Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation,Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information,by Shalin Hai-Jew

摘要

Though the beginning of the open source movement dates back to the 1970s (Stallman, 1999), open souce technologies are continuously gaining importance in practice and aca-demia due to their broad areas of application and their widely acknowledged benefits. With Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information, Shalin Hai-Jew's contribution is beyond the shadow of a doubt. Well written and compiled, this 369 page book combines theory and practice in a way that is highly coherent and implementable. Each chapter is based on solid theory and years of practical experience, building or adapting models that can benefitacademics in identifying contemporary research questions, and making further theoretical contributions.