Colleagues: The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Special issue Editors: Suely Fragoso and Gilda Olinto Editor in Chief: Michael Gurstein Journal of Community Informatics, Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training, Vancouver CANADA Phone 604-602-0624 Fax 604-602-0624 gurstein@gmail.com The Journal of Community Informatics Special Double Issue: The Internet and Community Informatics in Brazil Table of Contents http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/29 Editorial -------- Special Double Issue: The Internet and Community Informatics in Brazil Gilda Olinto, Suely Fragoso Editorial: Community Informatics in Brazil Michael Gurstein Points of View -------- Internet use in Brazil: speeding up or lagging behind? Gilda Olinto, Suely Fragoso Articles -------- Participation and Deliberation on the Internet: A Case Study of Digital Participatory Budgeting in Belo Horizonte Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, Rousiley Celi Moreira Maia, Francisco Paulo Jamil Almeida Marques Participatory Development of Technologies as a Way to Increase Community Participation: the Cidade de Deus Web Portal Case Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear, Michel Thiollent Mastering Of Hypermedia Resources By Virtual Learning Communities: Possibilities And Constraints For Interaction, Communication And Construction Of Network Knowledge. Carla Lopes Rodrigues, José Armando Valente Situating Learning for Digital Inclusion in the Social Context of Communities Fabio Nauras Akhras Garden of Literacies: ICDT Contributing to the Construction of New Realities for Digitally-Excluded Senior Citizens Ivan Ferrer Maia, José Armando Valente Evaluating ICT Adoption in Rural Brazil: A Quantitative Analysis of Telecenters as Agents of Social Change Paola Prado, Mauro Araújo Câmara, Marco Aurélio de Figueiredo Reports -------- SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE / USP: TWENTY YEARS OF VANGUARD IN SOCIAL NETWORKS Brasilina Passarelli The Rede Brasil De Bibliotecas Comunitárias: A Space For Sharing Information And Building New Knowledge Elisa Campos Machado, Geraldo Moreira Prado, Abraão Antunes da Silva, Jailton Lira, Kleber Tadashi The Development of an Information System for the Solidarity Economy Movement Alan Freihof Tygel, Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear Reviews -------- Welcome to JOCI reviews Kate Williams Fullilove, Mindy Thompson. (2004) Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It. New York: One World/Ballantine Books, 2004. USD 14.95. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53970697 Aiko Takazawa Melo, J.M. de, Gobbi, M.C. & Sathler, L. (Eds.) (2006). Mídia Cidadã: Utopia Brasileira. São Bernardo do Campo, SP: Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. BRL 32.00 (Brazilian reais). http://editora.metodista.br/livro_midiacidada.htm Noah Lenstra ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net