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Title	Community informatics : enabling communities with information and communications technologies / [edited by] Michael Gurstein.
Imprint	Hershey, Pa. : Idea Group Pub., 2000.

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Subject	Community life -- Technological innovations.
	Computer networks -- Social aspects.
	Electronic villages (Computer networks)
	Information society.
Alt Name	Gurstein, Michael.

Table of Contents
	Preface
	Introduction - Community Information: Enabling Community Uses of Information and Communications Technology / Michael Gurstein	1
Ch. I	The Access Rainbow: Conceptualizing Universal Access to the Information/Communications Infrastructure / Andrew Clement, Leslie Regan Shade	32
Ch. II	Requirements for a Regional Information Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities - The Case for Community Informatics / Thomas Beale	52
Ch. III	Embedding the Net: Community Empowerment in the Age of Information / Brian D. Loader, Barry Hague, Dave Eagle	81
Ch. IV	The Role of Community Information in the Virtual Metropolis: The Co-Existence of Virtual and Proximate Terrains / Paul M. A. Baker	104
Ch. V	Differential IT Access and Use Patterns in Rural and Small-Town Atlantic Canada / David Bruce	136
Ch. VI	Building the Information Society from the Bottom Up? EU Public Policy and Community Informatics in North West England / John Cawood, Seamus Simpson	151
Ch. VII	New Communities and New Community Networks / Doug Schuler	174
Ch. VIII	CTCNet, the Community Technology Movement, and the Prospects for Democracy in America / Peter Miller	190
Ch. IX	Community Networks for Reinventing Citizenship and Democracy / Fiorella de Cindio	213
Ch. X	ICT and Local Governance: A View from the South / Susana Finquelievich	232
Ch. XI	Community Informatics for Electronic Democracy: Social Shaping of the Digital City in Antwerp (DMA) / Jo Pierson	251
Ch. XII	Internet-Based Neighborhood Information Systems: A Comparative Analysis / Danny Krouk, Bill Pitkin, Neal Richman	275
Ch. XIII	Community Impact of Telebased Information Centers / Morten Falch	298
Ch. XIV	Cafematics: The Cybercafe and the Community / James Stewart	320
Ch. XV	Facilitating Community Processes through Culturally Appropriate Informatics: An Australian Indigenous Community Information Systems Case Study / Andrew Turk, Kathryn Trees	339
Ch. XVI	On-Line Discussion Forums in a Swedish Local Government Context / Agneta Ranerup	359
Ch. XVII	Reinforcing and Opening Communities Through Innovative Technologies [et al.] / Alessandra Agostini, Valeria Giannella, Antonietta Grasso	380
Ch. XVIII	Academic-Community Partnerships for Advanced Information Processing in Low Technology Support Settings / Rosann Webb Collins	404
Ch. XIX	Communication Shops and Telecenters in Developing Nations / Royal D. Colle	415
Ch. XX	Virtual Communities, Real Struggles: Seeking Alternatives for Democratic Networking / Francois Fortier	446
Ch. XXI	Linking Communities to Global Policymaking: A New Electronic Window on the United Nations / John Lawrence, Janice Brodman	470
Ch. XXII	Community and Technology: Social Learning in CCIS / Roger S. Slack	494
Ch. XXIII	Community Participation in the Design of the Seattle Public Schools' Budget Builder Web Site / Chris Halaska	516
Ch. XXIV	Discussions and Decisions: Enabling Participation in Design in Geographical Communities [et al.] / Volkmar Pipek, Oliver Marker, Claus Rinner	539
Ch. XXV	Radio B-92 in Belgrade Harnesses the Power of a Media Activist Community During the War to Keep Broadcasting Despite Terrestrial Ban / Robin Hamman	561
Ch. XXVI	The Economics of Community Networking: Case Studies from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) / Mark Surman	568
	About the Authors	584
	Index	593

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	MESSAGE
OHIOLINK NETLIBRARY EBOOKS		ONLINE
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Subject	Community life -- Technological innovations.
	Computer networks -- Social aspects.
	Electronic villages (Computer networks)
	Information society.
Alt Name	Gurstein, Michael.
Description	1 online resource (iii, 596 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Background and Issues -- Understanding the Context of CI -- CI and Community Networking -- CI and Development -- CI Case Studies.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Community Informatics is developing as an approach for linking economic and social development efforts at the community level to the opportunities that information and communication's technologies present. Areas such as SMEs and electronic commerce, community and civic networks, electronic democracy and online participation are among a few of the areas affected. This books is an introduction to the discipline of community informatics. Issues such as trends, controversies, challenges and opportunities facing the community application of information and communications technologies into the millennium are studied.
ISBN	0585299935 (electronic bk.)
	9780585299938 (electronic bk.)
	1878289691
	9781878289698
OCLC #	45731044
Additional Format	Print version: Community informatics. Hershey, Pa. : Idea Group Pub., 2000 1878289691 (DLC) 00025310 (OCoLC)43569456

Table of Contents
	Preface
	Introduction - Community Information: Enabling Community Uses of Information and Communications Technology / Michael Gurstein	1
Ch. I	The Access Rainbow: Conceptualizing Universal Access to the Information/Communications Infrastructure / Andrew Clement, Leslie Regan Shade	32
Ch. II	Requirements for a Regional Information Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities - The Case for Community Informatics / Thomas Beale	52
Ch. III	Embedding the Net: Community Empowerment in the Age of Information / Brian D. Loader, Barry Hague, Dave Eagle	81
Ch. IV	The Role of Community Information in the Virtual Metropolis: The Co-Existence of Virtual and Proximate Terrains / Paul M. A. Baker	104
Ch. V	Differential IT Access and Use Patterns in Rural and Small-Town Atlantic Canada / David Bruce	136
Ch. VI	Building the Information Society from the Bottom Up? EU Public Policy and Community Informatics in North West England / John Cawood, Seamus Simpson	151
Ch. VII	New Communities and New Community Networks / Doug Schuler	174
Ch. VIII	CTCNet, the Community Technology Movement, and the Prospects for Democracy in America / Peter Miller	190
Ch. IX	Community Networks for Reinventing Citizenship and Democracy / Fiorella de Cindio	213
Ch. X	ICT and Local Governance: A View from the South / Susana Finquelievich	232
Ch. XI	Community Informatics for Electronic Democracy: Social Shaping of the Digital City in Antwerp (DMA) / Jo Pierson	251
Ch. XII	Internet-Based Neighborhood Information Systems: A Comparative Analysis / Danny Krouk, Bill Pitkin, Neal Richman	275
Ch. XIII	Community Impact of Telebased Information Centers / Morten Falch	298
Ch. XIV	Cafematics: The Cybercafe and the Community / James Stewart	320
Ch. XV	Facilitating Community Processes through Culturally Appropriate Informatics: An Australian Indigenous Community Information Systems Case Study / Andrew Turk, Kathryn Trees	339
Ch. XVI	On-Line Discussion Forums in a Swedish Local Government Context / Agneta Ranerup	359
Ch. XVII	Reinforcing and Opening Communities Through Innovative Technologies [et al.] / Alessandra Agostini, Valeria Giannella, Antonietta Grasso	380
Ch. XVIII	Academic-Community Partnerships for Advanced Information Processing in Low Technology Support Settings / Rosann Webb Collins	404
Ch. XIX	Communication Shops and Telecenters in Developing Nations / Royal D. Colle	415
Ch. XX	Virtual Communities, Real Struggles: Seeking Alternatives for Democratic Networking / Francois Fortier	446
Ch. XXI	Linking Communities to Global Policymaking: A New Electronic Window on the United Nations / John Lawrence, Janice Brodman	470
Ch. XXII	Community and Technology: Social Learning in CCIS / Roger S. Slack	494
Ch. XXIII	Community Participation in the Design of the Seattle Public Schools' Budget Builder Web Site / Chris Halaska	516
Ch. XXIV	Discussions and Decisions: Enabling Participation in Design in Geographical Communities [et al.] / Volkmar Pipek, Oliver Marker, Claus Rinner	539
Ch. XXV	Radio B-92 in Belgrade Harnesses the Power of a Media Activist Community During the War to Keep Broadcasting Despite Terrestrial Ban / Robin Hamman	561
Ch. XXVI	The Economics of Community Networking: Case Studies from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) / Mark Surman	568
	About the Authors	584
	Index	593

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