From: greeny@eff.org (J S Greenfield)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
Subject: CAF Archive Recent Changes -- main directory/academic/admin/faq/library
Date: 17 Nov 92 00:39:29 GMT
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Originator: greeny@eff.org

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).
 
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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/abstracts
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* 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".

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/academic/academic-freedom.wus
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* 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.


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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/academic/harassment-grievances.uiuc
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* 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.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/academic/student.freedoms.aaup
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* Student Freedoms (AAUP)

Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students -- This is the main
U.S. statement on student academic freedom.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/admin/banned-list-selection
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* Banned List -- Selection Criteria

A description of the sources and selection criteria for policies and
incidents included in the CAF-News "Banned...1992" list.


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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/admin/call-for-guest-editors
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A call for guest editors for the Computer and Academic Freedom News.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/admin/getting-material-on-line
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Tips on how to get permission from nonprofit organizations to put their
some of their material on-line.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/anonymity
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* 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.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/banned.1991
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* 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.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/banned.1992
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* 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 **

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* Site of an unsuccessful challenge
** College not directly involved.

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/eff.rights
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* Electronic Frontier and the Bill of Rights

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/archive
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/censorship-and-harassment
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/due-process
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/email.policies
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* Email -- Policies
 
q: Do any universities treat email and computer files as private?
 
a: Yes, many universities treat email and computer files as private.
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/email.privacy
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* Email -- Privacy
 
q: Can (should) my university monitor my email?
 
a: Ethically (and perhaps legally) email communications should have
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/media.control
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/netnews.liability
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/netnews.reading
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/netnews.writing
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/policy
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* 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
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/faq/umanitoba.ca
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* 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.
...

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/filters.email
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* How Unix users can filter out harassing email by themselves

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/library/int-freedom.can
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* Intellectual Freedom Statement -- Canadian Library Assoc

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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/library/library.porn.real
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* Library Porn -- the newspaper article parodied

A real newspaper article published in the Houston Chronicle. The
parody is in file library.porn.


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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/library/patron.behavior.draft.ala
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* Patron Behavior -- Draft (ALA)

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     GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES REGARDING PATRON BEHAVIOR
                            AND LIBRARY USAGE


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ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/old.banned.1992
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* 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.
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