Informationsinfrastrukturen im Wandel. Changing ... - DINI

344 Christine Gläser, Hans-Joachim Wätjen
1. Abstract
From the i³-sic! Project
to the Integrated Services of IBIT
Informations-, Bibliotheks- und IT-Dienste
(Information, Library and IT Services)
of the University of Oldenburg
Christine Gläser, Hans-Joachim Wätjen
The University of Oldenburg integrated the management of information
and information technology organizationally by merging the previously
separated infrastructure units Library and Information System, Computing
Center, and the university administration‟s IT-Services into the new central
service institution “IBIT – Informations-, Bibliotheks- und IT-Dienste”
(Information, Library and IT Services). IBIT is headed by a chair that is
simultaneously acting as Chief Information Officer of the entire university.
This change process was supported by the German Research Foundation
(DFG) project “i³sic!” 1
that provided funds for the elaborate organizational
change process and the exemplary sub-projects on Identity Management,
Portals, and Media Literacy Instruction. The process is still ongoing where
strategies and management are affected, as well as where operational
processes and the development of a strong service orientation are concerned.
1
For project proposals, interim reports and presentations see:
http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/projekti3sic/
The main project was planned for a duration of five years. The DFG initially funded the
first two years (phase I), but reduced the follow-on proposal to only two positions for one
year. Consequently, efforts for the organizational change process and the sub-projects
have to be reduced accordingly and funded from university budgets earlier than planned.