Developing an information system at the Engineering Faculty of Porto University

Abstract

The main goal for developing an information system at the Engineering Faculty of Porto University (FEUP) was to enable faster access and dissemination of scholar, scientific, technical and other info-resources, stimulating a stronger collaboration among members of our academic community. The second, but equally important goal, was the possibility to increase the connection and the interaction with other higher education institutions and with industries, especially in the northern region of Portugal.In this work, we describe how current technology and some initial effort put on planning enabled to start the project of renewing the information system at FEUP (SiFEUP). Although the development of SiFEUP is not yet complete, some noticeable differences can be already identified and will be herein pointed out. The mechanisms considered to measure the usefulness of what is being produced are also outlined.