Office of Information Technologies
Office Location: Munroe Center
IT Help Desk: (401) 341-7777
Email: helpdesk@salve.edu
Policies
The Office of Information Technologies at Salve Regina University strives to serve faculty, staff and students in their technology needs. Information is provided pertaining to Internet policies and guidelines.
Computer and Network Use Policy
Introduction
Salve Regina University is dedicated to the mission of "seeking wisdom, promoting universal justice and through teaching, research and community service to work for a world that is harmonious, just and merciful." In support of this mission, the university provides access to information technology resources (including computer networks and computer equipment) to its faculty, student, staff and other members of the university community. The Computer and Network Use Policy (Policy) contains the University's philosophy and requirements governing faculty, students, staff and other members of the community in their use of the University's information technology resources.
General Principles
The information technology resources are to be used exclusively to further the mission of the University. All members of the university community have the obligation to use these resources in a manner consistent with this goal.
The University's information technology resource is a finite, shared resource of its community worthy of respect. As such, the University expects each member of the community to use these resources responsibly, ethically and to comply with the Policy, relevant laws and contractual obligations to other parties.
The use of these resources is a privilege. If a member of the community fails to comply with the Policy or relevant laws or contractual obligations, that member's privilege may be revoked.
Members of the University community should seriously bear in mind that their use of the University's resources contributes to the perception that the public at large has of the University. In addition, each time a member of the University community uses these resources (such as sending email) in relation to non-University persons or entities that member is identified as belonging to the University community. As such, everyone should use these resources consistent with the freedom of expression but without compromising the integrity and the well being of the University.
Computer Account and Revocation Procedures
All members of the University community are provided with a network username and password upon their enrollment in a course or the start of their employment. Access to the University's network system may be revoked temporarily or permanently if one's information technology related behavior or use of one's network account falls within one or more of the following circumstances:
- Involvement in violation of federal or state law or criminal activity
- Behavior that constitutes a violation of a University policy or code, including this Policy;
- The use of the Internet or the University's computer network and associated resources for one's own commercial gain, or for commercial purposes not officially sanctioned by the University.
Your use of your account constitutes acknowledgement and acceptance of all published rules and regulations regarding the network, including this Policy.
Freedom of expression and an open environment within which to pursue scholarly inquiry and to share information are encouraged and supported at the University. While the University rejects censorship, behavior that constitutes misconduct will not be protected. Such behavior includes, but is not limited to use of, the University's information technology resources in connection with child pornography, harassment of any kind, copyright infringement, theft, unauthorized access and other violations of the law.
Privacy
Members of the University community are entitled to privacy in their use of information resources. Each user number, log-in name, account name, or any other username and associated password belongs to an individual or a department. No one should use a user number, log-in name, any username or account name and password without explicit permission from the owner. No one should use aliases, nicknames, pointers, or other electronic means to attempt to impersonate, redirect, or confuse those who use the information resources. Each member of the University community shall accept the burden for the responsible use and dissemination of his or her user number, log-in name, username and account name and password and is further responsible for any authorized use of one's account.
The University, to fulfill its responsibility to the academic community, reserves the right to monitor periodically the activities on its network system. Further, the University may be subject to subpoena or other lawfully mandated legal process related to unlawful use or other violations which will subject the entire network or individual accounts to outside monitoring.
Intellectual Property
The University expects all members of its community to respect the property of others and to be aware of how intellectual laws, regulations and policies that apply to the electronic environment. In this regard, all personnel should be familiar with the University's copyright policy, the Faculty Manual and the Student's Handbook.
No member of the University community shall use another's material or property in a way that violates copyright law or infringes on the rights held by others. In particular, the unauthorized duplication or use of software that is licensed or protected by copyright is theft. Members of the University community should recognize that placing their work in the electronic public domain may result in widespread distribution of their work and could jeopardize their rights to that work. One should assume that works communicated through the network are subject to copyright unless there is a specific disclaimer to the contrary.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism basically occurs when a person uses someone else's creative work but fails to give that person credit. It also occurs even when a person credits the author but uses his exact words without so indicating with quotation marks or block indentations. It even occurs when a person uses words so close to those in the source, that if the person placed his/her work next to the source, you would see that it could not have been written without the source 'at the elbow.' "Plagiarism constitutes intellectual theft [emphasis added]. Strictly speaking, it is a moral and ethical offense rather than a legal one, since most instances of plagiarism fall outside the scope of copyright infringement, a legal offense. Nevertheless, plagiarism often carries severe penalties, ranging from failure in a course to expulsion from school" (Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed. [New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999]: 30).
Given the increasingly widespread use in academia of computer technology and online sources of information, 'plagiarism and the Web' assumes a particularly important moment today. Where plagiarism and the Web runs anywhere from unreferenced electronic sources through e-commerce companies that prepare student papers (even in their own style!) to other companies which can scan papers for possible plagiarism, the task of cultivating ethical scholars faces serious challenges. In this respect, every person should consult those sources that devote particular attention to the method of properly referencing electronic sources. In this regard, two sources are currently in widespread use: Kate L. Turabian, A Manual ..., 158-64 and especially Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook ..., 158-201.
By adopting this Policy the University recognizes that all its faculty, students, staff and other members of the University community are bound not only by the Policy but also by local state and federal laws related to electronic media, copyrights, privacy and security. Each member of the University community is expected to be familiar with the foregoing laws.
Definitions
ASP (Active Server Pages)
A specification for a dynamically created Web page with a .ASP extension that utilizes ActiveX scripting -- usually VB Script or Jscript code. When a browser requests an ASP page, the Web server generates a page with HTML code and sends it back to the browser. So ASP pages are similar to CGI scripts, but they enable Visual Basic programmers to work with familiar tools.
Application Server
A program that handles all application operations between users and an organization's backend business applications or databases. Application servers are typically used for complex transaction-based applications.
Cold Fusion (CFML)
A product created by Allaire Corporation of Cambridge, Mass. (in 2001, Allaire merged with Macromedia) that includes a server and a development toolset designed to integrate databases and Web pages. [2] CFML: Short for ColdFusion Markup Language CFML is a tag-based Web scripting language supporting dynamic Web page creation and database access in a Web server environment.
Flash
A bandwidth friendly and browser independent vector-graphic animation technology.
HTML
Short for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web.
IT
Short for Office of Information Technology
Java
Java is an object-oriented language similar to C++, but simplified to eliminate language features that cause common programming errors.
JavaScript
A scripting language developed by Netscape to enable Web authors to design interactive sites. Although it shares many of the features and structures of the full Java language, it was developed independently. Javascript can interact with HTML source code, enabling Web authors to spice up their sites with dynamic content.
LDAP
Short for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, a set of protocols for accessing information directories.
Microsoft Access
Database application provided via Microsoft's Office Suite. At this time only Access 2000 is supported by IT.
Perl
Short for Practical Extraction and Report Language, Perl is a programming language developed by Larry Wall, especially designed for processing text. Because of its strong text processing abilities, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for writing CGI scripts. Perl is an interpretive language, which makes it easy to build and test simple programs.
PHP
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages.
SQL Server
Any database management system (DBMS) that can respond to queries from client machines formatted in the SQL language. When capitalized, the term generally refers to either of two database management products from Sybase and Microsoft. Both companies offer client-server DBMS products called SQL Server.
WPG
Short for Web Policy Group, administrative body compiled of members from the various Internet providers of Salve Regina University.
XHTML
Short for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, a hybrid between HTML and XML specifically designed for Net device displays. XHTML is a markup language written in XML; therefore, it is an XML application.
XML
Short for Extensible Markup Language, a specification developed by the W3C. XML is a pared-down version of SGML, designed especially for Web documents. It allows designers to create their own customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications and between organizations.