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Community Network Organizations

National Community Network Directories

International Community Network Directories

Community Networking Guides and reports

Best Community Network Models

International Trade Training Resources

International Telework/Telecottage Resources

Wireless and Satellite Community Models

Electronic Democracy

Economic Development

Online Mentoring Projects, Guides and Resources

Web-based Tools for Community Building

Community Networking and Related Organizations

• Association for Community Networking
  http://www.afcn.org
  A national association created by many of the original community networking pioneers.

• CTCnet
  http://ctcnet.org
  National organization supporting Community Technology Center’s. Includes a guide for creating CTCs.

• Institute for Study of Civic Values
  http://www.iscv.org/ Includes Neighborhoods Online and
  a rich listing of resources and links related to community networking.

• HUD's Neighborhood Networks
  http://www.neighborhoodnetworks.org
  Creating hundreds of community technology centers in HUD housing developments.

• America Connects
  http://www.americaconnects.net  
  Support resources for community technology centers

• Organization for Community Networks
  http://ofcn.org/

• United Neighborhood Centers of America
  http://www.unca.org/

• CCN The Center for Civic Networking
  http://civic.net/ccn.html
  Very good resources! Focuses on putting information infrastructure to work within local communities.
  Don't miss their resources page at http://civic.net/lgnet/telecom.html

• Association of Christian Community Computer Centers
  www.acccc.org

• Texas Community Networking Initiative
  http://www.txtele.com
  Associated with the Texas Infrastructure Fund and Community Networking initiative.

• Community Development Society
  http://comm-dev.org

• Heartland Center for Rural Development
  http://www.4w.com/heartland/

Regional Community Networking Organizations

• Regional Alliance for Information Networks
  http://www.rain.org
  GIS, Telemedicine, satellite Internet, and home of Camp Internet. One of the original community networks!

• Slonet
  www.slonet.org
  Regional Information Access for the San Luis Obispo, Calif. region
  -**We're your community... and we're bringing you the world!**

• Central Oregon
  http://www.centraloregon.org

• Missouri Community Net Listings
  http://www.more.net

• The Illinois State Network
  http://www.illinois.net/links/links.htm
  The Illinois network connects up 5800 schools, libraries, etc. with high
  bandwidth. This page shows all the other similar state networks.

National Community Network Directories

• National and International Freenets and Community Networks
  http://www.lights.com/freenet/   
  It contains a huge, but dated, list of community networks in the United States,
  Canada, and several other countries.

• AFCN Resources
  http://www.afcn.org/resources/

• University of Michigan Community Connector Resources
  http://www.si.umich.edu/Community  
  Created and maintained by graduate students in the School of Information. Excellent!

• Community Networking Guides Listing
  http://www.evanston.lib.il.us/community/technopolis/resources_guides.html

• Community Technology Centers
  http://ctcnet.org   
  A national organization with 450 + community technology centers listed

• Yahoo's listing for 'Community Networks'
  http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=community+networking

Commercial Advertising Community Services

• CitySearch
  http://www.citysearch.com
  A centralized service for listing community resources for multiple communities.

• Digital Cities
  http://www.digitalcities.com

• Mediaspangroup.com
  http://mediaspangroup.com
  Integrated hosting services for creating local ecommerce business directories
  
• New Trends are free online integrated collaborative services for
  schools and communities: http://lone-eagles.com/curric.htm
  and free web collaborative tools http://lone-eagles.com/webdev.htm

• European Alliance of Civic Networks -Working Groups & Pilot Sites
  http://www.epitelio.org/eacn.htm

• European Community Networking Organisations 
  http://www.communities.org.uk/comline/cneur.htm

• AFCN International related sites and organizations
  http://www.afcn.org/resources/related.html

• Victoria Telecommunity Network listing of International CNs
  http://victoria.tc.ca/Resources/freenets.html

• Canadian community access project
  http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/hub.shtml

• Telecommunities Canada
  http://www.tc.ca/    Select "community network organizations."

• International Freenets and Community Networks
  http://www.lights.com/freenet/   
  It contains a huge, but dated, list of community networks in the United States,
  Canada, and several other countries.

• Telecommunications Information Resources on the Internet
  http://china.si.umich.edu/telecom/telecom-info.html
  Over 7000 links about telecommunications

• International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
  http://www.iicd.org/
  Assists developing countries to realise locally-owned sustainable
  development by harnessing the potential of information and
  communication technologies (ICTs).

• Freedomlist
  http://www.freedomlist.com 
  An extensive listing of free Internet service providers; 666 listings in 52 countries.

• Italian Community Networks
  http://www.citinv.it/ossreti/civiche/
  This directory is in Italian

• Kotka--Finland
  http://kotka.fi
  Resources about the city of Kotka, events, tourist information, statistics

• Community Technology Review
  http://www.comtechreview.org  Exceptional.

• A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Community Computer Networks
  http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/surak/

• AFCN Resources and Listings
  http://www.afcn.org/resources/

• Community Network Briefing Book
  from the Blacksburg Electronic Village
  http://www.bev.net/form/bev_book_request.html
  Printed copies sent free, on request!

• CTCNET Startup Guide
  http://www.ctcnet.org/toc.htm
  A guide to starting a community technology center, from the
  national organization of over 450 CTC members.

• Getting Online – A guide to the Internet for Small Town Leaders
  http://natat.org/ncsc
  A very basic guide from the National Center for Small Communities

• Smart Communities Online Guides
  http://www.smartcommunities.org
  Two thick guides and many resources

• University of Kansas Community Tool Box
  http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu

• Heartland Center for Leadership Development
  www.4w.com/heartland
  From the heartland in Lincoln, Nebraska. Many resources,
  programs, and studies related to rural communities.

• MIRA Trainers Roster
  http://www.4w.com/heartland/mira.ihtml
  The Kellogg Foundation’s innovative MIRA (Managing
  Information For Rural America) program, in association with the
  Heartland Center, has assembled a roster of the best community
  trainers, by topic, with evaluations and biographies.

• Virtual Power – Technology Education and Community
  http://psrtec.clmer.csulb.edu
  Select "Virtual Power" to download as a PDF file. Multicultural
  community emphasis, global learning networks, training strategies.

• "Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators"
  http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/collab/elec-collab.pdf
  A good guide from the U.S. Dept. of Education

• Centre for Rural Social Research
  http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr
  Comprehensive collection of resources related to rural social issues, change and community development from Australia

• Community Informatics
  http://www.communityinformatics.org
  A 2003 academic inquiry funded by the Ford Foundation.
  "Is a Community Information Sector emerging and if so,
  what can be done to facilitate its growth?

• U.S. Dept. of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program (TOPS)
  www.ntia.doc.gov/top  Hundreds of case studies on grantees over the past five years.

• Digital Governance
  http://www.digitalgovernance.org
  Explores innovative knowledge networking models by which which ICT
  could impact governance by shelving even greater strategic information and
  power in the hands of civil society.

• Building Online Communities: Transforming Assumptions Into Success
  http://www.benton.org/Practice/Community/assumptions.html

• "Using Email lists and more: The Power of Virtual Communities on the Net"
  http://www.makingthenetwork.org/ngflchannel/help/hlists.htm   From Scotland and UK

• Report on Community Networks and Community Technology Centers
  http://www.si.umich.edu/community/connections/findingsreport.html

• Max Gail's LAP Visions
  www.LAP.org  Includes affiliation with a National Recreation and Parks Association discussion
  http://www.lap.org/nrpa/   and related community building sites hosted by Casey Hughes
  www.KMunity.net

• University of Texas: Texas Information Policy Institute
  www.utexas.edu/research/tipi
  Many articles and resources related to rural networking policies and issues.

• The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice
  http://interact.hpcnet.org/webcommission/index.htm
  Report includes community case studies, from a special federal commission on web-based learning.

• "From Access to Outcomes."
  This 2001 report from the Morino Institute is available online in html and pdf formats:
  html version http://www.morino.org/divides/
  pdf version http://www.morino.org/divides/report.pdf

• School Connectivity Guide 
  http://www.schoolsonline.org/resources/index.htm
  Descriptions of school connectivity models in layterms, by Steve Cisler

• "Letter from Nebraska: wiring the world"
  www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue6_5/cisler

• "New Community Networks, Wired for Change."
  This book is available at: http://www.scn.org/civic/ncn/   Other on-line articles by Doug
  Schuler are listed at: http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/doug.html   .

• The Organization of Learning in Community Technology Centers:
  Learning with Technology in Six Communities
  http://www.sri.com/policy/ctl/html/context6b.html

• Morino Institute's Venture Philanthropy
  http://venturephilanthropypartners.org

• Missouri Express Project http://outreach.missouri.edu/moexpress
  The state of Missouri provided $6 million for a three year project to establish as many as 80 community information networks in Missouri. It includes @Community Missouri, an electronic magazine, a tour of successful community networks, and an excellent resource guide Missouri organized at the state level in 1998 when The Missouri Association for Community Information Networks was formed. – Steve Cisler.

• Missouri Express Resource Guides http://outreach.missouri.edu/moexpress/guides/index.html
  This is the most complete set of guides to establishing a community network that exists online. There are 28 chapters on subjects such as developing an action plan, education and training, sustainability, providing dialup access, and evaluation. These are topics that are important in any country, even if this manual is aimed at the rural USA. Excellent resource.-Steve Cisler.

• Community Networks and community development (50 kb) http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/faculty/kpigg/IACD99.html
  Dr. Kenneth Pigg is a professor of rural sociology at the University of Missouri who has evaluated the $6 million, state-supported effort to establish 22 community networks in rural areas. Though he is critical, he hopes that this study will help community networks attain their oft-stated goals. – Steve Cisler.

• Prairienet
  http://www.prairienet.org
  "An outstanding model; 700+ information service providers and they have just interfaced their Freeport text-based BBS with their web presence! A unique model definitely worth a careful review!"

• RPTnet
  http://www.rtpnet.org/
  RTPnet is a community network for the communities of the Research Triangle [Park] area in North Carolina, including Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel Hill.

• TINCAN - The Inland Northwest Community Access Network
  http://www.tincan.org
  Virtual incubator, Ecommerce resources, many services and content features. From Spokane, Washington.

• Oregon Public Electronic Network
  http://www.open.org
  $5/month for local Internet access makes this network the nation's best sustainable network model. Kudos to Ken Phillips...who also started the Santa Monica PEN network!

• Austin's City Connection
  http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/
  Austin, Texas is the high-tech center of the South. This model uses *newsgroups* in an 'intranet' fashion for community conferencing.

• Austin Freenet
  http://www.austinfree.net

• Columbia Freenet Community Network
  http://www.tcfn.org

• Metropolitan Austin Information Network (MAIN)
  http://www.main.org
  A successful large urban community network in Austin, Texas.      

• La Plaza Telecommunity
  http://www.laplaza.org
  A successful model for a rural small town! "Bringing People Together" from educational, government, business, publishing, technology, library, and health care arenas, Taos, NM. Wireless innovations, a Community Wellness database and much more.

• The Blacksburg Electronic Village
  http://www.bev.net
  Student activities, online newspaper and essays from Montgomery County, VA. Very high bandwidth to many home and reportedly 86% community participation make this a one-of-a-kind testbed model!

• Boulder Community Network
  http://bcn.boulder.co.us/
  Boulder has years of development experience.

• LLION - Lebanon-Laclede Information Online
  http://www.llion.org
  Educational Outlets and K-12 Resources from Lebanon, MO

• Davis Community Network
  http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us
  Led by Richard Lowenberg, this site provides the Davis community with online tools to encourage community building. An exceptionally well developed community network model.

• CedarNet, Iowa
  http://www.cedarnet.org
  An electronic community dedicated to providing high quality community information.

• Show-Me Net
  http://www.showme.net
  Electronic informational resources and communication facilities for southeast Missouri

• Yampa Valley Information Utility
  http://www.yampa.com
  Providing information about Northwestern Colorado's resorts, communities, business, and people from Steamboat Springs, CO

• Mercer County Online
  http://www.merlink.org
  Educational resources, activities, and learning links from Mercer County, PA

• NorthStarNet
  http://nsn.nslsilus.org
  Listings of many regional community information networks in the northern Illinois.

• Seattle Community Network
  http://www.scn.org/ 

• Edmonton's FreeNet
  http://www.edmc.net/

• United Nations International Computing Centre (ICC)
  http://www.unicc.org/

• Intl. Trade Resource and Data Exchange
  http://www.i-trade.com
  Learn how to trade internationally.

• Global Tradepoint Network
  http://www.tradepoint.org/ 
  Search for international trade leads.

• International Telecommunications Union
  http://www.itu.ch/
  Good Resources

International Telework/Telecottage Resources

• European Telework Online
  http://www.eto.org.uk
  Pointers to many European Telework Resources

• JALA Telework and Telecommuting Resources
  http://www.jala.com
  Great Resources from Jala International, Inc.

• Peoplink
  www.peoplink.org  New: http://www.peoplink.org/catgen/
  Incredibly interesting. Includes a catalog generator for marketing village crafts.

  Native American Artist’s Eshops
  http://www.indianvillage.com
  Free Ecommerce sites representing a major new trend!

  Greenstar
  www.greenstar.org
  Solar-powered Internet connections for remote villages.
  Read the article "Sweatshops and Butterflies!!!"

• Ebay www.ebay.com
  Perhaps the most significant success on the web for selling crafts and most anything else.
  Six billion dollars will be exchanged this year. See "My Ebay" and their site map.

• LINCOS Little intelligent communities in Costa Rica
  http://www.lincos.net Little Intelligent Communities. A container project.

• International Federation for Alternative Trade
  www.ifat.org  

• Hawaii's High Tech Development Center
  http://www.htdc.org
  State high tech initiatives for the Pacfic Rim

• Tamsco
  http://tamsco.webex.com
  Installing and maintaining local area networks via Tachyon satellite systems.

Individual Telework Consultants

• Assist U - Learn to be a virtual assistant
  http://www.assistu.com
  Training offered by a entrepreneur for becoming a virtual assistance.

• Gil Gordon's Telework Archives
  http://www.gilgordon.com
  Gil Gordon maintains an exceptional resource listing!