Informationsinfrastrukturen im Wandel. Changing ... - DINI

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As a result, the two libraries were merged into one University Library
and all the other units were united in the Centre for Information and Media
Services, which was founded October 1, 2005. The mandate of CIM is to
provide a wide-ranging spectrum of ICM services, in order to support the
teaching, learning and working members of the University Duisburg-Essen
optimally. These include transfer of media competence, media-technical
support, provision of server- and network services, e-learning plattforms,
qualified consulting on all the E-Services provided, scientific computing
and support for business processes in library and administration.
The direct connection to the rector of the ICM is provided by the prorector
ICM and the appointed ICM board with involvement of the prorector,
the chancellor, the chairman of the ICM committee and both heads of the
central units UB and CIM.
4. Strategic Goals and guidelines – the Vision of the E-
University
The board of the university has committed itself to a vision of the UDE
as E-University, underpinning this vision with an E-Strategy. In this vision,
the profile of the university is explicitly based on the potentials of the new
media and new technologies and innovations driven by them. E-University
and E-Strategy do not simply add a number of steps and measures in the
areas of IT and media, but they are conceived of as a wholistic approach
integrating and permeating the business processes of the university and
making them available and acessible as a system of integrated information
services and offerings to all the members of the university in an easy and
efficient manner. E-Strategy rests on three “pillars”:
– E-Learning
– E-Science
– E-Services (including support of managerial processes on all levels
of the university)
In the course of the last few years, a number of building blocks for the
E-University have been created. The process as a whole is still far from