Connecting Canadians : investigations in community informatics / edited by Andrew Clement [and four others].

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Government policy--Canada.

Information technology.

Telecommunication--Social aspects--Canada.

Telecommunication.

Computer networks--Social aspects--Canada.

Computer networks.

Community life--Technological innovations--Canada.

Community life.

Information technology--Social aspects--Canada.

Broadband communication systems--Canada.

Broadband communication systems.

Social change--Canada.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 506 pages) ; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, [Alberta] : AU Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Connecting Canadians represents the work of the Community Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN), the largest national and international research effort to examine the burgeoning field of community informatics, a cross-disciplinary approach to the mobilization of information and communications technologies (ICT) for community change.

Contents:

Part I. Context

Part II. Conceptual frameworks

Part III. Community innovation I: participation and inclusion

Part IV. Community innovation II: wireless networking

Part V. Rural and remote broadband

Pat VI. Libraries and community networks

Part VII. Public policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-57924-3

9786613891693

1-926836-05-7

OCLC:

812837120