Well at Southampton I think there is more pro than con to this on the web
side - after years of struggling to forge a corporate identity, standards of
info etc.etc. from the bottom up, we now have a fairly hefty stick to shake
at departments which now has to be actively supported by top levels of
University management.
I would suggest that web-folk should take this as an opportunity to push
their institutional web in the direction they see fit - this could be
exactly the lever you need to release funding for CMS, XML development or
whatever else you think you will need to meet this new requirement.
Cheers,
Colin
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Colin K. Work
Information Resources Manager
Southampton University Computing Services
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