Acknowledgements
This open textbook has been compiled, edited and partially adapted by the authors (listed below) in partnership with the OER Design Studio and the Library Learning Commons at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. This work is part of the FanshaweOpen learning initiative and is made available through a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted.
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Attribution
This book is an adaptation of Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019) by David Bourgeois which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Other open resources have been incorporated into the book and are listed at the end of each chapter. Links to the specific pages or sections of the open resource that have been adapted are provided.
This project is made possible with funding by the Government of Ontario and the Virtual Learning Strategy administered through eCampus Ontario. To learn more about the Virtual Learning Strategy visit: https://vls.ecampusontario.ca/
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Collaborators
This project was a collaboration between the author and the team in the OER Design Studio at Fanshawe. The following staff and students were involved in the creation of this project:
- Robert Armstrong, Megan Tuckey, Lauren Rowe – Graphic Design
- Davandra Earle, Michele Halle-Shook & Meghan Hallam-Wood – Ancillary Developers
- Shauna Roch – Project Manager & Instructional Designer
- Andrew Stracuzzi- Quality Assurance
Reviewers
Thank you to all the reviewers who generously dedicated their time to review the book and provide feedback.
- Tracy Aldis, Fanshawe College Business Accounting student
- Karen Asssatourians, Fanshawe College Business Accounting student
- Nick Bell, Fanshawe College Bachelors of Commerce – Accounting student
- Nick Farnell, Niagara College Faculty
- Jay Muncaster, Fanshawe College Faculty
- Megan Thornton, Niagara College Human Resources Management student
