Hi Aimee, We don't have the resources to maintain separate handbooks for these constituents, or any others.
Although it may not work for all institutions, a useful way for Cornell to think about the responsibility for such a tool would be thus: The University Policy Office is only the keeper of the complete "body of information"; it is the unit in charge of the particular area that is responsible for education and resource distribution. Any unit that needs to highlight policies to individuals in the university community would be expected to curate and distribute the university policy information in whatever way works for them. Therefore, a student handbook would be the responsibility of the division of student and campus life. We would expect that office to create whatever handbooks are appropriate. We are not specialists, but generalists, and as generalists we are not the experts on the students, in terms of what information they need, how it would best be distributed, etc. Similarly, the division of HR would be the unit that would decide which policies would be most important for their constituency(ies) of employees; they might break it down into smaller constituencies, such as "bargaining unit employees," 'academic employees," or whatever, and have a different body of "important policy information" for each. Finally, we advise units to point to policies with links, rather than to copy policy text. Current policies change, but physical handouts do not, so here we have moved away from them. I hope this helps. Josh Joshua Adams, Director University Policy Office and DFA Communications Cornell University 341 Pine Tree Road Ithaca, NY 14850 p: 607.255.8279 f: 607.254.1555 w: www.policy.cornell.edu<http://www.policy.cornell.edu/> ΓΌ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aimee Smart Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 4:15 PM To: ACUPA-L <[email protected]> Subject: [acupa-l] Maintaining Physical Policy Handbooks Good afternoon, I am curious to know if other institutions with online policy libraries are also maintaining a physical handbook for students and employees. Thank you. Aimee [http://miamioh.edu/_files/images/ucm/resources/logo/email-FSLOD_186K.jpg] Aimee Smart Paralegal/Office of General Counsel 205B Roudebush Hall Oxford, OH 45056 513-529-6734<tel:513-529-6734> Office 513-529-3911<tel:513-529-3911> Fax [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Replying to Messages: Replying (using Reply) to an ACUPA-L e-mail will distribute your message to the ENTIRE list of members. To send a message privately, reply directly to the individual who sent the message (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). To Unsubscribe or for questions about the ACUPA e-list, Contact Joshua Adams at j<mailto:[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]?subject=Question%20About%20the%20ACUPA%20E-list> or 607-255-8279.
