Definitions

• MCINET (Monmouth College Information Network)
  All computer systems and interconnecting communications lines, hardware, and software that are the property of Monmouth College and all Internet Protocol addresses that are in the Monmouth domain. Privately owned systems that are attached to the College-owned communications lines are considered to be “on the Monmouth Network.” This includes any device, on the campus or off, that makes use of an Internet Protocol address that is in the Monmouth domain, such as a dialup PPP (point-to-point) protocol connections.
   

• Official Page
  World Wide Web information pages (published on the MCINET) that are sanctioned by Monmouth College. This definition includes all of the following categories of WWW pages except for the Personal Web Page.
   

• The College Home Pages
  The “main entrances” to the College’s electronic communications network. The Alumni and Public Relations Office is responsible for their look and content.
   

• Departmental Web Pages
  The pages for College academic departments and administration offices. They are the responsibility of the department/office heads and the home page must contain the correct College logo. Student academic clubs or interest groups under the auspices of a department or office must be monitored by a faculty or staff member. These pages must also contain the College visual identity elements, and may – at the request of the mentor or College administration – include an additional clarifying statement.
   

• Centrally Supported Web Pages
  Pages that run across department or department/office lines, such as “news and events” pages, interim courses and the like. Prior to the startup it must be decided which office is immediately responsible for any page. These home pages also must contain the College’s visual identity elements.
   

• Student Organization Web Pages
  Pages for the use of Student Senate-chartered organizations, found under the departmental Student Life Home Page, and periodically reviewed by the organization’s faculty or staff mentor. These pages must contain the College visual identity elements, and may – at the request of the mentor or College administration – include an additional clarifying statement.
   

• Personal Web Pages
  Pages representing individual faculty, staff and students of the College.
   

• Webmaster
  Every page, both official and personal, is required to have a registered Webmaster.
   

• Monmouth WWW Servers
  All systems that are host to pages belonging to registered Information Providers.
   

• Official Pages
  The electronic equivalent of the pages of a printed publication of the college. An Official Page is subject to the same standards as the printed materials of the college.
   

• URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
  The Internet address for a page on the World Wide Web.
   

• Link
  A one-way hyper media connection from one site to another on the World Wide Web.  Expressed as a “link to” or “link from” a Web site or page of information.

Official Pages - Quality and Content
Faculty, students and staff may create electronic department pages, organizational pages, and personal pages that conduct official College business or support the College’s mission. Electronic pages, and all of their contents, are subject to existing Monmouth College policies as well as local, state and federal laws. Links to other web sites and computers are also covered under this policy.  Thus, a page may be judged in violation if it contains links to a page that violates the policy.

Any electronic publication produced at Monmouth College is a reflection of the institution and thus must be of good quality and responsible content. All department and centrally supported home pages must have the Monmouth nameplate and logo. These pages will be regularly reviewed so that the College’s electronic image reflects the same excellence as its print publications attempt to convey.

Copyright laws apply to electronic publishing as well as to print publishing. Publisher must have permission to publish the information, graphics, or photographs on their pages if the publisher is not the author or creator. Electronic publications are subject to the same College policies and standards as print publications. 

Student organization pages must be periodically reviewed by the faculty or staff mentor, just as mentors review written publications. The College expects mentors and student organization leaders to use sound judgment in page content and quality. The College reserves the right to require a clarifying statement on student organizational pages in coordination with the organization’s student leadership and mentor.

Personal Pages
These pages will be linked to an index page under the “People” heading of the Monmouth College website. They may also be accessed, at the discretion of a departmental webmaster, from other pages within the Monmouth College web.

Each personal web site must include a home page named “index.htm” or “default.htm” which includes the following disclaimer: “The views and opinions expressed on the following personal web pages are strictly those of the page author. The contents of these pages have not been reviewed or approved by Monmouth College.””

No commercial business endeavors are to be conducted through personal pages on the College system. Personal web pages may not use the College nameplate, logo or seal anywhere. The College may request that such pages be modified, and reserves the right to – at its discretion and without prior notification – remove from the server any pages that it deems to be in violation of these precepts.

The College also reserves the right to suspend the personal web page publishing privileges of any individual who knowingly violates college policy or governmental statute pertaining to electronic publishing, libel or decency.

Intellectual Property/Copyright
Materials that are owned by others may not be placed on Web pages without the expressed permission of the owner. One should assume that materials published on the Web by others are protected by copyright unless a disclaimer or waiver is expressly stated. (Common violations of this policy include unauthorized use of such things as trademarked images of Dilbert, the Simpsons, and Mickey Mouse as well as photographs, artwork, text, and data that have been created or are owned by others.) 

Materials licensed to the College by their owner are restricted to use by members of the College community only and may not be redistributed by any method. (Some examples would be Encyclopedia Britannica entries or Chicago Tribune newspaper articles.)  

All Web/information servers on the Monmouth Network (both College-owned and personally owned) must use only legally licensed software.

Commercial Activities
No employee, student, or guest may use systems on the Monmouth Network for profit-making ventures unless such use is directly related to Monmouth courses, to faculty/staff/student research or professional activities.

Privacy
Pictures, video, audio, or personal information of or about a person or persons may not be placed on Personal Pages without the subject(s)’s expressed permission. The burden of demonstrating consent is on the Webmaster of the page in which the material appears.

The usage of personal information on Official Pages is restricted to that allowed by federal, state, and local laws and by College standards for print publications.

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