The Role and Future of Proprietary Software at an Open Science University - News - Utrecht University

"...In the Forum’s special session, Jonathan de Bruin presented “The Role and Future of Proprietary Software at an Open Science University,” which offers a unique approach to developing open source support within a knowledge organisation. Rather than place the onus on open source software itself, De Bruin shows that applying a reflective inspection of our current proprietary software ecosystem better reveals the needs of researchers and the organisation toward more incisive open source software application. In his position at Information and Technology at the Bestuursgebouw and expert role in the Open Science Office, De Bruin moves between overarching university values (e.g., openness) to literacy in particular instances of software..."