Informationsinfrastrukturen im Wandel. Changing ... - DINI

Christine Gläser, Hans-Joachim Wätjen 345
2. Short Introduction of the University of Oldenburg
The University of Oldenburg was founded in 1974 and named after the
Nobel Peace Prize winner Carl von Ossietzky. With roughly 11,000 students
and 1,800 faculty and staff it is a midsize German university.
Reforms and innovations in university management as well as in teaching
and research marked the development of the University of Oldenburg.
Since 1995 the university has a “global budget” with mercantile accounting,
and was one of the first to use SAP/R3. In 2003, a structural reform of
the research sector led to the creation of five faculties. As of winter 06/07,
all faculties have adopted the Bachelor and Master degrees for their study
programs. Following a mission and strategy building process (2005) the
executive board of the University of Oldenburg signed the first agreements
on objectives with individual departments and institutions. Integration of
information management in IBIT (2004), and merging distance learning,
professional training and e-learning in C3L – Center für Lebenslanges Lernen
(Center for Life Long Learning) (2006) are additional extensive organizational
changes.
The University of Oldenburg‟s research is on an internationally excellent
level in a number of interdisciplinary fields. 2
3. Background and Motivation
The university leaders very early recognized information management
as a strategic task. Consequently, the University of Oldenburg was one of
the first universities to form an advisory group and formulated the development
plan “Netze – Neue Medien” (“Networks – New Media”). The
growing demand for support for e-learning, and the necessity for intensified
strategic planning and operational coordination led to the implementation
of the Steering Group for Digital Media in 2002. The steering group built a
cooperative service network for digital media even before the integration.
This network was based on cooperation and coordination, and had a num-
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See http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/forschung/15349.html