Hi Angela, you may want to get in touch with Dr. Gabriella Coleman from NYU. Lately she worked on a book dealing with hackers as well as the free and open source software. As an anthropologist she has an interest in the open source programmers' community, their motives and aims. This is her webpage - http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman Good luck, Sharon Best Wishes, Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow )PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, ISRAEL. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Angela Adkins Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:48 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Open source literature Hello all, I have been asked for literature suggestions by a colleague with a budding interest in research on open source, particularly in how the community of developers/contributors maintains a collaborative environment and in resistance to open source. I would like to help him but alas, I am not overly familiar with specific research on that topic. But I am always impressed at the helpfulness and willingness to share on this list, so I thought this would be a good place to ask. Does anyone have suggestions for good sources to get started? I would gladly pass them along--anything would be much appreciated Thank you! -- Angela Adkins Department of Sociology The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1905 Ph: (330) 234-1499 Email: ama13@uakron.edu _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1755 - Release Date: 29/10/2008 17:27 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1755 - Release Date: 01/11/2008 09:36