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Community Informatics

Also known as community networking, electronic community networking, community-based technologies or community technology. There are four main fields of community informatics: international, community or social work, e-government and e-governance, and social responsibility.

Job Sites

Note that all sites listed are not CI-related only, but may include CI-related positions
City Limits www.citylimits.org/content/jobs/index.cfm
Change.org http://www.change.org/
Community Career Center www.nonprofitjobs.org/
Creative Hotlist http://www.creativehotlist.com/index.asp
Del.icio.us nptechjobs http://del.icio.us/nptechjobs
Dotorg.jobs http://www.dotorgjobs.com/rt/dojhome
Federal Government Jobs http://federalgovernmentjobs.us/
Idealist www.idealist.org
Nonprofit Career Network www.nonprofitcareer.com
NonprofitOyster.com www.nonprofitoyster.com
Non-Profit-Jobs.org http://www.nonprofit-jobs.org/
Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative http://www.nonprofitjobscoop.org/searchJobs
Non-profit jobs in Washington, DC (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/jobs/DC-non-profit-jobs.html?g=1&GCID=S17812x004-Jobs_National&KEYWORD=d.c.%20non-profit%20jobs&MATCHTYPE=search
Online Community Report Jobs http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/categories/2-Jobs
Opportunity NOCS www.opportunitynocs.org
Partnership for After-School Education (PASE) www.pasesetter.com
Philanthropy News Digest's Job Corner www.fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs
Philanthropy News Network www.pnnonline.org/jobs
SI Community Information Corps Jobs http://cic.si.umich.edu/taxonomy/term/45
TakingITGlobal Professional Opportunities http://www.takingitglobal.org/resources/prof/
TechSoup http://www.techsoup.org/index.cfm
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Jobs http://www.philanthropy.com/jobs/
WorkforNonprofits.org http://www.workfornonprofits.org/
Young Non-Profit Professional Network's Career Center www.ynpn.org/CareerCenter/search.asp

Professional Organizations

Association for Community Networking http://www.afcn.org/
CPSR - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility http://www.cpsr.org/
List of Professional Associations in the Information Sciences http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/resources/orgs.htm
Michigan Nonprofit Association http://www.mnaonline.org/
Young Nonprofit Network Professionals http://www.ynpnnyc.org/

Listservs & Newsletters

Blogs & Forums

Bytes for All http://bytesforall.net/
CI-Research SIG Bulletin Board http://www.ciresearch.net/?q=taxonomy/term/26
Non-Profit Tech Blog: Confessions of a Non-Profit IT Director http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/oss-cms-jobs-report
Technology in the Arts http://technologyinthearts.org/blog/
TechSoup Community Forums http://www.techsoup.org/fb/?cg=nav&sg=

Student Organizations at SI

Community Information Corps Student Group http://cic.si.umich.edu/

Potential Employers

Benton Foundation http://www.benton.org/
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm
Blackbaud, Inc. http://www.blackbaud.com/
CompuMentor www.compumentor.org
Case Foundation http://casefoundation.org/home
Connect EDUCAUSE Community Informatics http://connect.educause.edu/term_view/community+informatics
Development Gateway Foundation http://www.developmentgateway.org/
Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldivide.net/
Drucker Foundation http://www.drucker.org
Fund for the City of New York http://www.fcny.org
Information Habitat http://habitat.igc.org/
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (Canada) http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-1-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
The International Institute for Communication and Development (Netherlands) http://www.iicd.org/
International Open Source Network http://www.iosn.net/
Knowledge Hub http://www.newschool.edu/milano/hub
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation http://www.mssrf.org/
National Urban League http://www.nul.org/
New York City Nonprofits Project - Service Atlas http://www.cmap.nypirg.org/nycnonprofits
Netcentric Campaigns http://netcentriccampaigns.org/
Support Center for Nonprofit Management http://www.supportctr.org
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC) http://www.sdc.admin.ch/
TakingITGlobal http://www.takingitglobal.org/
United Nations Development Program http://www.undp.org/
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1657&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home

Local Resources and Comprehensive Organization Listings

Community Information Corps Student Group http://cic.si.umich.edu/student_group
Institute for Social Research http://www.isr.umich.edu/home/
Washtenaw Community Health Organization http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/wcho/
Ann Arbor Community Foundation www.aaacf.org
Non Profit Enterprise At Work Inc (New Center, The) http://www.new.org
Center For Empowerment & Economic Development http://www.miceed.org
Washtenaw Audubon Society http://www.washtenawaudubon.org/
Youth Empowerment Project http://www.youthempowerment.com/homepage.htm
National Association of Socially Responsible Organizations http://www.nasro-co-op.org/

Sample Job Titles

Community Associate
Systems Administrator
Database Associate
Electronic Media Manager
Web Marketing Manger
Multi-Media Consultant
Technology Project Manager
Program Manager
Online Community Coordinator
Data Analyst
Application Developer
Web Developer or Producer
Communications and Marketing Manager
IT Director
Community Support Associate
Web Manager or Master
IT Knowledge Manager
IT Analyst
Technology Officer
Tech Support Associate
Technology Consultant
Circuit Rider or eRider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_rider_(Technology)

Conferences
Prato The Centre for Community Networking Research (CIRN) Conference 2007 http://www.ccnr.net/

Recruiters/Headhunters

Korn/Ferry International Association/Not-for-Profit/Governement division http://www.kornferry.com/Library/Process.asp?P=Specialty_NFP_Gov
Capability Company http://capabilitycompany.com/web/whoweworkwith.htm
Nonprofit Staffing Solutions http://www.nonprofittemps.com/
Professionals for Nonprofits http://www.nonprofitstaffing.com/1.asp

Community Informatics Related Websites

Bytes for All: Rural Connectivity http://www.bytesforall.org/
Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/cracin/
Center for Civic Participation http://www.ccp.org/index.html
Center for Community Informatics, Research, Development and Training http://www.communityinformatics.net/
Centre for Community Networking Research (Australia) http://www.ccnr.net/
Centre for eCommerce and Communication (Australia) http://www.cecc.com.au/
Community Informatics Initiative (University of Illinois) http://www.cii.uiuc.edu/
Community Informatics Research Network http://www.ciresearch.net/
Community Informatics – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_informatics
Community Information Resource Center hosted by the Rural Policy Research Institute http://circ.rupri.org/
Community Network Analysis Project http://www.cna.org.uk/
Community Technology Centers’ Network http://www.ctcnet.org/
CSR-New.net http://csr-news.net/main/
Human Service Information Technology Applications http://husita.org/
ICTlogy http://ictlogy.net/
iLabs’ Community Informatics Initiative http://ilabs.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ilab/cii/
Information and Communication Technologies for Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict
Network for Good http://www.networkforgood.org/
Network for Good Nonprofit Resources http://www.networkforgood.org/npo
Nonprofit Coordinating Center of New York http://www.npccny.org
Nonprofit Nuts & Bolts http://www.nutsbolts.com
Nonprofit Times http://www.nptimes.com
NTEN - The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network http://www.nten.org/
Progressive Technology Project http://www.progressivetech.org/
TakingITGlobal Organization List (a list of 100’s orof community informatics related organizations) http://www.takingitglobal.org/resources/orgs/
Tech-Engine.com http://infoweek.techengine.com/candidates/resourcepages_usergroupsskills/
TechSoup http://www.techsoup.org/
Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/
TeesValley Community Media http://www.neukol.org.uk/
telecentre.org http://telecentre.org/
United Way of New York City Tech News http://www.uwnyc.org/technews
United Nation's Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/index.html
World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/
World Bank infoDev Program http://www.infodev.org/en/index.html
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/mdg/en/
Digital Information in the Information Research field http://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html
List of Nonprofit Organizations in Michigan http://www.mnaonline.org/memberorg.asp

Keyword Search Suggestions

community technology
community informatics

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