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Information Strategy of the University - a Vice President's View

This article explores the developments in the supply and publication of information in universities. It covers topics such as electronic information provisioning, multimedia teaching and learning, and digitization. The article also discusses the technical and organizational consequences of changing information requirements.

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Information Strategy of the University - a Vice President's View

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  1. Information Strategy of the University - a Vice President's View Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann Vice President Georg-August-University Göttingen

  2. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  3. Initial situation • Information supply is an essential infrastructure factor for • research • education and teaching • Information supply as a factor of university competition

  4. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (state and university library) Göttingen • Information supply for a full university • Requirements of natural sciences • Requirements of humanities • Duties of the state library • National and international information supply • Completion and maintenance of traditional collections and preservation of the library’s cultural heritage

  5. Library Purchasing Expenditures

  6. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  7. Developments of supply and publication of information • E-Only information offerings • Concepts of in-house publishing and utilization of print on demand • Multimedia offerings • Long-term archiving • Digitization centres

  8. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  9. Electronic information supply Download Information portal User Print on Demand

  10. Changes in the market for digital scientific journals • Tendency towards oligopolies and monopolies on the supply side • Rising prices • It is necessary to increase market power on the demand side with cooperations

  11. Consequences of electronic information supply • Sophisticated billing solutions • A multi-level library structure is no longer affordable and required • New spatial requirements • In-house publishing as a strategic option

  12. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  13. The Future of Scientific Publishing • provision on the university's publication server by the library • - access by internationally compatible metadata • worldwide distribution- added value: cross-linking publication production printed traditional publications (books, journals etc.) texts in media neutral formats e-publishing print-on-demand (e.g. ProPrint) Göttingen University publication server SUB WebDoc Server scientific information media neutral & multimedia images • video material multimedia presentationsCD-ROM. Internet presentations (exhibitions, guided tours) - long-term archiving- assuring sustainability E-learning applicationscourse modules, learning platforms, didactic units

  14. ProPrint-Workflow document server ProPrint print ProPrint a ProPrint- DB search order b combi-nation c research A B C delivery with invoice or pickup and cash payment

  15. The Pyramid of Publication publications university publisher Intranet, Internet and print scientific articles from the University scientific articlesby publishing house university printing master theses dissertations ProPrint compilations of existing documents teaching material learning material media neutral publishingIntranet or Internet and Print on Demand

  16. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  17. Multimedia lecture room Transmission of the lecture • Autoring on the fly • Studio productions with animations

  18. Learning management system Learning management system Student Teacher Content Management

  19. Multimedia service centres • Competence development for teaching staff and students • Provisioning of the technical infrastructure • Media competence for students • Advisory services for teaching staff • Multimedia production

  20. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  21. Digitization centre • Mass digitization of scientific content • High quality digitization of historical images and text documents • Digitization of existing courseware

  22. Long-term archiving • Permanent access to the electronic information • Cooperation between libraries and data processing centres • Further developments necessary

  23. SUB GWDG BE IT further project partners Standards State of the artmeta dataformats E.g. DDB, ISN, Humboldt-Uni,IWI and others Data backup Server backup Content Publications E.g. research data - Medical data (esp. images)- SAP E.g. DDB, MPI Technique E.g. LOCKSS Software (e.g. IBM DIAS)Hardware (e.g. Centera) Archive systems, back-up-robots, SAN-Infrastructure Long-term archiving

  24. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

  25. INTERNET V-LIBs Internet-Guides online - interlending Göttingen Digitization centre (mass-/quality-) digitization subito pay-per-view electronic full texts inventory OPAC PUBLICATION  media neutral multimedia customized distribution provision acquisition processing publications scientific articlespublishers seminar- organization scientific articles University teaching long-term archiving dissertations master theses teachers students teaching material compilations of existing documents learning material Intranet or Internet and Print on Demand e-teaching e-learning applications third party funds confe- rences researchers research data teaching-management-system (TMS) multimedia-service-point in SUB and natural sciences library request  service  result

  26. MPG Medicine University SUB synergies synergies GWDG BE IT IT staff university administration

  27. Cooperation structures of the information service providers at Göttingen University Executive board (Mgmt. BE IT, Mgmt. GWDG, Mgmt. SUB) chair man Advisory board Gö* Chairman foundation board, Mgmt. MPG, experts of international sites, representatives of the user group Steering committee (executive board BHMed, member chair, executive board MPI) Staff positions • Project groups (project manager and members of all service facilities) • permanent team structures • temporary team structures BE IT SUB GWDG External participants Sub centres, IT staff, departments/teams Comprehensive projects Comprehensive projects Comprehensive projects Special projects Special projects Core competencies Core competencies Core competencies

  28. Technical and organisational consequences • Cooperation of service providers and creation of new organisational structures • New spatial requirements, in particular multimedia production and learning centres • Changes to the library's business processes • New requirements for the employees

  29. Outline • Initial situation • Developments of supply and publication of information • Examples: • Electronic information provisioning • Publishing information • Multimedia teaching and learning • Digitization and long-term archiving • Technical and organisational consequences of changing requirements • Conclusion

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