Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN) records
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises records created by the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN) from 1990 to 2003. Materials include contracts and agreements, legal records, membership records, Board of Trustees meeting materials, promotional materials, correspondence, CDs and tapes.
Dates
- 1990 - 2003
Creator
- Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
Access to collections in the Department of Distinctive Collections is not authorization to publish. Please see the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection or MIT.
Historical Note
The Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN) was a non-profit corporation created in 1989 and dissolved in 2003. CREN was created from the merging of computer networks BITNET and CSNET, which served various higher education and research organizations.
Extent
16 Cubic Feet (16 record cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
- Computer networks -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
Creator
- Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (Organization)
- Title
- Transfer List to the Records of the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN), 1990-2003
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 December 3: Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements.
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Repository Details
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository
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