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 Acceptable Use Policy:
Comprehensive policy on the college’s standard for acceptable use of all institutional Information Technology related resources
and services.
http://www.smith.edu/its/policies/acceptable_use_policy.html

Other Resources:

 Comprehensive Information Security Program:
An umbrella document that brings together multiple information and data security processes and policies intended to enhance the
overall security of the information that touches all aspects of the college.
http://www.smith.edu/its/policies/cis_program.pdf
 Staff Handbook:
http://www.smith.edu/hr/handbook.php
 Student Handbook:
http://www.smith.edu/sao/handbook/index.php

Policy on Use of Email for Official College Communication
 At Smith College, there is a need for electronic communication with students. It is the College’s policy that electronic mail (email)
be an official communication mechanism with students. Students have a right to accurate and timely information about matters
affecting them. The College has the right to determine the appropriate vehicle for official communication about matters affecting
students. Along with other forms of campus communications (campus mail, eDigest, etc.), students are responsible for receiving,
reading, complying with and responding to official email communications from the College.
 All students are assigned an official Smith College email address and all official College communications are sent to this email
address. The official Smith email address for each student is listed in the official College directory.
 The College provides several mechanisms so that a student may access her official Smith email account. Optionally, a student may
forward her email from her official Smith email address to another email address of her choice. A student who chooses to forward
her email to another email address does so at her own risk. Smith College is not responsible for email forwarded to any other email
address. A student's failure to receive or read in a timely manner official communications sent to the student's official email address
does not absolve the student from knowing and complying with the content of the official communication. The procedures for
accessing and forwarding email are published on the ITS website.
 Faculty may assume that a student's official College email is a valid mechanism for communicating with a student, and faculty may
use email for communicating with students registered in their classes. This policy ensures that all students are informed of course
requirements communicated to them by email from their course instructors. Students must submit coursework according to the
acceptable guidelines established by their instructors.
Wireless Network Policy
Smith College provides the convenience of wireless data network access in most locations to the campus community. Use of the wireless
network should be in conformance with the college's Policy on the Acceptable Use of Computer Resources.

Wireless networking is a broadcast and shared form of communication, and as such presents a variety of additional issues and security risks
that are not present with a wired connection. Wireless data protocols also use the shared 2.4 GHz frequency airspace which is open and used
by a variety of other technologies, including cordless phones, microwave ovens, and BlueTooth devices; this also presents reliability and
performance issues for wireless networking.

Therefore, Smith College has adopted the following policies and recommendations relating to the deployment and use of wireless networking
on the college’s network.

 Smith Guest network access is offered for temporary use to guests of the Smith College community; it offers limited bandwidth
and restricted access to Smith services. Smith Guest access should not be used by Smith students, faculty or staff, except as needed
for short term Internet access while resolving authenticated network access problems.

 Only wireless access points provided and installed by ITS, or authorized and approved by ITS, are permitted on the college’s
campus LAN.

 Personal access points are not permitted; where such devices are found connected to the network, data access to that location will
be disabled until the access point is removed.

 Client computers with wireless network interface cards (NICs) are not permitted to be configured to act as access points.

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