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Student Computer Lab Policy

The computing facilities at Lander University are intended to be used by the University community in a manner supportive of scholarly purposes. The following policies and practices are means of providing quality computing service and resources to our user community. This policy is intended to be an addition to the existing ITS Internet/Network Use Policy and the Lander University Acceptable Use Policy and does not alter or modify those policies in any way.

Facility Administration

Admittance to a Lander University Computer Lab is conditional upon the presentation of a current Lander University ID (with some form of Photo ID); spouses, children, etc. are not eligible to use the computer labs. Alternative forms of identification are not acceptable. Users in computer labs must be ready to produce identification when requested.

No food or beverages in the computer labs.
No cell phones. You must go into the lobby area in the Jackson Library and hallway in Laura Lander Hall to carry on conversations.
No smoking or chewing tobacco in the computer labs.
Equipment and cables are to be moved only by authorized personnel.
There is a limit of 1 workstation per person.
Workstations left idle for more than 10 minutes may be reassigned to another user.
Groups may utilize workstations at computer labs as long as such use does not compromise the noise level and work environment of the other users of that facility.
Use of a computer could be limited for any one work session during periods of heavy computer lab usage (noted by no available workstations at the facility and waiting lines at all comparable facilities).
It is sometimes necessary to reserve a computer lab facility for instructional purposes. Every effort will be made to inform facility users ahead of time of such reservations. However, Information Technology Services reserves the right to close a facility to users at short notice to accommodate instructional needs. All facility users must leave the computer lab ten minutes before a scheduled reservation. The ten-minute interval is necessary for preparation of the incoming class. This rule only applies to the Jackson Library Computer Lab and Laura Lander Hall open-access lab, room 202.

Printing

In staffed computer labs, paper in the printers will be refilled by computer lab student workers or ITS full-time staff only.
Printing of long documents (more than 35 pages) must be done in 35 page sections.
ANY tampering with printers in the Labs IS prohibited.

Software

The use of software which supports the primary focus of certain computer labs (i.e. Laura Lander Computer Lab, LL 202) will have priority over the use of baseline productivity software (graphics, word processing, spreadsheet and database applications) in these facilities.
Any other use of a workstation has priority over games.
ANY tampering with software or hardware in the Labs or Computer Classrooms IS prohibited.

Storage of files on lab hard drives

ITS holds no responsibility for personal files saved on the hard disks. Please save your work to a USB jump drive or floppy disk! The hard disks are cleaned off nightly. Software packages installed on the hard disks are licensed to Lander University. Software owned by the individual may not be left on the hard disks.

Acknowledgements

Lander University's Student Computer Lab Policy includes language and content adapted from Seattle University’s Computer Lab Policy and Pacific Lutheran University’s University Computer Lab Policy.

Failure to comply with the workstation facility or computing policies may result in your removal from the computer lab. Repeated violations can result in suspension of all privileges of the computer lab facilities. Violations of these policies will be subject to the normal disciplinary procedures of the University. Information Technology Services is entirely responsible for the contents of the information above. Please direct any questions or comments to the person listed in the header.

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