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Articles: Case Studies

Open Source Software (OSS) Usage in East Africa

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/oss-usage-east-africa/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2022-10-07-oss-usage-east-africa.md
• Date Published: 2022-10-07

Tableau or Bust: Evaluating Proprietary and OS Data Visualization Tools for Social Sector Needs

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/tableau-or-bust/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2022-08-01-tableau-or-bust.md
• Date Published: 2022-08-01

Lessons Learned from Evaluating an Open Data Platform - The Impact Assessment of Global Forest Watch

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/the-impact-assessment-of-global-forest-watch/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2022-01-13-the-impact-assessment-of-global-forest-watch.md
• Date Published: 2022-01-13

How to make open source projects contributor friendly, Contributor engagement (Part 2 of 2)

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/make-open-source-projects-contributor-friendly-part2/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2021-08-03-make-open-source-projects-contributor-friendly-part2.md
• Date Published: 2021-08-03

How to make open source projects contributor friendly, Initial setup (Part 1 of 2)

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/make-open-source-projects-contributor-friendly-part1/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2021-08-03-make-open-source-projects-contributor-friendly-part1.md
• Date Published: 2021-08-03

Building an Open Source Data Management System for Monitoring and Evaluation based on Data Standards

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/building-an-open-source-data-management-system/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2021-05-01-building-an-open-source-data-management-system.md
• Date Published: 2021-05-01

Ruby for Good, Building Community in Open Source

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/ruby-for-good-open-source/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2021-03-26-ruby-for-good-open-source.md
• Date Published: 2021-03-26

United Nations LGBTQI Staff Rights Platform

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/caseStudies/united-nations-lgbtqi-staff-platform/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_caseStudies/2020-05-10-united-nations-lgbtqi-staff-platform.md
• Date Published: 2020-05-10

Articles: Guides

The Pros and Cons of Open Data

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/guides/pros-and-cons-of-open-data/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_guides/2021-09-30-pros-and-cons-of-open-data.md
• Date Published: 2021-09-30

Leveraging Open Source Software to Build a Data Mature Ecosystem in the Social Sector: An Introduction

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/guides/data-maturity-open-source/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_guides/2021-09-30-data-maturity-open-source.md
• Date Published: 2021-09-30

A Guide to Evaluating Open Source versus Proprietary Software for Data Workflows in the Social Sector

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/guides/evaluating-open-source-vs-proprietary-software/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_guides/2021-05-26-evaluating-open-source-vs-proprietary-software.md
• Date Published: 2021-05-26

Dispelling myths and qualifying assumptions about open source for MERL practitioners

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/guides/Dispelling-myths-qualifying-assumptions/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_guides/2021-04-23-Dispelling-myths-qualifying-assumptions.md
• Date Published: 2021-04-23

Open Source for MERL Workflows

• Website Page: https://merlcenter.org/guides/open-source-merl-workflows/
• Code: https://github.com/MERLCenter/MERL-Center-public/blob/main/_guides/2020-12-08-open-source-merl-workflows.md
• Date Published: 2020-12-08