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- From: greeny@eff.org (J S Greenfield)
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- Subject: CAF Archive Recent Changes -- main directory/academic/admin/faq/library
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.003929.25697@eff.org>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:39:29 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.003805.25624@eff.org>
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
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- Recent Changes to the
- * Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF) Archive
-
- -- main directory, academic, admin, faq, library
-
- The CAF Archive is an electronic library of information about
- computers and academic freedom.
-
- If you have gopher, the archive is browsable with the command:
- gopher -p academic/law gopher.eff.org
-
- It is available via anonymous ftp to ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4) in
- directory "pub/academic". It is also available via email. For
- information on email access send email to archive-server@eff.org. In
- the body of your note include the lines "help" and "index".
-
- For more information, to make contributions, or to report typos
- contact J.S. Greenfield (greeny@eff.org).
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/abstracts
- =================
- * Computers and Academic Freedom News (CAF-News) -- Abstracts
-
- These are abstracts to the Computers and Academic Freedom News
- (CAF-news). Referenced issues of CAF-news are available via anonymous
- ftp to eff.org in directory "academic/news".
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/academic/academic-freedom.wus
- =================
- * Academic Freedom (WUS)
-
- The Lima Declaration on Academic Freedom and Autonomy of Institutions
- of Higher Education, an international declaration by the World
- University Service.
-
- Source: _World University Service Academic Freedom 1990: A Human
- Rights Report_ by Laksiri Fernando, et al.
-
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/academic/harassment-grievances.uiuc
- =================
- * U. of Illinois at U-C -- Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure
-
- The procedure for enforcing the sexual harassment policy at the U. of
- Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The gist of the policy is that the
- policy is complaint driven and aided by the grievant's supervisor or
- one of several designated university officials.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/academic/student.freedoms.aaup
- =================
- * Student Freedoms (AAUP)
-
- Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students -- This is the main
- U.S. statement on student academic freedom.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/admin/banned-list-selection
- =================
- * Banned List -- Selection Criteria
-
- A description of the sources and selection criteria for policies and
- incidents included in the CAF-News "Banned...1992" list.
-
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/admin/call-for-guest-editors
- =================
- A call for guest editors for the Computer and Academic Freedom News.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/admin/getting-material-on-line
- =================
- Tips on how to get permission from nonprofit organizations to put their
- some of their material on-line.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/anonymity
- =================
- * On individual privacy and the use of "handles"
-
- This article is an excerpt from an issue of FIDONEWS on individual
- privacy and the use of handles. It accepts the need of a system
- operator to know the name of a user; but suggests that the use of a
- handle is analogous to a request to withhold the name in a letter to
- the editor. The article concludes with a set of guidelines for
- preserving the right to be anonymous.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/banned.1991
- =================
- * Computer material that was banned/challenged in academia in 1991
-
- A list of computer material that was banned at universities during (or
- before) 1991. It summarizes incidents and policies at Ohio State U.,
- the U. of Illinois (two campuses), Case Western U., Boston U., U. of
- Waterloo, U. of Toledo, Western Washington U., Iowa State U.,
- Pennsylvania State U., U. of Texas, U. of Newcastle, James Madison U.,
- U. of Wisconsin, and others.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/banned.1992
- =================
- * Computer material that was banned/challenged in academia in 1992
-
- A list of computer material that was banned or challenged in academia
- in 1992. The institutions mentioned are:
-
- Ball State U., Boston U. (2), Carnegie Mellon U., German universities,
- Iowa State U. (3), Irish universities, James Madison U., Middle East
- Technical U., North Dakota State U., Pennsylvania State U., Princeton,
- Simon Fraser U., U. of British Columbia, U. of California at Berkeley
- *, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U. of Manitoba, U. of
- Massachusetts at Boston, U. of Nebraska at Lincoln, U. of Newcastle,
- U. of Ottawa, U. of Texas, U. of Toledo, U. of Toronto *, U. of
- Wyoming, United Kingdom Net, Virginia Public Education Network,
- Virginia Tech, Western Washington U. (& U. of Washington), Wilfrid
- Laurier U. (2), Williams College **
-
- ========
- * Site of an unsuccessful challenge
- ** College not directly involved.
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/eff.rights
- =================
- * Electronic Frontier and the Bill of Rights
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/archive
- =================
- * Archive - What is Available in the CAF Archive?
-
- q: What files are available from the Computers and Academic Freedom
- archive?
-
- a: The Computers and Academic Freedom archive includes several
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/censorship-and-harassment
- =================
- * Censorship And Harassment
-
- q: Must/should universities ban material that some find offensive
- (from Netnews facilities, email, libraries, and student publications,
- etc) in order to comply with antiharassment laws?
-
- a: No. The federal courts have said that harassing speech is different
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/due-process
- =================
- * Due Process
-
- q: Should users be suspended from the computer pending formal discipline?
-
- a: No, with one exception. Just as students should not be expelled from
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/email.policies
- =================
- * Email -- Policies
-
- q: Do any universities treat email and computer files as private?
-
- a: Yes, many universities treat email and computer files as private.
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/email.privacy
- =================
- * Email -- Privacy
-
- q: Can (should) my university monitor my email?
-
- a: Ethically (and perhaps legally) email communications should have
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/media.control
- =================
- * University Control of Media
-
- q: Since freedom of the press belongs to those who own presses, a
- public university can do anything it wants with the media that it
- owns, right?
-
- a: No. Like any organization, the government must work within its
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/netnews.liability
- =================
- * Netnews -- On University Liability for Netnews
-
- q: Does a University reduce its likely liability by screening Netnews
- for offensive articles and newsgroups?
-
- a: Not necessarily. By screening articles and newsgroups the
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/netnews.reading
- =================
- * Netnews -- Policies on What Users Read
-
- q: Should my university remove (or restrict) Netnews newsgroups
- because some people find them offensive? If it doesn't have the
- resources to carry all newsgroups, how should newsgroups be selected?
-
- a: Material should not be restricted just because it is offensive to
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/netnews.writing
- =================
- * Netnews -- Policies on What Users Write
-
- q: Should my university allow students to post to Netnews?
-
- a: Yes. Free inquiry and free expression are an important part of a
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/policy
- =================
- * Policy -- Guidance for Creating and Evaluating
-
- q: What guidance is there for creating or evaluating a computer policy?
-
- a: The first thing to do is to get a copy of your university's Student
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/umanitoba.ca
- =================
- * Canada -- U. of Manitoba -- What's going on?
-
- q: What is going on at the Univeristy of Manitoba in Canada? What is
- the Canadian law on obscenity?
-
- a: Here is some information related to the alt.sex* ban at the U. of Manitoba.
- ...
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/filters.email
- =================
- * How Unix users can filter out harassing email by themselves
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/library/int-freedom.can
- =================
- * Intellectual Freedom Statement -- Canadian Library Assoc
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/library/library.porn.real
- =================
- * Library Porn -- the newspaper article parodied
-
- A real newspaper article published in the Houston Chronicle. The
- parody is in file library.porn.
-
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/library/patron.behavior.draft.ala
- =================
- * Patron Behavior -- Draft (ALA)
-
- DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT
-
- GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES REGARDING PATRON BEHAVIOR
- AND LIBRARY USAGE
-
-
- =================
- ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/old.banned.1992
- =================
- * Computer material that was banned/challenged ...'92 - old version
-
- The first posted version of the list of computer material that was
- banned or challenged in academia in 1992.
-