Building Community: Online Resources
Has papers, presentations, stories, indexs, and surveys.
Club about Online Communities
Whenever you provide people with the ability to communicate online then community develops. This club is about the development and management of online communities.
Code begets community
Information about Daniel Pargman's Ph.D. thesis on the social and technical aspects of managing a virtual community, a study of a Swedish MUD. Sample chapters in PDF format.
Community Networking Movement
"Realizing that communication and information are increasingly dependent on networked digital information, community activists all over the world are developing community computer network systems."
Community Networks: Putting People First
Editorial by Michael Mulquin. Discusses the role of Community Networks in delvering new information and communications technologies to UK residents. Most content is applicable elsewhere as well.
CommunityAnswers.com
Questions and answers and advice for online community builders, users, moderators, managers, and owners.
Communitybuilding.com
The secret to success on the web is to build a community, not just a web site. Here one can find tools and tips to make a web site interactive and, as a result, a place of community.
CornerWays: Community Development, Training, and Moderationn
Online community development company that provides online community building, consulting and design services worldwide.
Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community
Essay by former Wells conferencing manager John Coate explaining what happens in an online social environment.
Design Principles for Online Communities
Academic paper by sociologist Peter Kollock, drawing upon community design principles by Axelrod (1984), Ostrom (1990), Godwin (1994).
Digital Geographer
Information architecture, interface design, and strategy for online places. Tips, tricks, and articles comparing real and online communities to improve your relationship with customers, clients and employees.
Full Circle Associates
Provides strategic facilitation, online community development, marketing, and project management services. Includes a listing of online community building and virtual group facilitation/moderation resources.
How To Kill Community Networks
By Doug Schuler. Essay describing three common means for the downfall of community networks.
The Mailing List Gurus Page
A resource for finding, participating in, creating, and managing Internet mailing lists, from the authors of The Internet For Dummies
Membership Agreements
Article by lawyer Ivan Hoffman discussing membership agreements and resolving issues that arise from them. Applicable only to U.S. Law.
Network and Netplay: Virtual Groups on the Internet
Online book by Fay Sudweeks et al. Addresses the mutual influences between information technology and group information and development. Discusses network norms and experiences and the essential nature of network communications.
NTT Social Communication Laboratory
Aims to develop a social information infrastructure and create a new lifestyle for interpersonal communication via the Internet.
Online Community Building Concepts
List of fundamental principles to consider when starting a new community site.
Online Hospitality: Moderator Guidelines and Community-Building Tips
Gail Ann Williams writes about building conversation and community in online environments, adapted from the WELL Host Manuals.
Peter Kollock
Associate professor of the University of California, Los Angeles. Includes curriculum vita, course syllabi and recent papers on online communities and markets, which is his current research.
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