Introduction from moderator: Douglas Schuler is a member of the CPSR board and has done a lot to build community networks, particular in his home town of Seattle, Washington. Andy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sender: Douglas Schuler <•••@••.•••> Subject: Ink is dry. Complimentary copies available!! (thank you) PLEASE excuse this interruption. I hope you find this note pertinent to the purposes of this list. Believe me I find spamming as offensive as you do! Feel free to pass this note to interested colleagues. Thanks for your understanding and help! The ink is finally dry on my community networks book. It's called "New Community Networks: Wired for Change" and it's being published by Addison-Wesley. It took over 2 years to write and it ended up being over 500 pages long. I've included a brief description of the book at the end of this message for those who are interested. I hope that you all will find it useful and - even - entertaining. In retrospect I would probably have done some things differently. On the whole, however, I'm satisfied with the result. I'm - of course - dying to know what you think, both positively and negatively because the book is intended to address similar issues to those discussed in this list. Although the book won't be available until April, I wanted to make two offers. Addison-Wesley will provide a FREE desk copy of the book to any teacher or professor who thinks they may use it in a class or seminar. If you fit this category or know somebody who does, please send the contact information to •••@••.•••. If you are a journalist or are in a position to review the book, Addison-Wesley can send you a free copy as well. Please send e-mail to Tiffany Moore (•••@••.•••) if you are interested in a complimentary review copy. -- Doug PS. Ordering information can be found at http://www.aw.com/cseng. Discount rates are available if you or your organization is interested in purchasing multiple copies. The table of contents for the book can be found at http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/toc.html. >>From the brochure: New Community Networks, to be published in April 1996, is a unique contribution to the literature on social uses of technology. While the book provides practical how-to advice, it also discusses the rationale, concerns, and directions of the technology. The first section of the book is devoted to a discussion of the six core values of the new community -- conviviality and culture; strong democracy; education; health and well-being; economic opportunity, equity, and sustainability; and communication and information -- and discusses some of the reasons why society needs to develop community networks. This section is followed by a discussion on the social and political milieu in communities and the technology that can support these systems. The steps that developers should undertake, and the issues that they need to face in the future are the subjects of the last two chapters. New Community Networks should be read by government officials, librarians, computer scientists, policy analysts, educators and students, social service administrators, students, journalists, software developers, social and political activists, and in fact, by anybody concerned about our communities and the uses of technology in our society. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
