Informationsinfrastrukturen im Wandel. Changing ... - DINI

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be described in the following paper. The university will realise the main
elements of the concept even without funding from the DFG, albeit spread
out over a longer period of time.
4. Basic Structure of ICM Management
The establishment of a comprehensive and integrated ICM infrastructure
is a central task for the governing body. Accordingly, the final decisionmaking
power for this rests with the Rector‟s office. However, to enable
institution-wide strategic tasks to be tackled quickly and efficiently within
the day to day running of the university, the established organizational
structure of the university needs to be more clearly defined. The ICM concept
developed at Bielefeld University includes both the establishment of
overarching advisory and coordination units and the appointment of two
full-time CIOs. These are centrally responsible for tackling issues of strategic
direction and the associated allocation of resources.
The basic structure of the Bielefeld approach is based firstly on
distinguishing two functional areas and secondly on a model of cooperative
management:
– Technologically-based and organizing aspects are central to the
management of information and communication technology. In addition
to the expansion of an efficient information and communication
infrastructure, the following are all at the forefront: comprehensive
support and advice for users, integration of IT systems/services, support
of business processes through IT, as well as the development of
operational concepts and steering mechanisms.
– The second area is concerned with the management of knowledge
objects and resources in various media (scholarly information). This
includes the preparation/creation of metadata and the management of
knowledge objects, the securing of internal and external knowledge
resources, and of access to these via knowledge portals, the creation
and making available of advanced tools for the generation and visualisation
of knowledge, as well as the electronic availability/publication
of knowledge objects created within the university.