Hello,
There have been a couple of incidents over the past 2 months
of a user in the library viewing pornography at a public terminal, so I thought
it would be a good time to remind everyone of the policies for dealing with
this issue.
The practice has been “we” don’t censor, however if the
viewing of such material is reported by
other patrons or is visible to anyone passing by, staff should approach and
request their ID and inform them it is inappropriate. You can quote from, or
show them, the
Appropriate Use of
Information and Communication Technology from the Provost’s website (http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/policy/use.htm):
Users of University ICT are expected to limit their use to
the performance of University-related activities, although a reasonable
allowance will be made for personal use. Whether or not an amount of personal
use would be considered reasonable would depend on the particular circumstances
and the applicable laws and policies. Users of University ICT are required to
abide by all applicable laws and policies in addition to these guidelines. Reasonable personal use does not include in
any circumstances the visiting of pornographic websites, the storage or
distribution of pornographic material, or the accessing, storage or
distribution of unlawful or otherwise inappropriate (within the meaning of the
guidelines) information.
And
Pornography
Using ICT resources to visit pornographic sites, or for the
storage, or dissemination of pornographic material is inappropriate. Possession of child pornography is also a
criminal offence.
When an incident such as this occurs please remember to
record the following information:
-# of the computer
terminal*
-Date and time
incident occurred*
-UTORid, if available (or name on a photo ID if a member of
the public)
*essential
Email this to Jeff Heeney or Lidio Presutti (lidio.presutti@utoronto.ca) with a
cc to Bill Godoy (william.godoy@utoronto.ca)
If the patron refuses to stop viewing the offending content,
causes a disturbance, or resumes viewing once they have been warned, please
call Campus police and have them escorted out. You can then fill out an
incident report and give to Vidya.
If you have any questions, please ask Sandra, Renata, or Allison.