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Availability and Conditions of use of Facilties
Information Services - Class 6.1
Publication Scheme: Class
Information in these classes provides details about who can access systems and services and the facilities that they can access. They provide assurance for external bodies/individuals that rules exist to ensure that breaches of conditions of use (eg, breach of copyright, mail spamming of an external site) are appropriately dealt with.
Examples of the type of information in this class include: opening hours of libraries, helpdesks, etc, scheduled maintenance times of systems; who is allowed to use the facilities (eg categories of persons and their associated rights/levels of access); the general rules and conditions of use (eg, no smoking/drinking/eating, the existence of policies with regard to law such as copyright, computing code of practice, data protection) [For other student policies see reference to other relevant student policies in the publication scheme]; some of the information may be covered in the student registration details or staff conditions of employment, but it will be necessary to advise how other categories are to be accepted as users, eg temporary staff, short course or conference use, alumni, 'taster sessions' etc; there should be a pointer to other codes of conduct or rules external to the institution that may apply to the user (eg JANET acceptable use rules, Athens registration rules); access to/use of archives, including how far back in time information exists and if so to what extent it is available. [Institutions may wish to indicate that only information back to a certain point will be available through its publication scheme.] Details of logging, monitoring and procedures followed in case of breach of conditions of use should also be included here.
Sources used to compile this entry: Freedom of Information Act 2000, Model Publication Scheme for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Information Commissioner, 2003, http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
- 'Conditions of Use of IT Facilities', http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/page?_pageid=164,628057&_dad=portallive&_schema=PORT.... [ Details ]
- 'College Libraries Committee', http://www.imperial.ac.uk/registry/services/committees/libary/libary_index.htm. [ Details ]
SuperiorRelated Organisational Units
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Updated: 19 June 2006
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