content: FORM 8-K
  
  
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC   20549
  
  
  
                                 CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):   June  12, 1997
  
  
                    CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
        Pennsylvania                0-1558                23-2170505 
  (State or other juris-          (Commission           (IRS Employer
  diction of incorporation)       File Number)        Identification No.)
  
                             
                         
    
                               1600 Medford Plaza
                            Route 70 & Hartford Road
                           Medford, New Jersey 08055
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                 Registrant's telephone number:  (609) 953-0044
  
  
                       CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC
                          (Former Name of Registrant)<PAGE>
                                   FORM 8-K
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
            On June 12, 1997, the Registrant held its Annual
  Shareholders' Meeting.  At the meeting, the Shareholders approved
  the Board of Directors' decision to amend the Certificate of
  Incorporation to change the Company's name to Canterbury
  Information Technology, Inc.  The Amendment to the Certificate of
  Incorporation was filed on June 16, 1997 and is effective on that
  date.  This was done to better describe the Company's current and
  future business focus as per the business model delineated below. 
   The stock trading symbol on the NASDAQ National Market will remain
  the same: XCEL.  
  
     ACQUISITION/BUSINESS MODEL - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
  
  Computer   Technical   Computer and   Network and    Systems   Internet and
  Training   Training      Software       Systems    Integrators   Intranet
  Companies  Companies   Consultants   Developers and ---------  Consultants,
                                         Installers   Help Lines  Developers,
                                                                 and Providers
  
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
       A.   Financial Statements.
            None.
  
       B.   Pro forma Financial Information
            None.
  
       C.   Exhibits
       
            (1)  Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
  Canterbury Corporate Services, Inc. changing the name to Canterbury
  Information Technology, Inc.
  
                              SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
       
                           CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  
                           BY:  /s/Stanton M. Pikus
                                ------------------------------     
                                STANTON M. PIKUS, President
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6-12-97.8-K
  
                              EXHIBIT 1
  
        ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT - DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
  
       In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. Section 1915
  (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned business
  corporation, desiring to amend its Articles, hereby states that:
  
  1.   The name of the corporation is:  Canterbury Corporate
  Services, Inc.
  
  2.   The (a) address of this corporation's current registered
  office in this Commonwealth or (b) the name of its commercial
  registered office provide and the county of venue is:
  
  (a).  105 North Watts Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-1983
  
  (b).  M. Burr Keim Company, Philadelphia
  
  For a corporation represented by a commercial registered office
  provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the
  corporation is located for venue and office publication purposes.
  
  3.   The statute by or under which it was incorporated is:  BCL
  Approved May 5, 1933, P.L. 364
  
  4.   The date of its incorporation is:  March 19, 1981
  
  5.   (Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following):
  
       X    The amendment shall be effective upon filing these
       --     Articles of Amendment in the Department of State.
      
       --   The amendment shall be effective on ________________.
  
  6.   (Check one of the following):
  
       X    The Amendment was adopted by the shareholders (or
      --    members) pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. Section 1914(a) and (b).
         
  
            The Amendment was adopted by the board of directors
            pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. Section  1914(c).
       --  
  
  7.   (Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following):
  
       X    The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in
       --   full, is as follows:
            "RESOLVED, That Paragraph 1. of the Articles of Incorporation be
            amended to read as follows:
       
            1.   The name of  the corporation is:
  
                 CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC."
       
       --   The amendment adopted by the corporation as set forth in
            full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
  
  8.   (Check if the amendment restates the Articles):
  
       --   The restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the
            original Articles and all amendments thereto.
  
       IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused
  these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized
  officer thereof this 13th day of June, 1997.
  
                                CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
  
                                By: /s/Kevin McAndrew
                                     --------------------------------
                                     KEVIN McANDREW, Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer
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text: FORM 8-K
  
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC   20549
  
                                 CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):   June  12, 1997
  
                    CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
        Pennsylvania                0-1558                23-2170505 
  (State or other juris-          (Commission           (IRS Employer
  diction of incorporation)       File Number)        Identification No.)
  
                             
                         
    
                               1600 Medford Plaza
                            Route 70 & Hartford Road
                           Medford, New Jersey 08055
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                 Registrant's telephone number:  (609) 953-0044
  
                       CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC
                          (Former Name of Registrant)
  FORM 8-K
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
            On June 12, 1997, the Registrant held its Annual
  Shareholders' Meeting.  At the meeting, the Shareholders approved
  the Board of Directors' decision to amend the Certificate of
  Incorporation to change the Company's name to Canterbury
  Information Technology, Inc.  The Amendment to the Certificate of
  Incorporation was filed on June 16, 1997 and is effective on that
  date.  This was done to better describe the Company's current and
  future business focus as per the business model delineated below. 
   The stock trading symbol on the NASDAQ National Market will remain
  the same: XCEL.  
  
     ACQUISITION/BUSINESS MODEL - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
  
  Computer   Technical   Computer and   Network and    Systems   Internet and
  Training   Training      Software       Systems    Integrators   Intranet
  Companies  Companies   Consultants   Developers and ---------  Consultants,
                                         Installers   Help Lines  Developers,
                                                                 and Providers
  
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
       A.   Financial Statements.
            None.
  
       B.   Pro forma Financial Information
            None.
  
       C.   Exhibits
       
            (1)  Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
  Canterbury Corporate Services, Inc. changing the name to Canterbury
  Information Technology, Inc.
  
                              SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
       
                           CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  
                           BY:  /s/Stanton M. Pikus
                                ------------------------------     
                                STANTON M. PIKUS, President
  
  6-12-97.8-K
  
                              EXHIBIT 1
  
        ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT - DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
  
       In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. Section 1915
  (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned business
  corporation, desiring to amend its Articles, hereby states that:
  
  1.   The name of the corporation is:  Canterbury Corporate
  Services, Inc.
  
  2.   The (a) address of this corporation's current registered
  office in this Commonwealth or (b) the name of its commercial
  registered office provide and the county of venue is:
  
  (a).  105 North Watts Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-1983
  
  (b).  M. Burr Keim Company, Philadelphia
  
  For a corporation represented by a commercial registered office
  provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the
  corporation is located for venue and office publication purposes.
  
  3.   The statute by or under which it was incorporated is:  BCL
  Approved May 5, 1933, P.L. 364
  
  4.   The date of its incorporation is:  March 19, 1981
  
  5.   (Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following):
  
       X    The amendment shall be effective upon filing these
       --     Articles of Amendment in the Department of State.
      
       --   The amendment shall be effective on ________________.
  
  6.   (Check one of the following):
  
       X    The Amendment was adopted by the shareholders (or
      --    members) pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. Section 1914(a) and (b).
         
  
            The Amendment was adopted by the board of directors
            pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. Section  1914(c).
       --  
  
  7.   (Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following):
  
       X    The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in
       --   full, is as follows:
            "RESOLVED, That Paragraph 1. of the Articles of Incorporation be
            amended to read as follows:
       
            1.   The name of  the corporation is:
  
                 CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC."
       
       --   The amendment adopted by the corporation as set forth in
            full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
  
  8.   (Check if the amendment restates the Articles):
  
       --   The restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the
            original Articles and all amendments thereto.
  
       IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused
  these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized
  officer thereof this 13th day of June, 1997.
  
                                CANTERBURY CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
  
                                By: /s/Kevin McAndrew
                                     --------------------------------
                                     KEVIN McANDREW, Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer