Re: AUP for Faculty

[Earl Sande <sandes@CODETEL.NET.DO>]

I'm not sure that an AUP is such a good idea for faculty for it somehow
smacks of denying that they are adults and professionals, able to make
decisions on right and wrong.

Yes, I realize that some adults will access sites that may not be
appropriate, may use the school district's access to go to pornographic
materials.  This has, I believe, other ramifications in that they are being
unprofessional (if not immature) and may require that the person(s) are
removed from the pay of the school district.

No AUP will safeguard the district, unless there is a contractual statement
to the effect that unprofessional use, as accessing pornographic sites, can
mean termination of the offender's contract.  But that is not an issue that
a library should be involved in.  That is the responsibility of the
Administration.

Hopefully, the question raised is simply to locate for the district SAMPLES
of AUP, which they can then use/not use and enforce/not enforce.

Earl

Earl P Sande
Elementary School Librarian
Director of Library Services
Carol Morgan School
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
e-mail :  sandes@codetel.net.do

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