Academic Computing Services was part of the Division of Academic Affairs, while Administrative Data Processing was part of the Division of Business and Finance. In 1989, Academic Computing Services began reporting to the Associate Provost for Information Technology, and its name changed to Office of Information Technology. In April 1996, oversight of all campus computing was consolidated under the new position of Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. The vice chancellor headed the new Information Technology Services (ITS), which absorbed the earlier offices that had managed academic and administrative computing and networking, namely, the Office of Information Technology, Administrative Data Processsing, and the Office of Telecommunications. Later that year, the Office of Information Technology and Office of Telecommunications merged to become Academic Technology and Networks. In 2004, Academic Technology and Networks, Administrative Information Services, and Systems and Procedures were brought together under the ITS organizational structure. Records include correspondence, committee records, reports, policies, user manuals, public relations materials, photographs, and other materials related to the history of computing and networking at the university and to the administration of Academic Technology and Networks and its predecessors. Also included are materials related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center, a nonprofit organization formed in 1965 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Academic Technology and Networks. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Matthew Farrell, December 2011
Encoded by: Matthew Farrell, December 2011
Updated by Jennifer Coggins and Jackie Dean because of addition, February 2016.
Updated by Jessica Venlet, Carson Fish, and Laura Smith because of addition, January 2018
Updated by Tierra Thomas and Laura Smith, June 2019
Updated by Andrew Crook and Dawne Lucas because of addition (RT 20240408.1), June 2024
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The University of North Carolina established its Computation Center and purchased a Univac 1105 mainframe computer in 1959, primarily to assist faculty in analyzing research data. In 1967, Administrative Data Processing (later Administrative Information Services) was established to help university departments manage their administrative data. In 1987, the Computation Center became Academic Computing Services. Academic Computing Services was part of the Division of Academic Affairs, while Administrative Data Processing was part of the Division of Business and Finance. In 1989, Academic Computing Services began reporting to the Associate Provost for Information Technology, and its name changed to Office of Information Technology. In April 1996, oversight of all campus computing was consolidated under the new position of Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. The vice chancellor headed the new Information Technology Services (ITS), which absorbed the earlier offices that had managed academic and administrative computing and networking, namely, the Office of Information Technology, Administrative Data Processsing, and the Office of Telecommunications. Later that year, the Office of Information Technology and Office of Telecommunications merged to become Academic Technology and Networks. In 2004, Academic Technology and Networks, Administrative Information Services, and Systems and Procedures were brought together under the ITS organizational structure.
The Computation Center (UNCCC), dedicated in 1960, was located in Phillips Hall. In 1981, it opened its Microcomputer Laboratory. After several years of development, email accounts were made available to faculty, staff, and students in 1986.
Back to TopRecords include correspondence, committee records, reports, policies, user manuals, public relations materials, photographs, and other materials related to the history of computing and networking at the university and to the administration of Academic Technology and Networks and its predecessors. Also included are materials related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center, a nonprofit organization formed in 1965 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. Files are those of Judith H. Hallman, who worked in several positions related to academic computing and was the university webmaster prior to her retirement in 1999. The Addition of May 2014 contains files related to the Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI), including the files of the CCI director, training materials, and videos. The Addition of February 2016 contains brochures for the UNC Computation Center and ATN/ITS resources, a 1987 guide to connecting to computer services, a 1986-1987 annual report of the UNC Computation Center, and UNC Computation Center memos, 1986. Files are those of former ITS employee Jimmy Workman.
Back to TopRecords are arranged as received, and, for the most part, original file titles have been retained.
Folder 2 |
Sadler Committee, 1994-1995 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
Campus Web Advisory Committee, 1996-1999 |
Folder 5 |
History, 1982-1983 |
Folder 6-7
Folder 6Folder 7 |
Five-Year Plan, 1984, 1991 |
Folder 8 |
Correspondence and Proposals, 1982-1983Includes requests for funds for computing initiatives. |
Folder 9 |
Status Reports, 1982-1992 |
Folder 10 |
Campus Academic Computer Committee, 1983-1990Includes reports, memoranda, and other materials related to the Campus Academic Computer Committee and associated comittees and subcommittees. |
Folder 11 |
Academic Technology and Networks, 1994-1995Includes memoranda, the Office of Information Technology annual report, and other related materials. |
Folder 12 |
Interactive Computing, 1984 |
Folder 13 |
Internet Unleashed, 1993-1994Includes correspondence, legal agreements, and other related materials regarding Judith H. Hallman's contribution to Internet Unleashed. |
Folder 14 |
On Internet '94, Mecklermedia, 1994Includes correspondence regarding the inclusion of material written by Judith H. Hallman in Internet '94. |
Folder 15 |
Legal Issues, 1996Includes correspondence and related background information regarding intellectual property and the Internet. |
Folder 16 |
Sunsite, 1992-1996Includes newsletters, news clippings, press releases, and other related materials regarding a joint networking project between the university and Sun Microsystems. |
Folder 17 |
Triangle Universities Computation Center: General, 1983-1989Includes reports, press releases, publications, and other materials related to the Triangle Universities Computation Center, a nonprofit organization located in Research Triangle Park and formed in 1965 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. |
Folder 18 |
Catalog of Programs, 1972-1975, undatedIncludes indexes, flow charts, instructions, and history of catalogs of programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Triangle Universities Computation Center. |
Folder 19-33
Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33 |
Reports, 1983-1998Includes monthly, quarterly, and annual reports of Academic Technology and Networks and its predecessors. |
Folder 34 |
Internet |
Folder 35 |
History of computers |
Folder 36 |
Computer fair, 1985Contains committee minutes. |
Folder 37 |
Computer science |
Folder 38 |
Web-Walkers, 1997-1998 |
Folder 39-40
Folder 39Folder 40 |
Ra, 1994-1998Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, priorities of the web group, and other related materials. Ra was the name of the web server. |
Folder 41-42
Folder 41Folder 42 |
New Home, 1996Includes correspondence, meeting minutes, and other related materials regarding a campus-wide website redesign. |
Folder 43 |
Student Government, 1994-1995Contains correspondence and a statement of purpose regarding Student Government's Information Technology Task Force. |
Folder 44-47
Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47 |
INFO, 1987-1997Includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, proposals, design charts, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's public INFO system, which went online in 1988 and moved to the web in 1994. |
Folder 48 |
Steering committee |
Folder 49 |
Kill info |
Folder 50 |
Terminals |
Folder 51 |
INFO, 1987-1997 |
Folder 52 |
History of Center, 1951-1984Includes proposals, memoranda, press releases, news clippings, and other materials regarding the history of the University of North Carolina Computation Center. |
Folder 53 |
Menus |
Folder 54-56
Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56 |
Office of Information Technology, 1994Includes policy, informational guides, and background to technology services available at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Folder 57 |
Computation Center, 1959, undatedContains photgraphs of the University of North Carolina Comptutation Center and a draft five-year plan, undated. |
Folder 58 |
Computation Center: 25th Anniversary, 1984Includes press releases, news clippings, and other related materials regarding the 25th anniversary of the University of North Carolina Computation Center. |
Folder 59 |
Triangle Universities Computation Center, 1981-1989Correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, and other related materials regarding the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's interactions with the Triangle Universities Computation Center. |
Folder 60 |
CWIS paper |
Folder 61 |
Brochures, 1960-1973 |
Folder 62 |
Brochures |
Folder 70 |
History 1985-1998Includes memoranda, press releases, and organizational charts of the department, among other related materials. |
Folder 71 |
Poster, undatedContains draft materials for poster publicizing the INFO system. |
Folder 72 |
Conferences Attended, 1992, 1995Includes summaries of conference proceedings, as well as notes for conference presentations. |
Folder 73-80
Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
University of North Carolina Computation Center: Publications, 1968-1986Includes user guides, computation center operating policy, and original manuals for equipment and systems available in the University of North Carolina Computation Center. |
Folder 81 |
Triangle Universities Computation Center: Publications, 1974 and undatedIncludes user manuals regarding systems and equipment available at Triangle Universities Computation Center. |
Folder 82 |
Academic Computing Services: Publications, 1987-1988Includes an annual report, as well as user manuals regarding the manipulation and management of electronic data. |
Videotape VT-40224/1 |
The Future from the past: Academic Computing Services, 13 March 1990RT 20091002.1. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder 1 |
Oversize materials, 1990, undatedContains a photograph of computer knobs and switches, a poster informing students of the INFO system, and a mounted news clipping advertising INFO. |
Image Folder PF-40224/1 |
UNIVAC 1105 slides, undated |
Image Folder PF-40224/2 |
Replacing 360/75 |
Image Folder PF-40224/3 |
What is? |
Image Folder PF-40224/4 |
Other photographs |
Image Folder PF-40224/5 |
Data entry and terminals photographs |
Image Folder PF-40224/6 |
People photographs |
Image Folder PF-40224/7 |
Machine room photographs (prints) |
Image Folder PF-40224/8 |
Machine room photographs (negatives) |
Image Folder PF-40224/9 |
Univac 1105 photographs |
Image Folder PF-40224/10-11
PF-40224/10PF-40224/11 |
Slides, 1965-1985Includes images of computing equipment, the computing center, and staff members, and other subjects related to University of North Carolina Computation Center. |
Image Folder PF-40224/12 |
Comp Center, 23 August 1961 |
This addition contains files related to the Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI), including the files of the CCI director, training materials, and videos.
RT 20140502.1.
Digital Folder DF-40224/1 |
Content pilot videos, 1999 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/2 |
Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) laptop tour, 1999 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/3 |
Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) videos, 1999-2000 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/4 |
Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) report, June 2000 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/5 |
Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) reports, 2000 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/6 |
Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) video clips, 2000 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/7 |
Greenland, Nadas, & Provan videos, 2000 |
Digital Folder DF-40224/8 |
Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) director files, 2005 |
Brochures for the UNC Computation Center and ATN/ITS resources, a 1987 guide to connecting to computer services, a 1986-1987 annual report of the UNC Computation Center, and UNC Computation Center memos, 1986. Files are those of former ITS employee Jimmy Workman.
Folder 83 |
Brochures and guides, 1964-2000sBrochures and guides for the UNC Computation Center, the Triangle University Computation Center, Academic Technology and Networks, and Information Technology Services. |
Folder 84 |
UNC Computation Center memos, 1986 |
Folder 85 |
Annual report of the UNC Computation Center, 1986-1987 |
Folder 86 |
"Connecting to Computer Services, 1997" |
Reports, planning documents, and memos documenting the evolution of computer policies and usage at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Folder 87 |
Task Force on Central Computing Directions, 1992 |
Folder 88 |
Triangle Universities Computation Center Security Features memo, 1976 |
Folder 89 |
Tape storage policies, 1990-1994 |
Folder 90 |
Proposed central computing strategy for OIT, 1992 |
Folder 91 |
MVS to UNIX conversion project, 1995 |
Folder 92 |
TUCC to MVS migration, 1989 |
Folder 93 |
OIT planning retreat |