2012 - 2013 catalog - Delta College

dures, and comply with instructions of support staff in the computer
labs and OIT staff. In particular, you will vacate workstations or
the facility and will surrender other resources (such as printers and
software) promptly when asked to do so both at closing times and
when necessary to permit access by others.
14. You should assume that anything you access may be copyrighted.
Absence of a © notice does not mean that the material is not copyrighted.
That means that, for example, before you download a
document, an image, or any other media to your web page, you
should ask the author’s permission.
15. You have full responsibility for statements made via the electronic
resources of the College, including statements on any personal web
pages. Such statements do not represent the opinions of the College
or any other member of the College community. Your personal web
page should include the following disclaimer at the bottom of the
first page: “This space is provided as a service by Delta College.
Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the College.”
16. The following list is provided as an illustration, but not an exhausitve
list, of the kinds of uses that could subject you to penalties by the
College or by outside authority: • Harassment, such as repeated
unwanted communication or communication that threatens •
Violation of others’ privacy • Destruction or damage to equipment,
software or data of the College or others • Violation of computer
system security • Use of computer accounts or access codes without
permission, or permitting another unauthorized person to use accounts
or access codes • Violation of copyright or software license
agreements • Negligent or deliberate inappropriate use of the
resource in ways that degrades service for other users, including
viruses, Trojan Horses, worms and the like • Academic dishonesty
• Violation of College policy or local, state or federal law • Using
computer resources for any purpose which is criminal, unethical,
dishonest, damaging to the reputation of the College, or likely to
subject the College to liability. •“Spamming” or the non-commercial
equivalent, defined as sending a large volume of unsolicited e-mail
which is irrelevant to most if not all recipients.
17. Consequences and process will depend on the violation. When
required to protect others or system integrity, immediate termination,
removal of pages or other materials, or suspension of user
privileges may occur. Otherwise, the user will normally be notified
of the alleged infraction and will have an opportunity to respond
to a person or body separate from system administration, and will
have an opportunity to appeal. The process used will depend on
the nature of the alleged infraction, and could be heard under the
Judicial Process, Senate Policy 2.065; Student Violation of College
Rules and Regulations, Senate Policy 8.045; Disciplinary Action,
Support Staff Policies and Procedures 1.12; Affirmative Action or
Sexual Harassment complaint procedures, or other appropriate
college procedures, or could be referred to outside legal authorities
where violations of local, state or federal law are involved. Penalties
imposed may range from warnings to suspension of privileges
for a temporary, definite, or indefinite period, to termination of
employment or expulsion from classes or from the College, to civil
suit or criminal prosecution and the penalties resulting from those
actions.
18. Delta College reserves the right to monitor, manage, and control the
usage of these resources and to make changes in these quidelines
without prior notice.
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