CIRN Purposes

The purpose of the network is to promote and represent community informatics and community networking research internationally. Community Informatics lies at two cross-roads: bringing together people concerned with electronically enabling communities: local, virtual and communities of practice; and structuring collaborations between researchers and practitioners, including industry, in these three domainsand to support a community based approach to the implementation of ICT systems and services including Internet access and responses to the Digital Divide.

Community Informatics lies at the junction of two cross-roads and brings together people concerned with electronically enabling local (and virtual) communities; and structuring collaborations between researchers, practitioners (including industry) and policy makers to support community ICT implementation and effective use.