The UNH Library Acceptable Public Computer Use Policy

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Acceptable Use Policy. This applies to all library users, including faculty, staff, students, and members of the public.

UNH Library Acceptable Public Computer Use Policy
The following categories of use are inappropriate and prohibited when using a library owned computer or library network access on your personal computer:
i. Illegal use of computer resources in violation of civil or criminal law at the federal, state, or local levels is prohibited. Examples of such uses are: promoting a pyramid scheme; distributing illegal obscenity; receiving, transmitting, or possessing child pornography (see 18 USC 110 of the US Code), infringing-copyright, and-making-bomb-threats. ii. Use that impedes, interferes with, impairs, or otherwise causes harm to the activities of others.
Users must not interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the use of computer resources by other users. Behaviors that cause a network traffic load or computing load and interfere with the use of computer resources are also prohibited. iii. Harassing or threatening use, including, for example, discriminatory harassment, display of offensive or sexually explicit images, except as may be part of legitimate academic pursuits, and repeatedly sending unwelcome, offensive or sexually-explicit e-mail messages or other electronic communications to another (see USNH Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment-Policy). iv. Disguised use. Users must not conceal their identity when using computer resources. Users are also prohibited from masquerading as or impersonating others or otherwise using a false identity.
v. Harmful use, including distributing computer hoaxes and viruses. Users must not knowingly distribute or launch hoaxes, computer viruses, worms, or other rogue programs