News from ITCS: Winter Term 2008
MCommunity Will Track Who's In and Who's Out
MCommunity, a new online directory and identity management system, was announced to the University community in an article in The University Record earlier this month ("MCommunity will track who's in and who's out," The University Record, 2/8/08).
MCommunity will store information about people that can be used to grant or deny them access to various online and physical resources at both the University and departmental levels. It will include digital identity creation, an online directory with enhanced privacy features, and ways for units to get University-affiliated people into the system earlier and more easily so they can access the resources they need.
"More and more of what we do as an institution depends on our ability to know who's in and who's out," said John King, vice provost for academic information, executive vice president for academic affairs, and professor of information. For that reason, he described the MCommunity Project as "pivotal." He said, "An awful lot of what we want to do in the future depends on this project."
MCommunity will be introduced in stages over the next several years. In June of this year, much of the infrastructure underlying the new system will be in place, and staff members who create and manage uniqnames for sponsored individuals will begin a transition to a new tool for doing that work—the MCommunity Sponsor System. The most visible part of MCommunity—a new online directory—will likely be introduced in December.
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