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Ann Bishop (Ph.D. Syracuse) is director of the Community Informatics Initiative and associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She is on leave for the AY 2009-10. Her research interests include the use and impact of computer-based information systems; social equity in access to information; and human-centered approaches to designing and evaluating information systems. She also serves as the associate editor for the Journal of Community Informatics. Recent publications include “New Literacies and Community Inquiry” in The Handbook of Research in New Literacies (2007), “Community Inquiry” in Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (2007) and Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation (2003).
Professor Bertram (Chip) Bruce (Ph.D. Texas at Austin) is a professor in Library and Information Science. His research interests include community informatics; environments to support inquiry-based learning; collaboration in knowledge making; and new literacy practices. Recent publications include Libr@ries: Changing Information Space and Practice (2006) and Literacy in the Information Age: Inquiries Into Meaning Making with New Technologies (2003).
Sharon Irish (Ph.D. Northwestern) is the project coordinator for the Community Informatics Initiative. She is an historian with particular interest in community cultural development and urban spatial practices. She serves as an advisory editor for the journal, Technology and Culture, and has authored three books and numerous articles.
Paul Adams (MA, Western Illinois University) has been director of Prairienet since 1999 and is currently Director of Community Networking. He spent 15 years working in community development and urban planning in Davenport, Iowa, and Champaign, Ill. Service has always been at the forefront of his personal and professional life. Mr. Adams considers Prairienet a community development initiative that uses digital tools, and is currently involved in an effort to extend this concept to developing countries, including São Tomé and Malawi, Africa.