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This policy seeks to provide a tool for electronic publications through computer systems located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (51ÁÔÆæ) and provide guidelines for implementation of the policy to assure accurate information representative of 51ÁÔÆæ. All officially provided data must support the mission of 51ÁÔÆæ or be of general interest to the university community. 

It is the intent of 51ÁÔÆæ to be sure that any officially provided data seen by anyone outside 51ÁÔÆæ is accurate and consistent with university policies. 

It is also the intent to enable faculty, staff and students to be able to publish freely and openly within the constraints of local, state and federal laws, including copyright laws. 

I. Official Documents

A document that is official is one that purports to speak for the university and its official units, programs and departments and not for individuals employed by 51ÁÔÆæ. Some examples are university, college and departmental policies; official forms; academic/curriculum information; institutional statistics; recruitment materials; and financial aid guidelines. Departments should provide links to official documents and should not reproduce these on their own pages. Information about creating links to official sources can be obtained from the 51ÁÔÆæ Webmaster (www@uwm.edu). For the purposes of this policy, official documents do not include electronic mail, memoranda or correspondence. When official documents or publications are published electronically, all such official electronic documents must contain an e-mail address and a last-modified time/date. 

In addition, pages must be in compliance with all appropriate 51ÁÔÆæ policies and procedures, including the 51ÁÔÆæ Computer and Network Usage Policy; ; ; ; and .Ìý

II. Official Home Pages on the World Wide Web

In addition to the official 51ÁÔÆæ home page, 51ÁÔÆæ Administrative units and legislatively-based governance groups’ home pages are expected to conform to 51ÁÔÆæ Web Standards. Top level pages of 51ÁÔÆæ administrative units must reside on the 51ÁÔÆæ central web server.

III. Other Web Pages and Electronic Publications

Faculty, staff, students, student organizations, and organizations carrying on university business¹ may establish unofficial home pages and documents. These pages are not official university publications and the author has full responsibility for the contents. This policy recognizes that together with other forms of electronic publication, home pages developed by faculty, staff, students and organizations carrying on university business constitute an important means of formulating and conveying knowledge, including statements of belief and opinion, to the university community and to the world at large. The principles of intellectual and academic freedom developed for publication in print media will be applied to publication in computer media. In addition, the same standards of intellectual and academic freedom developed for university libraries will be applied to access to electronic information from the news networds, the World Wide Web, and other remote sites. The contents of documents and pages must not violate any applicable export laws and regulations, must not constitute a copyright or trademark infringement, or otherwise violate any local, state or federal laws. 

In addition, unofficial documents and pages must be in compliance with all appropriate 51ÁÔÆæ policies and procedures, including the 51ÁÔÆæ Computer and Network Usage Policy (http://www.uwm.edu.IMT/Computing/Docs/csdGuideline.html);; ; ; and . For example, unofficial home pages may not purport to be an official site for any non-51ÁÔÆæ organization or be used to conduct a commercial business enterprise, serve as an advertisement for a commercial business enterprise, consume extraordinary resources, or be used for personal financial benefit, or they are subject to removal from the network. Moreover, it is expected that such documents and pages will not be in conflict with the policies and guidelines outlined herein. Student organization home pages must comply also with guidelines issued by the Office of Student Organizations Advising and Resources (http://www.uwm.edu.policy/soar-www.html).Ìý

IV. Additional Items

The party responsible for any home page must be clearly apparent and readily identifiable at first glance and must not represent the unit or themself. Any pages discovered to be in violation of the above policies and guidelines are subject to removal from the 51ÁÔÆæ network. Appropriate university procedures apply with respect to appealing such actions.Ìý

Questions regarding this policy can be directed to the 51ÁÔÆæ Web Master. 

Footnotes

1. An organization carrying on university business is defined as one expressly authorized in writing to carry our university education-related function on its behalf and must have a written agreement of the 51ÁÔÆæ Web Master authorizing the use of the university server for a web page. ↩︎