IS policies, procedures & guidelines

Strategic documents

• Library and Information Resources Provision Strategy 2005-2009 (Word, 113 KB)
• Information Technology Strategy 2008-2012

Computing

• Account disabling (Active Directory) procedure
• Regulations for the use of computing facilities
• Code of conduct for the use of computing facilities
• Children in the Computer Centre
• Policy on the investigation of computers
• Mailing list policies
• Mass emailing policy (UoB access only)
• SMS text messaging policy
• Procedure: requesting a mass emailing to members of the University (UoB access only)
• Policy on the creation of local, University-only, Usenet newsgroups
• Software charges policy
• Policy on wireless LAN equipment
• Blackboard policy statements
• The University's web accessibility policy statement
• Policy on the anonymous FTP service
• ResNet Firewall policy

Information for technical support staff

• Activities carried out by system administrators involving personal information
• Guidelines for System and Network Administrators
• Policy for the disposal of computing equipment

Library

• Library Collection Management Policy
• General regulations for the library services and facilities
• Library users' rights and responsibilities
• Library Disaster Control Plan (PDF, 287 KB)
• Library Disaster Control Plan Manual (PDF, 314 KB)
• Policy for use of Library Group Rooms
• Guidelines for Academic Library Representatives
• Guidelines on food and mobile phone use in the Arts and Social Sciences Library (Word, 27 KB)

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