TY - GEN
T1 - What is community informatics? A global and empirical answer
AU - Williams, Kate
AU - Ahmed, Shameem
AU - Lenstra, Noah
AU - Liu, Qiyuan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Various definitions of community informatics have been advanced [1, 2, 3], each relatively prescriptive but all centered on the interaction between local, historical community and either information or information technology. The IT revolution continues to unfold and intersect in new ways with local communities, leaving the field in a state of flux. We are carrying to obtain an empirical (rather than prescriptive) definition of the field. Moreover, librarians and LIS scholars participated in early "community information systems" work [4, 5], but what role do they play today? To the best of our abilities, we are seeking global rather than country-bounded answers, and we invite others to join us in order to complete this task.
AB - Various definitions of community informatics have been advanced [1, 2, 3], each relatively prescriptive but all centered on the interaction between local, historical community and either information or information technology. The IT revolution continues to unfold and intersect in new ways with local communities, leaving the field in a state of flux. We are carrying to obtain an empirical (rather than prescriptive) definition of the field. Moreover, librarians and LIS scholars participated in early "community information systems" work [4, 5], but what role do they play today? To the best of our abilities, we are seeking global rather than country-bounded answers, and we invite others to join us in order to complete this task.
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U2 - 10.1145/2132176.2132303
DO - 10.1145/2132176.2132303
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863236968
SN - 9781450307826
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 598
EP - 600
BT - Proceedings of the 2012 iConference
T2 - 2012 iConference: Culture, Design, Society, iConference 2012
Y2 - 7 February 2012 through 10 February 2012
ER -