Purpose

Policy Statement

Applies to

Responsibilities

The Bridgewater State College Home Page is an official publication of the College. The Public Affairs Office is responsible for overseeing the style and content of this page, as well as official pages provided by academic and administrative departments that are linked from the Home Page, to assure that the pages present accurate information and a consistent image of the College. Development of the Bridgewater State College web site is guided by the Web Management Team.

Who may publish on the web site

Web pages linked to the Bridgewater State College Home Page may be created by academic departments or schools, administrative departments, College-funded student groups, and officially constituted committees such as the All College Committee. Departments or committees that publish on the College web site must assign a full-time faculty or staff member to be their designated Information Provider. The Information Provider must sign the Web Information Provider's Agreement prior to submitting content on the web site. The Director or Chairperson of the department/organization is responsible for departmental/organizational web content.

Faculty, staff, and students may publish personal pages that are linked to the web site through official index pages. The author bears full responsibility for the contents of their personal web page. Authors must adhere to the college's Responsible Use of Information Technology policy.

Web publishing guidelines

All Bridgewater State College publication guidelines must be followed including the Bridgewater State College Web Publishing Guidelines. Copyright and trademark rules must be followed. Graphics, video, audio, or text created by another person may not be placed on a page without demonstrated permission of the artist or author. Authorized Bridgewater State College photographs will be placed in a centralized web directory for use by Information Providers. For all other photographs, authorization must be received from all photograph participants before being placed on official web pages.