Brown University established the Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS), to explore new uses of computing technology in research, teaching and learning. To address the needs of today's "idea workers," IRIS worked to develop a rich set of experimental tools that provide people with new ways to create, retrieve and organize information.
The Institute's most important accomplishment was the creation of Intermedia, an advanced hypertext system. The work of the project was funded by a grant from Annenberg/CPB. The project's main purpose was to design a set of computer-based tools that would enable instructors to create software for teaching and research, and then have students use these tools as a supplement to their other coursework. The project was tested and assessed in three undergraduate courses at Brown University: Biology 106, English 32, and Music 40.
IRIS was founded by Andries van Dam, William S. Shipp, and Norman Meyrowitz in August 1983 and closed its doors in June 1994. Shipp, the founding director, retired in 1990, and between 1990 and 1992 Meyrowitz and Martin J. Michel served as co-directors. From 1992 to its close, Paul Kahn directed the Institute.
Author: Palaniappan, Murugappan; Catlin, Karen Smith; Grandy, James C.; Haan, Bernard J.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Catlin, Timothy J.O.; Smith, Karen E.
Author: Anderson, Kenneth T.; Nyce, James M.
Author: Bush, Paulette; Catlin, Timothy; Devinney, Ed; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Evett, Matthew
Author: Temkin, David; Catlin, Karen Smith; Catlin, Timothy; Coombs, James H.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Shipp, William S.; Webber, Harold H.
Author: Garrett, L. Nancy; Smith, Karen E.
Author: Utting, Kenneth D.; Garrett, L. Nancy; Yankelovich, Nicole; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Beeman, William O.
Author: Larkin, James; Shields, Mark
Author: McQuillan, Patrick J.
Author: Shields, Mark; Graves, William
Author: Shields, Mark
Author: Shields, Mark
Author: Utting, Kenneth D.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Landow, George P.; Cody, David
Author: Smith, Karen E.
Author: Utting, Kenneth D.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Landow, George P.; Heywood, Peter
Author: Kahn, Paul D.; Launhardt, Julie; Lenk, Krzysztof; Peters, Ronnie
Author: Haan, Bernard J.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Bush, Paulette E.
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Catlin, Karen Smith (editor)
Author: Launhardt, Julie; Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Coombs, James H.
Author: Garrett, L. Nancy; Catlin, Karen Smith; DeAndrade, Helen A.; Kahn, Paul D.; Launhardt, Julie; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Loomis, Anne T.; Fitzmaurice, George; Palaniappan, Murugappan; Haan, Bernard J.; Coombs, James H.
Author: Palaniappan, Murugappan; Fitzmaurice, George; Yankelovich, Nicole; Loomis, Anne T.; Haan, Bernard J.; Coombs, James H.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Heywood, Peter; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Beeman, William O.
Author: Elmore, Page
Author: Bush, Paulette; Catlin, Timothy; Garrett, L. Nancy; Yankelovich, Nicole; DeAndrade, Helen A.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Catlin, Karen Smith; Palaniappan, Murugappan
Author: Kahn, Paul D.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Andrade, Stephen; Schindler, Mark; Webber, Harold H.
Author: Catlin, Karen Smith
Author: Palaniappan, Murugappan
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Young, Jeffrey S.
Author: Palaniappan, Murugappan
Author: Catlin, Karen Smith; Garrett, L. Nancy
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Beeman, William O.; Anderson, Kenneth T.; Bader, Gail; Larkin, James; McClard, Anne Page; McQuillan, Patrick J.; Shields, Mark
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Coombs, James H.
Author: Landow, George P.; Delany, Paul
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Smith, Karen E.
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Haan, Bernard J.
Author: O'Brien, Lynne M.
Author: Anderson, Kenneth T.; Bader, Gail; Larkin, James; McClard, Anne Page
Author: Anderson, Kenneth T.; Bader, Gail; Larkin, James; McClard, Anne Page
Author: Bader, Gail; Anderson, Kenneth T.
Author: Anderson, Kenneth T.; McClard, Anne Page
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Nyce, James M.; Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Fitzmaurice, George
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.; van Dam, Andries
Author: Kahn, Paul D.; Smith, Karen E.; Coombs, James H.
Author: Smith, Karen E.; Kahn, Paul D.; Coombs, James H.; Fitzmaurice, George; Palaniappan, Murugappan
Author: Riley, Victor A.
Author: Fitzmaurice, George; Palaniappan, Murugappan
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Coombs, James H.; Smith, Karen E.; Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Jackson, Shari; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Beeman, William O.; Anderson, Kenneth T.; Bader, Gail; Larkin, James; McClard, Anne Page; McQuillan, Patrick J.; Shields, Mark
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Smith, Karen E.; Zdonik, Stanley B.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Haan, Bernard J.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Drucker, Steven M.
Author: Catlin, Karen Smith; Garrett, L. Nancy; Evett, Charlie; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole (compiler)
Author: Garrett, L. Nancy; Smith, Karen E.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Landow, George P.; Launhardt, Julie (editor); Kahn, Paul (editor)
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Catlin, Timothy; Bush, Paulette; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Grossman, Ed; DeAndrade, Helen A.; Yankelovich, Nicole; Garrett, L. Nancy; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Smith, Karen E.
Author: Grandy, James C.
Author: Coombs, James H.
Author: Haan, Bernard J.; Kahn, Paul D.; Riley, Victor A.
Author: Garrett, L. Nancy; Bradford, Rex
Author: Coombs, James H.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Smith, Karen E.; Garrett, L. Nancy; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Grandy, James C.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Graves, William; Bader, Gail
Author: Palaniappan, Murugappan; Yankelovich, Nicole; Sawtelle, Mark
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Coombs, James H.; Renear, Allen H.; DeRose, Steven J.
Author: Nyce, James M.
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Coombs, James H.
Author: Kogut, Richard M.
Author: Shipp, William S.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; van Dam, Andries
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Kogut, Richard M.
Author: Garrett, L. Nancy; Evett, Matthew
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Haan, Bernard J.; Drucker, Steven M.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Haan, Bernard J.; Drucker, Steven M.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Seybold, Patricia B.; Marshak, David S.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Stambaugh, T.M.
Author: Utting, Kenneth D.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Landow, George P.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; Garrett, L. Nancy; Roeth, Janine A.; Smith, Karen E.; Waymire, Eilzabeth A.
Author: Coombs, James H.; Fitzmaurice, George; Utting, Kenneth D.; Catlin, Timothy J.; Gold, Allan N.
Author: Walter, Mark
Author: Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole; van Dam, Andries
Author: Fitzmaurice, George
Author: Catlin, Timothy J.O.; DeAndrade, Helen A.; Haan, Bernard J.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.; Smith, Karen E.; Utting, Kenneth D.; Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Kahn, Paul D.; Meyrowitz, Norman K.
Author: Yankelovich, Nicole
Author: Connolly, Suzanne M.
Author: Loomis, Anne T.
Author: Kahn, Paul; Haan, Bernard J.
Author: Kogut, Richard M.
Author: Kahn, Paul D.
Author: Shipp, William S.; Webber, Harold H.
Author: Bush, Paulette; Fitzmaurice, George; Catlin, Timothy; Catlin, Karen Smith
Author: Landow, George P.; Kahn, Paul
Author: Ess, Charles
Author: Garrett, L. Nancy; Smith, Karen E.; Meyrowitz, Norman
Author: Palaniappan, Murugappan; Yankelovich, Nicole; Fitzmaurice, George; Loomis, Anne; Haan, Bernard; Coombs, James; Meyrowitz, Norman
Author: Haan, Bernard J.
Author: Kahn, Paul; Meyrowitz, Norman
2 folders
Sound recordings of faculty and student interviews.
Macintosh IIci processor, manufactured in 1989. Contains 8MB RAM, Apple 4/8 Color Card (1152 x 870), SCSI2SD v6: SCSI ID 3 = Intermedia Roadshow; SCSI ID 5 = System 7.6.1 - Utilities. This hardware and software is operational as of May 2019.
Includes the final Annenberg/CPB project report,
The records of the Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS) comprise reports and papers produced by IRIS and IRIS affiliates, as well as research documentation produced in the scope of the Annenberg/CPB funded intermedia project. Series I consists of various published and unpublished reports, papers, presentations, and collected articles that document the work of IRIS. Series II contains documentation produced through the Annenberg/CPB project including testing in Brown University undergraduate courses Biology 106, English 32, and Music 40. Documentation includes student and instructor interviews, questionnaires, and diaries; classroom observations; project analysis; and various administrative forms.
Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the Brown University Library. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship records, OF-1ZCO-1, Brown University Archives.
This collection is organized in three series:
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