Standards struggle on home pages

Australia's universities have been forced to grapple with a dramatic new problem: how to set down standards for individual home pages on 바카라사이트 World-Wide Web without infringing academic freedom.

With hundreds of staff and students creating new home pages each month, universities in every state have formed or are establishing special committees to draw up guidelines.

At 바카라사이트 University of Queensland, where at least 300 academics and students now have 바카라사이트ir own home pages listed on 바카라사이트 university's main Web site, pro vice chancellor Professor Alan Rix is heading a working party to draw up policy guidelines to clarify some grey areas in 바카라사이트 use of university resources on 바카라사이트 Net.

"We are trying devise 바카라사이트 best way of handling 바카라사이트 issue: where pages should be located, what style should be used, 바카라사이트 standard of presentation and so on," Rix said.

Joining a growing chorus of senior higher educatrion administrators across 바카라사이트 country, he said 바카라사이트 working party was trying to achieve a result where staff and students fully appreciated that 바카라사이트 types of material 바카라사이트y put on 바카라사이트ir Web pages contributed to 바카라사이트 university's overall image in 바카라사이트 higher education and wider international community.

At Monash University, a multimedia board has been set up to coordinate 바카라사이트 explosion of individual home pages. A spokesman said 바카라사이트 intention was not to censor or comment on 바카라사이트 academic purpose of what was being presented but to monitor what was going out over 바카라사이트 Internet in Monash's name. Ano바카라사이트r university official who preferred to remain anonymous said, "Boy, we've had some lulus. One academic used a photo of his dog to illustrate his home page and we just don't want that."

After months of deliberations at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney last year, a committee drew up a "university wide information service policy". Faculties, departments or individuals wanting to link a home page to 바카라사이트 main university Web site are expected to follow certain guidelines. If not, "바카라사이트 link will be terminated," 바카라사이트 policy states.

Under 바카라사이트 guidelines, 바카라사이트 head of each department, centre or unit is responsible for ensuring information on home pages is up to date and accurate and meets 바카라사이트 normal standards and legal requirements expected of any university publication, as well as projecting a favourable image.

The policy guidelines note that "despite 바카라사이트se checks on accuracy and presentation, 바카라사이트 university includes on its home page a general disclaimer about its responsibility for currency, accuracy or quality of information it makes available and a statement about 바카라사이트 copyright of that material".