Software and Hardware Installed at Vandercook

USERS
Access to the VanderCook MIDI lab is limited to currently enrolled students. Users are responsible for ethical use of the computer resources, including both honesty in their academic pursuits and respect for others who share these resources. If requested, users should be prepared to sign in or may be requested to present a valid VanderCook picture ID when they enter a computing facility.

AVOID EXCESS PRINTING
Users must only print materials of academic relevance or co-curricular significance.

Users are expected to be conservative in their use of paper and to exercise discretion when printing documents to prevent waste of expensive printing materials. Because cartridges are costly, users must be prudent when sending print jobs to printers.

Users should submit the print command only once to avoid printing multiple copies of a document. Users should allow adequate time to ensure a successful print job before re-sending a print command.

Users who need multiple copies of a document must use a photocopying machine for duplication of documents. Coin-operated photocopiers are available in the Library (during library hours).

Users are urged to use the “print preview” command before submitting a print job. Blank pages that appear in the “print preview” result should be deleted before the print job is sent.

Users should notify the IT Director if the printer has failed to respond correctly after the first print command. If users have submitted an incorrect print job, they should notify the IT Director so that the IT Director can attempt to cancel the job.

Users should save personal email, web pages and any kind of academically irrelevant materials to removable media, such as zip disks, floppy disks, memory sticks, and CD-R or CD-RW disks.

SOFTWARE AND DATA
Only software owned by or licensed to VanderCook shall reside on campus lab computers (see Computer Software). All applicable copyright laws and licenses must be observed.

No software or “freeware” shall be installed on any lab computer without express permission from the IT department.

Users must save their work to removable media such as USB flash drives and recordable compact discs.

RESPECT
Those using the facilities should work quietly. Loud conversations and disruptive behavior disturb others who are trying to do academic work.

Users may not encroach on others’ use of computing resources. Such activities include, but are not limited to, sending harassing messages, introducing viruses or anything else that damages software or hardware, and misrepresenting one’s identity in electronic communication.

Persons who are disruptive in computer lab facilities will be asked to leave immediately. Campus security may be summoned to the facility if a user poses a threat to the safety of the facility or to other users.

Repeated incidents of disruptive or harassing behavior will result in loss of computer use privileges.