ITC Website Committee

The Website Committee is chaired by Jay Froscheiser,
Web Manager, DTN
Phone: 402-399-2816
E-mail: jay@froco.com

Website maintenance: Paul J.A. van Vliet,
Associate Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Phone: 402-554-2814
E-mail: pvvliet@unomaha.edu

Purpose

The ITC World Wide Web site is provided as an administrative and public service to members of the ITC and as an access point to information regarding the information technology industry. The ITC recognizes the importance of consistent and current content for and about the ITC and its membership. The purpose of this document is to establish guidelines and procedures for committees within the ITC and its members to create information and make it accessible to the online community.

Policy

The ITC Web Committee will be responsible for the creation and distribution of electronic information within the ITC membership and to the outside community, no matter what the format.

The ITC will not knowingly provide information or services contrary to policies or procedures established by Federal, State or Local laws.

World Wide Web

The ITC Web Manager will operate a WWW server to provide a single point of internet presence called a Home Page. The ITC Home Page is being donated by the College of Information Science & Technology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The server will function as a hyperlink reference point, general organization information(prospecting), corporate information, marketing(brochures), and detailed membership information server for current members and members of the internet community/Information Technology Industry. Operation is 24 hours per day, with the exception of times required for server or network maintenence as conducted by UNO.

Web, Public Relations, and Marketing committees will coordinate the registration of this server in appropriate Internet locations commonly used to inform Internet users of server presence and availability.

It is desirable that all general interest information by and about the ITC and is administration units be stored in digital form on the WWW server. For user access, this library of text, graphics, sound, and video will be accessible though hypertext links. Because of copywrite considerations, adminstrative approval by a Web Committee member will be required before materials are added to the server. Adding new information to this server will be coordinated by the ITC Web Manager. Addition and modification of content on the server will be done through secured access to the server. Only the website maintainer will have access to the server, thus causing all content additions and changes to be funnelled through the Web Committee. Any questions regarding this site should be addressed to him at the following e-mail address pvvliet@unomaha.edu.

Partnership Websites

ITC may authorize other members of the Information Technology and Education communities to establish secondary, or partner sites throughout the internet. These Partner Websites may develop their Home Pages in coordination with the ITC Web Committee, provided that ITC Web Policy and standards are followed. These sites will be responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of content, although assistance may be given by the ITC Web Committee.

Copyright Issues

Materials accessed from the ITC Home Page and its submenu system are in essence 'published' on the Internet and can be read from thousands of terminals. ITC will ensure compliance with all copyright laws and before posting content will consider the following:

• If we intend to hold the copyright of something that we put up on the website, we will display the word Copyright(c), the year, and the publishers name.
• Make sure that we have permission to display text or graphics that are owned by someone else. Beware of pictures that are scanned from somewhere unknown to you. If we don't own the pictures, or have permission of the owner in written or electronic form, then we won't put it on the server.
• Programs distributed over the WWW might also be copyrighted. If we don't own a program's copyright, we will make sure we understand its status before publishing it on the server.
• Scanned handwritten texts, photos of texts, or a particular typsetting might also be considered inellectual property, even when the text is in the public domain or the Internet. If we don't own the manuscript, then we will use an ASCII (HTML) version when publishing on the network.

Legal Disclaimer

The ITC has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on this web site. All web site publications are based on guidelines set forth in the Web Policy Statement. However, due to the possibility of unauthorized access to this site, data transmission errors, or changes to source material made since the last update to the web site, the information contained on this web site should not be deemed reliable for legal purposes. Please contact the ITC WebManager or and administrative member of the ITC to verify the accuracy of the data.

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