Taking a Hard Look at Your Library/School/District AUP


Introduction

IUPs -- Questions to Consider
Here are some questions you might want to discuss when reviewing your library, school, or district IUP.
http://www.iage.com/points2.html 

          
Is There a Difference 
            Between Board Policies and Your IUP?

          Bellingham 
          (WA) Public Schools - Board Internet Policies

          Includes separate policies and procedures for both students and staff. 
          Excellent documents.

           http://www.bham.wednet.edu/policies.htm  
          
 Creating 
            Board Policies for Student Use of the Internet

            From the e-journal From Now On May 1995. Discusses the difference 
            between board policies and IUPs. 

             http://www.fno.org/fnomay95.html 
          
 
          

          
Take a Look at 
            Other School IUPs 

          Student 
          Internet Use Policy

          Student Internet 
          Use Procedures

          Both from Bellingham WA Public Schools. Separate student policies and 
          procedures.

           http://www.bham.wednet.edu/2313inet.htm

           http://www.bham.wednet.edu/2313proc.htm  
          
 Boulder 
            Valley (CO) School District IUP

            Boulder Valley offers students two levels of Internet access and two 
            separate policies. 

             http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/aup/aup.html 
          
 Caroline 
            Co. (MD) Public Schools - IUP and Procedures

            IUP and procedures together in one document.

             http://cl.k12.md.us/AUP.html 
          
 South 
            Bend (IN) Community Schools IUP

            Contains a parental responsibilities section of the IUP

            http://www.sbcsc.k12.in.us/sbcsc.pages/6440.html 
          
 Things 
            to Include in a Student IUP

            Here are some elements that should be in your student IUP... are they 
            in yours?

            http://www.iage.com/iup2.html
          

          
Staff IUPs... 
            Important, But Often Forgotten

          Staff 
          Internet Use Policy

          Staff Internet Use 
          Procedures

          From Bellinham WA Public Schools. Separate staff policy and procedures.

           http://www.bham.wednet.edu/5260staf.htm

           http://www.bham.wednet.edu/5260proc.htm  
          
 Net 
            Employee Acceptable-Use Policy

            From Jefferson Co. Public Schools . Nice example of a school staff 
            IUP.

            http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Telecommunications/ApendixIV.html 
            
          
 Things 
            to Include in a Staff IUP

            Here is a list of items to include in a staff IUP.

            http://www.iage.com/stafpol2.html
          

          
Do You Have a 
            School Webpage Policy?

          Guidelines 
          for School Webpages

          From St. Johns District School System (FL). Contains valuable Webpage 
          guidelines.

           http://macserver.stjohns.k12.fl.us/guidelines.html  
          
 Parental 
            Permission Form for WWW Publishing of Student Work

            From Bellingham WA Public Schools.

            http://www.bham.wednet.edu/parent.htm 
          

          
Take a Look at 
            What Other States Require

          California 
          IUP District Guidelines

          Full guidelines with interesting "learning contract" approach. 

          http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/ftpbranch/retdiv/ed_tech/programs/Policy.html 
           
          
 Indiana 
            - Statewide IUP Document

            Text of Indiana's school IUP requirements. http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/olr/aup/welcome.html 
            
          
 South 
            Carolina - IUP for Network Services and the Internet

            Short and pretty standard content.

            http://www.state.sc.us/nis_itg/netuse_policy.html 
          
 Acceptable 
            Use Policies - A Handbook

            Created by the Virginia Dept. of Education. A neat guide for schools 
            writing or rewriting their AUP.

             http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Technology/AUP/home.shtml 
          

          
Learn About the 
            Legal Issues Related to IUPs

          IUPs 
          - Legal Analysis

          This legal analysis of K-12 IUPs by Nancy Willard can provide a useful 
          legal framework for board/staff discussions. 

           http://www.erehwon.com/k12aup/legal_analysis.html   
          

          
Investigate the 
            Professional Issues Related to IUPs

          The 
          Internet and Intellectual Freedom

          From ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom. Contains information on state 
          library association Internet policy statements, blocking and filtering 
          software, as well as ALA documents and information on legal issues.

           http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/intr_inf.html#iupifs   
          

          
Get Library Staff 
            Talking About your IUP

          IUP 
          Role-Play Exercise for School Library Staff

          Contains four roleplay exercises to get staff discussing various aspects 
          of enforcing and handling questions related to your district/school/library 
          IUP.

          http://www.iage.com/roleply2.html 
          

          
Take a Look at 
            Public Library IUPs 

          Public 
          Library Internet Policies

          A list of 125 public library IUPs. Also contains very useful comparative 
          tables and statistics. (Not being currently updated but still valuable)

           http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/poli.htm   
          
 Issues 
            in Public Access to the Internet in Public Libraries

            Bob Bocher, WI Division for Libraries and Community Learning, provides 
            an overview and links related to Net access in public libraries.

             http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/pld/netissue.html  
          

          
Learn About Net 
            Safety... and the Issues Surrounding It 

          Guiding 
          Children through Cyberspace

          This site, created by librarian Carolyn Caywood, lists lots blocking/filtering 
          and advice links related to children and the Internet. Very complete.

           http://www6.pilot.infi.net/~carolyn/guide.html  
          
 GetNetWise

            An good site that introduces the issues of Net safety for kids. Good 
            for parents too!

             http://www.getnetwise.org/ 
          
 The 
            Internet Filter Assessment Project (TIFAP)

            Takes a critical look at Internet content filters from a librarian's 
            point of view. Good reviews and comparisons.

             http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/ 
          
 Filtering 
            Facts

            This websites contains information written by a group of librarians 
            who support libraries filtering Net/Web content. Another point of 
            view.

             http://www.filteringfacts.org/ 
          

          
Know Where Web-Based 
            Information Comes From

          Bibliography 
          on Evaluating Internet Resources

          Nicole Auer, from the University of VT, has created one of the best 
          bibliographies/webographies on how to evaluate Web-based resources. 
          

           http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/evalbiblio.html  
          
 Critical 
            Evaluation Information

            From Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. One of the best evaluation 
            pages for school librarians. Check out the three evaluation surveys 
            for kids.

             http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html 
          
 The 
            Librarians Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids

            A nice list of Website evaluation criteria from ALA.

            http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria50.html 
          

          
Take a Look at 
            Other Important Safety and Privacy Issues

          Computer 
          Viruses

          A brief introduction for staff, created by California's InfoPeople Project. 
          Written for public librarians, but a nice place to start for school 
          folks too.

           http://www.infopeople.org/Security/viruses.html  
          
 Privacy 
            on the Internet: What Can Others Learn About You?

            A short description of Internet privacy issues. A good introduction.

            http://www.delphi.com/navnet/privacy.html  
          
 Public 
            Access Computer Security

            This site, created by California's InfoPeople Project, helps you understand 
            the Windows 95/98 security issues for student computers. Written for 
            public librarians, but great for school librarian too!

             href="http://lib.berkeley.edu:8000/Security/ 
          
 Workstation 
            Security

            Monica King of the Ouachita Parish (LA) Public Library created this 
            nice introduction to setting up secure workstations in your school 
            or library.

             http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/lla/1998_conference/workstation/ 
            
          
 Setting 
            Up a Public Access Computer Using Windows NT

            Provides basic Windows NT information for securing student computers. 
            (From the Schenectady Co. PL)

             http://www.scpl.org/publicnt/ 
          

          
Other IUP Websites 
            to Take a Look At

          The 
          Internet Advocate

          Linda Champelli of the Monroe Co. PL has created this guide to general 
          IUP information with lots of links to school aups and information on 
          blocking and filtering issues.

           http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/~lchampel/netadv.html  
          
 IUP 
            Templates

            A number of useful templates, designed for K-12 use. By lawyer and 
            technology consultant Nancy Willard.

             http://www.erehwon.com/k12aup/ 
          
 The 
            Parent's Guide to the Information Superhighway

            A nice guide to give to parents and school board members. Contains 
            good information on blocking software, Net safety, and age-appropriate 
            computing for kids.

             http://www.childrenspartnership.org/pub/pbpg.html 
          

          
Books to " 
            Read More About It "

          Benson, Allen. Securing 
          Library PCs and Data: A Handbook with Menuing, Anti-Virus, and other 
          Protective Software. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1998.  
          
 Cate, Fred. H. 
            The Internet and the First Amendment: Schools and Sexually Explicit 
            Material Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa, 1998. 
          
 The Parent's 
            Guide to the Information Superhighway. Santa Monica, CA: The Children's 
            Partnership, 1998. 
          
 Schneider, Karen 
            G. A Practical Guide to Internet Filters New York: Neal-Schuman, 
            1997. 
          
 Willard, Nancy 
            E. The Cyber Ethics Reader. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997. 
          

          Originally presented 
          at the American Association of School Librarians 

          National Conference -- November 12, 1999