Ownership of Computer Hardware and Software
The College, not individual departments, owns all equipment, including computer and peripheral equipment.Requests for Computer and Peripheral Equipment
All faculty requests for computer hardware and software must be approved by the department chairs and deans. Requests should be sent to the Associate Provost for Information Resources who will forward them to Academic Computing Services, whose staff will evaluate/review technical specifications for hardware and software.
Whenever computer hardware is upgraded, the equipment being replaced is returned to Academic Computing Services, whose responsibility is appropriate redistribution on campus. This applies to all campus-owned computers and peripheral equipment being replaced, regardless of the source of original funding. The College is responsible only for College-owned software.
Academic Computing Services is responsible for maintaining custodial records of all inventoried computer hardware and related peripheral equipment on campus, including the person/department to which the equipment has been assigned. Only staff from Academic Computing Services may transfer equipment from one office to another.
Since Academic Computing Services has the responsibility for maintaining software licenses on campus, all software being used in an official campus capacity must be reported to the Director of Academic Computing Services. The College assumes no responsibility for software that has not been approved and inventoried through this process.
Approved by the President’s Cabinet on 10/24/95