Dear cni-announce subscribers:

Our colleagues Peter Schirmbacher and Andreas Degkwitz sent this announcement of a new publication, which they edited. It is published by DINI, the German Networked Information organization. --Joan Lippincott

'Changing Infrastructures for Academic Services' is a description of a set of ongoing projects, whose goal is to set up an integrated information management system to improve the cooperation between German institutions that provide academic support in the field of information, communication and media services. Each of the contributions demonstrates the different patterns of organisation and services, the various starting points and approaches, the broad diversity of successful activities, and the ongoing problems that characterize the current service and support organisations in German universities.

In order to reach an international audience, every contribution has been translated into English. In UK and US universities this topic has been discussed for many years under the heading of 'convergence'. This enables a long-term review of experiences and developments. The many examples in the contributions offer an opportunity to share and to profit from national and international experiences.

The publication is an Open Access Publication that is available in the book trade and directly from the publisher Bock + Herchen – D-53581 Bad Honnef, Postbox 1145, Fon: ++49-2224-5775, Fax: ++49-2224-78310 - E-Mail: buh@bock-net.de buh@bock-net.de

You can also download the publication for free at:

The Authors are:

• Uwe Blotevogel, Director of the Center for Information and Media Services of the University Duisburg-Essen
• Dr. Bettina Böhm, Chancellor of the Wilhelms-University Munster
• Dr.-Ing Andrea Bör, Advisor of the CIO, Technical University Munich
• Dr. Rolf Borgeest, Advisor of the CIO (Project IntegraTUM), Technical University Munich
• Dr. Leopold Eichner, Director of the Computer Center, University Augsburg
• Steffi Engert, Media and Customer-Service of the Center for Information and Media Services of the University Duisburg-Essen
• Christine Gläser, Member of the IBIT-Executive Board and Head of the IBIT-Customer Services, University Oldenburg
• Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Großmann, Director of the Communication and Information Center of the University Ulm
• Prof. Dr. Hannes Hartenstein, Vice-Director of the Computer Center, University Karlsruhe
• Dr. Wilhelm Held, Director of the Center for Data Processing of the Wilhelms-University Munster
• Dr. Ulrich Hohoff, Director of the University Library Augsburg
• Prof. Dr. Wilfried Juling, Director of the Computer Center, Technical University Karlsruhe
• Frank Klapper, CIO-IT of the University Bielefeld
• Prof. Dr. Hartmut Koke, Vice-Director and Head of the Institute for Scientific Data-Processing Göttingen
• Dr. Norbert Lossau, Director of the State- and University Library Göttingen
• Axel Maurer, Manager of the KIM-Project, Technical University Karlsruhe
• Sebastian Rieger, Member of the Working Group IT-Infrastructure of the Institute for Scientific Data-Processing Göttingen
• Dr. Beate Tröger, Director of the University- and Regional Library of the Wilhelms-Universität Munster
• Hans-Joachim Wätjen, Chairman of the IBIT-Executive Board ánd Director of the IBIT-Library and Media Services, University Oldenburg
• Dr. Sabine Wefers, Director of the University and Regional Library Jena/mailto:buh@bock-net.de