The appearance of this book, 'Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions' Eds. Marshall, Taylor and Yu, represents a growing maturity and depth for Community Informatics (CI). In its range of articles, it provides CI analyses, methods and cases of interest to researchers, educators and practitioners in both developed and developing countries. In the range of the contributions (including chapters from Australia, Argentina, Malaysia, the UK, Zimbabwe and Canada) it is highlighting to educators, researchers and practitioners the importance of developing a systematic understanding of the approaches to enabling community and particularly regional area processes and activities with Information and Communications Technologies. Drawing from both diverse disciplines and methodologies and most importantly from the emerging literature and discourse (as through the ITiRA conference, based, as are the editors at Central Queensland University, a noted center for CI research) in CI volume itself makes a valuable contribution to that literature and development.
– Michael Gurstein, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Inspirational as well as informative! Marshall, Taylor and Yu provide an important and nuanced exploration on the "civic intelligence" that is on the rise throughout the world. Their new book is a must-read for anybody who believes that positive change is possible and that people, community, and technology all have roles to play. An indispensable account of principled social innovation.
– Doug Schuler, The Evergreen State College, USA