Service

In community informatics as in many other fields, service to people and organizations is integral to teaching and research. Each semester my students and I partner with local organizations, including libraries. Course field work has two aspects: learning and providing useful help. Two central projects have been cybernavigating (helping people and groups use IT for their own purposes, for instance at Douglass Senior Center) and cyberorganizing (IT-enabled community organizing). CUWiki, a localwiki started in the wake of Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) was central central to the latter. Students contributed to CUWiki by editing and outreach. It is now folded into localwiki.org. eBlackCU is another project that rode the excitement over the promise of low-cost broadband from UC2B; it continues as a remarkable collection of materials by and about African-American Champaign-Urbana, built in cooperation with the community.

These and other service activities have included practica, independent study, theses, internships, and ultimately jobs.

Champaign-Urbana

  • Bethel Church
  • Bishop O’Rourke Library, University of Illinois Catholic Center
  • Books to Prisoners
  • Books to Prisoners Project at Champaign Prison Library
  • Books to Prisoners Project at Urbana Prison Library
  • Bristol Place Metanoia Center
  • Carle Foundation Hospital Library
  • Centennial High School Library
  • Center for Women in Transition
  • Central High School Library
  • Champaign County Historical Archives
  • Champaign County Nursing Home
  • Champaign Public Library
  • Church of the Brethren
  • Clark Lindsey Village
  • CUWiki.net, Champaign Urbana's Localwiki
  • Developmental Service Center
  • Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club
  • Dorsey Homes
  • Douglass Branch Library
  • Early American Museum
  • eBlackCU.net, eBlack Champaign Urbana
  • Judah Christian School Library
  • Parkland College Community Technology Center
  • Parkland Community College Library
  • Provena Covenant Medical Center
  • Round Barn Senior Housing
  • Salem Church
  • Sunnycrest Senior Housing
  • University of Illinois Lab School Library
  • Urbana Adult Education
  • Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband, UC2B
  • Urbana Connections Center
  • Urbana Free Library

Illinois

  • Barry Museum
  • Barry Public Library
  • Bloomington Public Library
  • Chicago Public Library
    •      Chicago Lawn Branch
    •      Chinatown Branch
    •      Edgewater Branch
    •      Hall Branch
    •      Harold Washington Library Center
    •      Lincoln Belmont Branch
    •      Lozano Branch
    •      South Shore Branch
    •      Sulzer Regional Library
    •      West Chicago Branch
  • Edwardsville Public Library
  • Evanston Public Library
  • Harrisburg District Library
  • James Weldon Johnson School of Excellence, Chicago
  • Jane Addams Resource Corporation, Chicago
  • Lakeview Learning Center, Truman College, Chicago
  • Mahomet Public Library
  • Martha Washington Senior Housing, Chicago
  • Oak Lawn Public Library
  • Pan African Association, Chicago
  • Rantoul Public Library
  • Sidney Community Library
  • Swearingen Memorial Library, St. Joseph
  • University of Illinois Marshall-Putnam County Extension Office
  • Western Community Unit School District #12

United States

  • Burlington Public Library (IA)
  • Denver Public Library (CO)
  • Emory University Theological Library, Atlanta (GA)
  • Escanaba Public Library (MI)
  • Giving Point, Roswell (GA)
  • Houston Public Library (TX)
  • Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, Tampa (FL)
  • Louisville Public Library (KY)
  • Morningside College Hickman-Johnson Furrow Learning Center Library, Sioux City (IA)
  • New Orleans Public Library, Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch (LA)
  • Project Read at Menlo Park Library (CA)
  • Steinway Branch Library, Queens (NY)
  • Wesley Theological Seminary Library, Washington (DC)

International

Beijing

  • An-zhen Community Library
  • Ao Yuncun Library or Olympic Village Community Library 奥运村地区图书馆
  • BaliZhuang Library 八里庄图书馆
  • Chaoyang District Library 朝阳区图书馆
  • China Agricultural University Library
  • Civilian Mobile Library
  • Dangze Cybercafé
  • Da-xing District Public Library
  • Haidian District Library 海淀区图书馆
  • Hepingli Street Library 和平里街道图书馆
  • Huayuanlu Street Library 花园路街道图书馆
  • Jinrongjie Street Library 金融街街道图书馆
  • Library of Wenquan Town Hangcaiyuan Community 温泉镇航材院社区图书馆
  • National Library of China
  • National Science Library
  • Peking University Library
  • Shangdi Street Community Library 上地街道社区图书馆
  • Shuguang Street Library 海淀区曙光街道图书馆
  • Starbucks Coffee
  • Xiangshan Street Library 海淀区香山街道图书馆
  • Yulongxincun Community Library 海淀乡裕隆新村图书馆

Havana

  • Museum of the Literacy Campaign | Museo de la Alfabetización