Ithaka study on Open Source Software in Higher Education

FYI...

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From: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition
[mailto:CNI-ANNOUNCEcni.org] On Behalf Of Clifford Lynch
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:45 PM
To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition
Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Ithaka study on Open Source Software
in Higher
Education

Our colleagues at Ithaka have made available their study on
open 
source software and higher education, which should be of
interest 
to many CNI-announce readers. More details below.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

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Ithaka is pleased to announce the availability of the report

"Software and Collaboration in Higher Education: A
Study of Open 
Source Software" on its website at: 
http://www.i
thaka.org/strategic/ooss.htm 
<http://w
ww.ithaka.org/strategic/ooss.htm> . The report
addresses 
issues related to how and whether a nonprofit facilitating 
organization might improve the ability of higher education
to 
develop and support open source software for key academic
and 
business needs. The principal investigator for this study
was 
Paul N. Courant of the University of Michigan.

Comments and feedback would be much appreciated, as we work
with 
concerned academic leaders to determine what steps should be

taken next.

Funding for this study was provided by The Andrew W. Mellon 
Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, Foothill-De Anza 
Community College, Marist College, the University of
Indiana, the 
University of Michigan, Stanford University, the University
of 
North Carolina, and The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation.

Sincerely,

Rebecca J. Griffiths
Manager, Strategic Services, Ithaka
151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021
Tel: (212) 500-2339 Fax: (212) 500-2366
Email: rgriffithsithaka.org