Community Informatics: Local, National and International Opportunities for the University of Illinois

Join us for a day of learning and discussion. All events are held in LIS Room 126, 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL and are free and open to the public.

10:00-11:00 a.m. William Patterson. I Remember: Archiving Community Through Living Reflections of Self Identity.

Patterson presents an innovative project that teaches young people how to use media tools to archive their community as well as instigate social change.

11:00-12:00 p.m. Doug Schuler. Community Networks and the Evolution of Civic Intelligence.

Civic intelligence describes the collective and distributed capacity of society to consciously adapt to its environment and shape a future that is healthy, equitable and sustainable. Schuler employs a theory of civic intelligence to account for the changing influence of digital community networks in society.

3:00-5:00 p.m. Panel and Discussion. Community Informatics Initiative: From Champaign to Chicago and Beyond.

The Community Informatics Initiative (CII) positions the University of Illinois as a campus, regional, national, and international hub for CI study, action, and policy. Panelists Ann Bishop (GSLIS faculty member and CII Co-Founder), Michael Gurstein, Joan Durrance, and Doug Schuler (CII Advisors) lead discussion on how CI is incorporated in research, teaching, and public engagement at UI and beyond, and opportunities for new activities.

5:00-6:00 p.m. Reception and Open Poster Session.

Everyone is invited to bring posters and handouts representing their CI activities - easels, wall space, and tables are available.

GUEST SPEAKERS:

William Patterson: Associate Director of the African American Studies & Research Program, UIUC.

Doug Schuler: author of Community Practice in the Network Society: Local Action/Global Interaction; program director for Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility’s Public Sphere Project; faculty in Evergreen State College’s Computers and Society Programs

Dr. Michael Gurstein: honorary professor at Central Queensland University in Australia; serves as the Chair of the Community Informatics Research Network and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Community Informatics

Professor Joan C. Durrance: founder of the Community Information Corps at the University of Michigan, Co-PI of the Information Behavior in Everyday Contexts project. Recent publications include Online Community Information: Creating a Nexus at Your Library.

For more information about CII Day, contact Ann Bishop (abishop@uiuc.edu)