Wow David, this is terrific. Thanks so much for sharing it! Vancouver is lucky to have you.
Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org www.clevelandart.org www.museumattic.org (blog) www.musematic.net -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Marsh Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 2:30 PM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Looking for Policies--Provisional Internet & ComputingPolicy Hi, Holly... Here's a somewhat informal email I circulated amongst our staff as a first stab at a Computer and Internet Usage policy. Hope it's helpful. DM QUOTE Hi, everyone. I've been working on developing some of the policies we need to govern the use of some of our technology. I'll be publicizing formal, final versions of these from time to time. In the meantime, here's a couple of points you should know about: 1) Appropriate Use Of The Internet Policy: Consider the Internet a public place. In fact, it's probably the most public place there is. Everything you do and everywhere you go is subject to scrutiny, logging and recording by various parties for various purposes (many potentially malign). Reasonable Behavior Principle: As a good rule of thumb, behave like you're in public. Do not engage in any behaviors or view any content you aren't prepared to be held accountable for. Liability Principle: In particular, any anti-social behavior that might expose the HRMSC to risk or legal liability will constitute a breach of this policy. An example would be distributing illegal copies of copyrighted material through our network. Any other use of our technological resources to facilitate a crime would qualify too. 2) HRMSC Personal Computing Policy Consider your office PC (and any resources you have on the network) as equivalent to you physical workspace. Some key points to cogitate over: Respect Of Personal Workspace Principle: You have reasonable expectations of privacy and respect of your space. You would not normally expect other staff to mess with it without speaking to you first, unless there's a good reason to do so. One consequence of this is that, as sysadmin, I will not normally "look" at your screen without asking you first. This is an extension of common courtesy, the same as not entering your physical office without knocking on the door first. HRMSC Ownership Principle: Over-riding the above, the HRMSC ultimately owns its computing resources the same way it owns the physical workspace, and therefore has full and final authority to control their use. In the same way you are required to respect HRMSC policies in the use of the building, you will also be required to do so in the use of the computing facilities. Likewise, all the programs, data and assets residing on the network are the property of the HRMSC. That's enough for now .any questions, feel free to ask. David Marsh, HRMSC System administrator END QUOTE =========================================== David Marsh Chief Technician & System Administrator H.R. MacMillan Space Centre & Vancouver Museum 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9 E sysadmin at hrmacmillanspacecentre.com sysadmin at vanmuseum.bc.ca T (604) 738 7827 ext. 229 C (604) 813 9667 F (604) 736 5665 =========================================== -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Holly Witchey Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 7:15 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Cc: Douglas Hiwiller Subject: [MCN-L] Looking for Policies--Can you help? Hi Folks, My apologies if I am repeating a query that's been done here time and time again and for any cross-postings. CMA is looking at revising staff policies regarding internet usage, archiving of emails, storage (any policies about what you can and cannot keep on your desk pc and on the servers), and purchasing. If you've got great models for any of these, I'd love to see them. If you are willing to share internal documents you can do it here on the list serv, if that would be of help to others, or share with me off the list serv at hwitchey at clevelandart.org. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org www.clevelandart.org www.museumattic.org (blog) www.musematic.net _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
