Realizing self-publishing on the web : a community approach

The role of Information and Communications Technologies in a community setting has to this point focused primarily on the areas of access, training, and local content. Recent trends point toward the need to go beyond these basic aspects to enhance and facilitate community engagement and development. This paper examines the use of online self-publishing in a community environment, and how online community networks can be a catalyst for increasing the levels of social interaction both online and in the associated geographic communities.