Informationsinfrastrukturen im Wandel. Changing ... - DINI

Bettina Böhm, Wilhelm Held, Beate Tröger 341
Judging from the experience gained so far, the prospects for MIRO are
very good indeed: Central components such as identity management, search
mechanisms, and portal technology have already been addressed as well as
some important peripheral systems, e.g. pertaining to IT security. In the
field of information management, many other German universities have
similar problems to solve. Therefore, it is to be expected that the results
achieved in Münster at the different stages of the project will be welcomed
by others who can adopt the concepts developed within MIRO according to
their own needs. This process will take advantage of several co-operations
which have already been established.
A considerable amount of time and labour has to be invested into popularizing
the MIRO work environment within the university. The many
members of the university must be convinced that it is beneficial for them
not only to use the MIRO work environment but also to integrate their own
data into the MIRO infrastructure. The strategy here is to do a “road show”
with a few selected projects which are suitable to demonstrate the capabilities
of the infrastructure.
8. The Vision
MIRO‟s vision can best be described in the form of examples: If for instance
a user wants to prepare for a lecture that he or she is about to give,
there will be a system which provides him or her with all and only the relevant
information initiated by a single mouse click. This comprises bibliographic
information, text and multimedia content, information on rooms
and on the equipment (PC, video projector asf.) available in those rooms,
information on the availability of a budget for student assistants, information
about the attendants (number of semesters, registered for examinations
asf.) and more.
To let this vision come true a complex information management must be
established. This is what MIRO is trying to achieve. The results will be
communicated to other universities encouraging them to adopt all or some
of the solutions and to adjust them according to their own needs. For some
results this might also apply to companies and public administrations.