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BROWSING: February 2009

Information Systems Resources in the HRH Global Resource Center 28 February 2009

The HRH Global Resource Center is a global library of human resources for health (HRH) resources focused on developing countries that was developed by the Capacity Project. The collection contains many valuable resources on information systems, including information system development and human resources information systems. These resources includes journal articles, reports, statistics, presentations, briefs, conferences, [...]

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iHRIS Training Management Software Presented at Summit in DC 27 February 2009

On February 5, the Capacity Project’s Dykki Settle, Informatics Director, and Luke Duncan, Senior Systems Developer,  presented the iHRIS software suite’s training management module at a Training Management Systems Summit in Arlington, VA. The module is compatible with the Project’s iHRIS Manage software (an HR management system) and iHRIS Qualify software (a training and licensure tracking [...]

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A Brief Explanation of Open Source 26 February 2009

In the early 1980s MIT programmer Richard Stallman decided to build a replacement to the very expensive, proprietary UNIX computer operating system and make it completely free. His idea of what free meant extended the boundaries a bit when he formed the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and included in his mission statement, “availability of source [...]

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