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Where were we? - Culture at UEA

The Road to ‘MLEville’ - MARTINI & Cultural Change at the University of East Anglia Organizational & Cultural Issues Session David Palmer, University of East Anglia MARTINI Project Officer. Where were we? - Culture at UEA. Rich, but diverse environment Information silos Proprietary attitude

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Where were we? - Culture at UEA

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  1. The Road to ‘MLEville’ - MARTINI & Cultural Change at the University of East AngliaOrganizational & Cultural Issues SessionDavid Palmer, University of East AngliaMARTINI Project Officer JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  2. Where were we? - Culture at UEA • Rich, but diverse environment • Information silos • Proprietary attitude • Progressive but individualized • MLE? What’s that? JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  3. Drivers of change • Information control? • Student demands • Legislative imperatives • Costs • Project work • National environment JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  4. MARTINI Overview • Objectives • an integrated information delivery service for students • a generic, transferable, open source based ‘toolkit’ & interface for the academic community • contribute to MLE development • We are not a MLE! JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  5. MARTINI - Influencing culture • Top level support from outset • Stakeholder / Data Provider involved • Users / Students • Resistance & competition • Other initiatives • Coordination? • Institutional inertia / ignorance JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  6. MARTINI - the present • Users enthusiastic but unfocussed • Front level admin staff accepting • Top level still ‘generally’ in favour • Need to work on ‘middle-layer’ culture • Data providers involved as suppliers, not core team members JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  7. MARTINI - The future • Transition to service • Accelerating the MLE evolution • Closer planning & working linkage with data providers • Planned & coordinated implementation JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  8. Lessons learned? • Need direction, consistency & momentum • Involve data providers early and often - visibility builds support • Where’s our ‘champion’ • ‘MLE by stealth’? JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  9. Further Info & Contacts • MARTINI web page: http://www.mis.uea.ac.uk/martini/ • email: • Project Officer: • david.palmer@uea.ac.uk • Project Manager: • m.r.howard@uea.ac.uk • Project Director: • j.steward@uea.ac.uk JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

  10. And Now: • Demonstration, then • Discussion, then….. JISC End of Programme Meeting - July 3, 2003

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