[Dspace-general] Forum for educational leaders in open source software

[Michele Kimpton]

Dear members of the DSpace community,

If you have IT Directors, Library Directors and other leaders in your  
organization wanted to understand the benefits of using open source  
over proprietary solutions, this may be a conference appropriate for  
them.  The conference is being sponsored by service providers who  
exclusively support open source and organizations who build and use  
open source.  Please pass this on to those in your organization that  
may have interest.

best, Michele Kimpton

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Please join an important dialogue.

Innovation in both technology and education has created a range of  
OPEN initiatives that show promise for higher education.

Open education. Open publishing. Open textbooks. Open content. Open  
source software. Open educational resources. Open access to scholarly  
journals.

At its core is the premise that institutions openly collaborating and  
sharing will produce a superior result for students and all  
constituents. In the current economic environment, the billions of  
dollars in institutional spending supporting traditional approaches  
also come into question.
How are leaders broadening strategic plans to fully benefit from OPEN  
in higher education?

What are the risks, and how can the risks be effectively characterized  
and mitigated?

Which OPEN projects show immediate benefit and which hold future  
promise?

How does OPEN impact cost containment and spending reduction efforts?

How can your institution most effectively contribute to and benefit  
from this important movement?

The OPEN Forum for higher education executives provides exceptional  
speakers and an opportunity for deep discussion to assist leaders in  
understanding, navigating and optimizing OPEN. Please join us.
The OPEN Forum
for higher education executives
December 7 – 9, 2008
Palm Springs, California
www.theopenforum2008.com
For additional information, please contact:
Brad Wheeler, bwheeler at iu.edu
John King, jlking at umich.edu
Raul Rodriguez, rrodriguez at deltacollege.edu


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