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Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales and Open Sourcing in 2010
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| Jimmy Wales has discovered the only thing
| more challenging - and satisfying â than
| launching Wikipedia nearly a decade ago is
| refining the free, open source encyclopedia
| even as it is in the grip of its devoted
| users and contributors.
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http://industry.bnet.com/media/10005714/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-and-open-sourcing-in-2010/
UTA, UNT students save cash by renting textbooks
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| Consumer advocates say textbook rental
| programs help by offering more choices. But
| it shouldn't stop there.
|
| "We think that open-source textbooks are
| the ultimate solution," said Nicole Allen,
| textbook advocate for the Student Public
| Interest Research Groups, a coalition of
| student consumer organizations.
|
| Allen cited a company called Flat World
| Knowledge, which publishes about a dozen
| business e-textbooks, with more titles in
| the works. Students can read the books
| online for free or buy a printed version
| (ranging from about $20 for a print-it-
| yourself copy to $60 for a soft-cover color
| copy).
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/010410dnmettextbooks.3f92b15.html
Knowledge for rent: More stores offering college textbooks on loan
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| Texas lawmakers are expected to join the
| debate, too. The House Committee on Higher
| Education has been ordered to study ways to
| lower the cost of instructional materials,
| including electronic textbooks, open source
| books and other online resources.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-textbooks_04met.ART.State.Edition2.4bc7447.html
Top Ten of 2009
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| It's interesting to me that it's hard to
| ignore these free offerings (they get lots
| of buzz), while open source "free"
| geospatial tools, despite considerable
| maturation, seem to get far less buzz and
| ink. Frankly, I think that has a lot to do
| with branding. OSM, Google, ESRI and the
| various LBS apps and games have been
| successful, in part, because of good
| branding. A reader recently forwarded a
| CloudMade e-mail he received after
| participating in a CloudMade sponsored OSM
| effort. Open source efforts (not only
| geospatial ones) tend to lag in that area.
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http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3367
Universities to consider national shared services
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| "Our innovation activities will be focused
| on shorter term outputs in areas that have
| the potential to cut costs: shared
| services, green ICT, cloud computing,
| software-as-a-service, and management
| information requirements," said Dr Malcolm
| Read, Jisc executive secretary.
|
| "Innovation to improve the effectiveness of
| learning and teaching will continue focused
| on student progression and retention, and
| approaches to improving research
| collaboration techniques will continue to
| be promoted.
|
| "Our longer term commitments to the open
| agenda will also be maintained, including
| open source, Open Access, open educational
| resources, and supporting open research and
| open innovation."
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39963324,00.htm
For Media, 2010 is the Year of 'Open'
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| The burgeoning open media movement is
| really a constellation of interconnected
| yet distinct communities who are advancing
| open communication and defending our
| communication rights and values. These
| communities include those that have come
| together around open-source software, open
| data, open Internet, open web, open
| content, open education, open government
| and many more.
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http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/01/04/2010MediaIsOpen/
Roll Your Own Open Source Joint
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/roll-your-own-open-source-joint.php
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