Decatur Network
Community Networks
1. Name of Network: Decatur Network
2. Decatur Network
3. Decatur and Macon County, Illinois USA
4. Mission: to create a network which enriches the Decatur and Macon County, Illinois community by fostering the development of high quality,
community-based information, and by providing a gateway to world-wide information resources.
5. Who sponsors it? Not disclosed.
6. Is it volunteer run? Does it have paid staff? Or both? Not disclosed.
7. What services does it offer and do these services cost anything? Provides links to various sites and they are separated into categories.
8. If the network provides local information, what categories of informaiton does it provide?
- Arts & Entertainment.
- Business & Commercial Information
- Community Organizations & Social Services
- Education
- Government & Politics
- Hospitals & Health Services
- Hosted Sites
- Libraries
- Newspapers
- Radio and Television
- Tourism, Recreation, & Sports
- Transportation
9. Does the network convey a "sense of place"? Yes the network provides a wide variety of information about the counties. It seems like a very diverse place if you look at the a City of Decatur's Site
10. Is there anything that you find particularly interesting about this network? Nothing particularly interesting. Seems like a lot of general information about the area.
11. This information collected by: Ashley Busiel
St. John's InfoNET Network
1. Name of Network: St. John's InfoNET Network
2. St. John's InfoNET Network
3. St. John's Canada
4. Mission: to create a network which enriches the Decatur and Macon County, Illinois community by fostering the development of high quality,
community-based information, and by providing a gateway to world-wide information resources.
5. Who sponsors it?
- Benson Myles.
- Digital Equipment/CompaQ Canada
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Newfoundland and Labrador Heart Health Program
- NewTel Communications
- Provincial Information and Library Resource Board
- St. John's InfoNET Association Inc.
6. Is it volunteer run? Does it have paid staff? Or both? Seems like volunteer because it's free and hasn't been update since January 2009.
7. What services does it offer and do these services cost anything? Provides links to various sites and they are separated into categories.
8. If the network provides local information, what categories of informaiton does it provide? - Arts and Entertainment
- Broadcasting
- Business
- Clubs and Organizations
- Conferences and Events
- Crafts and Hobbies
- Directories of local websites
- Education
- Environment
- Government Services
- Health
- Heritage and Culture
- Libraries
- Music
- News and Weather
- Politics
- Professional Groups
- Publications
- Recreation
- Religion
- Science
- Social Agencies
- Sponsors of the St. John's InfoNET
- Sports
- Tourism
- Transportation
9. Does the network convey a "sense of place"? I don't feel like it conveys a sense of place because a lot of the websites I opened didn't provide a lot of information and were very plain and not updated.
10. Is there anything that you find particularly interesting about this network? Nothing particularly interesting. Seems like a lot of general information about the area and seems pretty boring because they don't offer a lot to do.
11. This information collected by: Ashley Busiel