Total information for educational systems records.

Collection

Identifier: CBI 138

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The Total Information for Educational Systems Records contain meeting minutes, grant prospectuses, reports, newsletters, brochures, correspondence, and questionnaires relating to the activities of the Total Information for Educational Systems (TIES) program.

Dates

1966-1978

Creator

Total Information for Educational Systems. (Organization)

Language of Materials

English

Access to materials:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Historical Note

The Total Information for Educational Systems (TIES) program was located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Its objectives were to develop a cooperative educational data processing system for the area, to establish a data processing staff devoted to the needs of elementary and secondary education, to provide for the development of an educational data processing system that could be used as a model for a state-wide data processing system, to expand the use of the computer as an educational tool, to provide specialized computer services for personnel purposes and instructional uses, to make available to school personnel new resources and instructional techniques, to provide a system for better dissemination of information among schools, and to develop a means of exchange of student information.

Extent

3 boxes (1.67 cubic feet)

Additional Description

Abstract

Records contain meeting minutes, grant prospectuses, reports, newsletters, brochures, correspondence, and questionnaires relating to the activities of the Total Information for Educational Systems (TIES) program.