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The Blacksburg Electronic Village: A Study in Community Computing

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Digital Cities III. Information Technologies for Social Capital: Cross-cultural Perspectives (Digital Cities 2003)

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This paper discusses the development of Blacksburg Electronic Village, and several of the ICT projects for local development. The stake-holders and their interests are analyzed, as well as the results, dilemmas and prospects.

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  1. School of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, University Park, PA

    John M. Carroll

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Carroll, J.M. (2005). The Blacksburg Electronic Village: A Study in Community Computing. In: van den Besselaar, P., Koizumi, S. (eds) Digital Cities III. Information Technologies for Social Capital: Cross-cultural Perspectives. Digital Cities 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3081. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11407546_3

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