Community informatics at the ischools and library schools

Community informatics is an emerging and interdisciplinary field of research, teaching, and service at the university level. The in North America is one locus of activity, judging from lively sessions on the subject at the first two i-school conferences (2005 and 2006). Most of the I-schools are also graduate schools for training librarians (American Library Association accredited), and several library schools are also involved. This reflects the roots of community informatics in (among other places) community-technology and community-information practice in libraries since the 1960s/1970s. Directories of this field do not yet exist, but a list, even if north-America-centric, is helpful in pointing to existing courses (and with that, research and service).

I schools
19 schools training informational professionals (variously defined) and forming the , focusing research on "people, information, and technology." 12 are ALA accredited to train professional librarians.
* University of California, Berkeley/School of Information http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu
* University of California, Irvine/The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences http://www.ics.uci.edu
* University of California, Los Angeles/Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (Department of Information Studies) http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ (ALA)
** Community-Based Archival Practices (628-535-201)
* Drexel University/College of Information Science and Technology http://www.cis.drexel.edu (ALA)
* Florida State University/College of Information http://www.lis.fsu.edu (ALA)
* Georgia Institute of Technology/College of Computing http://www.cc.gatech.edu
** Computers, Communication & International Development
* University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/The Graduate School of Library and Information Science http://www.lis.uiuc.edu (ALA)
** Community Informatics Corps
** Community Informatics Theory and Research I
** Community Informatics Theory and Research II
** Community Information Systems
** Inquiry-based Learning
** Introduction to Networked Systems
** Professional Research in Action
** (also offers a Community Informatics Corps track to masters students)
* Indiana University/School of Informatics http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/
* Indiana University/School of Library and Information Science http://www.slis.indiana.edu (ALA)
* University of Maryland/College of Information Studies http://www.clis.umd.edu (ALA)
* University of Michigan/The School of Information http://www.si.umich.edu (ALA)
** Community Information Corps Seminar
** Digital Government I: Information Technology and Democratic Politics
** Digital Government II: Information Technology and Democratic Administration
** eCommunities: Analysis and Design of Online Interaction Environments
** Information Use in Communities
** Outcome-based Evaluation of Programs and Services
** Practical Engagement Workshop: Content Management Systems
** Practical Engagement Workshop: Information Technologies in Small Nonprofit Organizations
** Public Goods
** (also offers a Community Informatics track to masters students)
* University of North Carolina/School of Information and Library Science University of http://sils.unc.edu/index.htm (ALA)
* The Pennsylvania State University/College of Information Sciences and Technology http://ist.psu.edu/
** Public and Community Informatics
* University of Pittsburgh/School of Information Sciences http://www.sis.pitt.edu (ALA)
* Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey/School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies http://www.scils.rutgers.edu (ALA)
* Syracuse University/School of Information Studies http://www.ist.syr.edu (ALA)
* University of Texas, Austin/School of Information http://www.ischool.utexas.edu (ALA)
* University of Toronto/Faculty of Information Studies http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/index.htm (ALA)
** Authority and Credibility in Online Communities
* University of Washington/Information School http://www.ischool.washington.edu (ALA)
** Community Analysis

L schools
Accredited by ALA but not part of the I schools movement. 43 schools.
* Alabama, University of http://www.slis.ua.edu
* Albany, State University of New York http://www.albany.edu/dis/
* Alberta, University of http://www.slis.ualberta.ca
* Arizona, University of http://www.sir.arizona.edu
* British Columbia, University of http://www.slais.ubc.ca
* Buffalo, State University of New York http://informatics.buffalo.edu/
* Catholic University of America http://slis.cua.edu
* Clarion University of Pennsylvania http://www.clarion.edu/libsci
* Dalhousie University http://sim.management.dal.ca/
* Denver, University of http://www.du.edu/LIS
* Dominican University http://www.gslis.dom.edu
** Community Informatics
* Emporia State University http://slim.emporia.edu
* Hawaii, University of http://www.hawaii.edu/slis
* Iowa, University of http://www.uiowa.edu/~libsci
* Kent State University http://www.slis.kent.edu
* Kentucky, University of http://www.uky.edu/CIS/SLIS
* Long Island University http://www.cwpost.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/cics/palmer/
* Louisiana State University http://slis.lsu.edu
* McGill University http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca
* Missouri-Columbia, University of http://sislt.missouri.edu
* Montreal, University of http://www.ebsi.umontreal.ca
* North Carolina - Greensboro, University of http://lis.uncg.edu
* North Carolina Central University http://www.nccuslis.org
* North Texas, University of http://www.unt.edu/slis
* Oklahoma, University of http://www.ou.edu/cas/slis
* Pratt Institute http://www.pratt.edu/sils
* Puerto Rico, University of http://egcti.upr.edu
* Queens College, City University of New York http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/GSLIS
* Rhode Island, University of http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/
* St. John's University http://new.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/liberalarts/departments/library
* San Jose State University http://slisweb.sjsu.edu
* Simmons College http://www.simmons.edu/gslis
* South Carolina, University of http://www.libsci.sc.edu
* South Florida, University of http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis
* Southern Connecticut State University http://www.southernct.edu/ils
* Southern Mississippi, University of http://www.usm.edu/slis
* Tennessee, University of http://www.sis.utk.edu
** (mentions "public librarianship and community informatics" as a school specialty)
* Texas Woman's University http://www.twu.edu/cope/slis
* Valdosta State University http://www.valdosta.edu/mlis/
* Wayne State University http://www.lisp.wayne.edu
* Western Ontario, University of http://www.fims.uwo.ca
** The Public Library in the Community
* Wisconsin - Madison, University of http://www.slis.wisc.edu
* Wisconsin - Milwaukee, University of http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS

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