College Web Page Policies

CSC 105 - The Digital Age - Weinman

Summary:

We remind readers about their obligations as authors of College-hosted web pages.

Grinnell College supports the free expression and exchange of ideas and opinions and hopes that users of its computer systems will actively explore the possibilities of electronic publication on the World Wide Web. The College encourages students, faculty, and staff to develop and publish WWW pages through its servers (www.grinnell.edu, www.lib.grin.edu, web.grinnell.edu, and www.math.grin.edu).

Exercising one's right to free speech in an academic community, however, also entails some responsibilities that authors should be aware of:

It is improper and inappropriate to use the College's World Wide Web servers purposely to annoy, abuse, libel, threaten, or harass anyone, individually or collectively, or to violate state or federal laws.

It is improper to make Grinnell College directory information (regarding faculty, students and staff) viewable by off-campus computer users.

The author of a text or the creator of a graphic is protected by copyright law unless she specifically releases her work into the public domain. Other authors should not copy such texts or graphics onto their own WWW pages without the original author's permission.

In particular, authors should secure the permission of Grinnell College before using the College logo or reproducing parts of any College publication, and should not use the name of the College in any way that implies endorsement of the author's personal ideas and opinions.

According to the Student Handbook, a Grinnell College student who wishes to start a business or to organize a fund-raising campaign must have prior approval and should apply to the Dean of Student Affairs.

According to the College's Academic Computer Use Policies, no one may use the World Wide Web servers for any activity that violates the College's policies on academic honesty.

The College's computing resources are finite. If one user's WWW pages are so frequently accessed or involve the transmission of such large amounts of data that other uses of the equipment are impeded, the system administrators may remove the pages. (Normally, the user will first be given the opportunity to find a different Internet service provider better equipped to distribute those pages.)

Source: http://www.grinnell.edu/about/offices-services/it/service_policies Accessed 14 February 2014.