Assessing community informatics: A review of methodological approaches for evaluating community networks and community technology centers Export

@article{citeulike:1043418, abstract = {Community informatics can be defined as a strategy or discipline that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by territorial communities. This paper analyzes the emerging community informatics evaluation literature to develop an understanding of the indicators used to gauge project impacts in community networks and community technology centers. This study finds that community networks and community technology center assessments fall into five key areas: strong democracy; social capital; individual empowerment; sense of community; and economic development opportunities. The paper concludes by making recommendations for future community informatics evaluations.}, author = {O'Neil, Dara}, citeulike-article-id = {1043418}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?Ver=1&Exp=01-14-2012&FMT=7&DID=246370141&RQT=309&cfc=1}, journal = {Internet Research}, keywords = {communautique, methodologie}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2007-01-15 20:54:56}, priority = {0}, title = {Assessing community informatics: A review of methodological approaches for evaluating community networks and community technology centers}, url = {http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?Ver=1&Exp=01-14-2012&FMT=7&DID=246370141&RQT=309&cfc=1}, volume = {12}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1043418 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1043418 N2 - Community informatics can be defined as a strategy or discipline that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by territorial communities. This paper analyzes the emerging community informatics evaluation literature to develop an understanding of the indicators used to gauge project impacts in community networks and community technology centers. This study finds that community networks and community technology center assessments fall into five key areas: strong democracy; social capital; individual empowerment; sense of community; and economic development opportunities. The paper concludes by making recommendations for future community informatics evaluations. IS - 1 JF - Internet Research TI - Assessing community informatics: A review of methodological approaches for evaluating community networks and community technology centers VL - 12 KW - communautique KW - methodologie AU - O'Neil, Dara PY - 2002/// UR - http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?Ver=1&Exp=01-14-2012&FMT=7&DID=246370141&RQT=309&cfc=1 ER -