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Penri. sylr~ a~ i ia Stote University where he a1. w serves as researt. h fellow in the Crnter, for the Infi~ rin~ iti~ in Society. He can he reachc4 by mail ut sawyer@ ist. psu. edu fiJchnology at ociul informutics is the term that I and others S use to represent the trans-disciplinary study of the design, deployment and uses of information and communication technologies (ICT) that account for their interaction with institutional and cultural contexts, including organizations and society. This research is done by scholars in fields such as library and information science, information technology, education, communications, organizational studies, sociology, information systems and computer science. Those pursuing social informatics engage a diverse set of topics and employ a variety of approaches.