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Record Nr.

UNISA996206854103316

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, [Alberta] : , : AU Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-283-57924-3

9786613891693

1-926836-05-7

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

303.48330971

Soggetti

Information technology - Government policy - Canada

Telecommunication - Social aspects - Canada

Computer networks - Social aspects - Canada

Community life - Technological innovations - Canada

Information technology - Social aspects - Canada

Broadband communication systems - Canada

Social change - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.