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Digital participation and the University of Illinois: Prairienet, community informatics, UC2B and CDI

van der Graaff, Sally

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Title
Digital participation and the University of Illinois: Prairienet, community informatics, UC2B and CDI
Author(s)
van der Graaff, Sally
Contributor(s)
  • Irish, Sharon
  • Austin, Jeanie
Issue Date
2017-04
Keyword(s)
  • digital equity
  • Community Networking Initiative
  • public computing
  • information access
  • SisterNet
  • Afya
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services
  • Inquiry Page
  • Paseo Boricua
  • youth
  • community informatics
  • eBlack Illinois
  • East St. Louis
  • broadband
  • Prairienet
Abstract
This report provides a brief history of an early freenet, Prairienet, which was launched at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) in 1993. With two years of funding that began in 1997, the Community Networking Initiative built on Prairienet’s foundation. GSLIS created the Community Informatics Initiative in 2007, followed by the Center for Digital Inclusion in 2012. Most of the efforts described herein were grant-funded and project based, including the Urbana Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) agency.
Publisher
Center for Digital Inclusion, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100861

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