Networking the Networks: Improving Information Flows in the Immigrant Field

Author: 
Masters, Suzette Brooks and Ted Permutter
Year: 
2001
Publisher: 
New School University International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship
Publication Location: 
New York, NY
Description: 

This report analyzes the information needs of over 120 immigrant advocacy and service organizations around the country, as well as the methods used by these groups to obtain and impart information. The authors compile the most popular listservs and websites and identify key unmet information needs. They recommend greater collaboration among information providers, education initiatives to improve technology use, new information products to address unmet needs, and creation of greatly expanded communications and information networks.

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