Smith College Information Technology Services

Policy on Acceptable Use of Computer Resources UPDATED
Smith College provides computer resources to students, faculty, and staff for academic purposes and for their use on college business. This document describes the college's standards and policies for the acceptable use of these resources, which include individual computer accounts, access to electronic mail (email), and space for web pages.

NOTE: Residential data ports are intended for the resident's client network access only. Any other use of the data connections within residence houses is not supported and may be prohibited, including hosted services such as websites, wireless or other expanded network access, email services, or other services to the network.

Electronic Commerce Policy NEW
If a Smith department, office, or group wishes to allow users to purchase a product, service, or event registration on-line, and pay for that item using a credit card, they must follow the process described in this document. This will ensure that the privacy and security of users' financial data is protected, and the security of the Smith network is maintained.

Electronic Mail Policy UPDATED
This document sets forth Smith College's policy with regard to access to and disclosure of electronic mail messages sent or received by Smith students, faculty, and staff with the use of the college's electronic mail system. It also sets forth policies on the proper use of the electronic mail systems.

Wireless Network Policy UPDATED
Smith College currently provides the convenience of wireless data network access in select locations to the campus community. Wireless networking is provided as an added supplement to the college’s wired LAN network, and is not considered a replacement to wired access. This document describes the college's policy on the deployment and use of wireless networking on the college’s network.

Remote Access Policy for Administrative Information Systems
Smith College provides selected persons with remote access to Smith's administrative information systems and databases for the purpose of doing work on behalf of the College from off campus. This document explains the remote user's responsibility to ensure the same level of security for College data and intellectual property as he/she would if working on campus.

Policy on Email for Official College Communication
This document explains Smith College's policy regarding electronic mail (email) as an official communication mechanism with students. Note that students are responsible for receiving, reading, complying with, and responding to official email communications from the College.

Account Retention Policy NEW
This document presents the College’s computer account retention and email forwarding policy. It also provides guidance for users whose Smith accounts are expiring and who wish to transfer any of their saved GroupWise email messages, GroupWise address books, and/or files saved on their Smith network drive (H: drive), to another computer.

Emergency Support Policy
This document outlines Information Technology Services policies and procedures regarding routine and emergency support. The document is divided into three sections, each dealing with a different level of support: routine hardware failures, unexpected service interruptions, and official campus closings.

Account Security Guidelines
The Information Technology Services department uses the user account security parameter settings described in this document as a default minimum guideline for all systems where they can be implemented.

Smith College Copyright Policy
This document describes Smith College's policies on the use of copyrighted works for education and research, lists the people to contact about specific copyright questions, and provides links to many other useful copyright resources on the Web.