All figures below are accurate as of 10/96.

(enrollment figures supplied by institutional research)

The recommended ratios as pointed out in such journals as American School & University, CAUSE Newsletter and EDUCOM vary widely. Some put the ratio around 10 students per computing station and some as high as 40. In actual practice most Universities find this to be unrealistic with the use of home computers and dial in facilities and therefore we have found it to be around 20 students per computing station. Our figures follow.

C.W. Post	Brooklyn	Rockland
17 PC's Lib 236	8 Crt's LLC 234	8 Crt's Main Lab
10 TTY’s Lib 236	18 PC's LLC 234A	15 PC's Main Lab
	16 Mac’s LLC 234B
	18 PC's LLC 234C
18 Mac Lib 230	18 PC's LLC 234D
18 PC's Lib 229	20 PC’s LLC 234E	15 Mac Mac Lab
18 PC's Lib 222R	16 PC’s LLC 234
6 FDPC Lib 222F	26 Mac's LLC 5th	15 PC's Pentium Lab
24 PC’s Lib 228	1 PC’s LLC 5th
24 PC’s Lib 227	22 PC’s Cook Lab
15 Mac Lib 226	18 PC's LLC 4th fl
15 PC’s Lib 309 (Ed)	2 FD LLC 4th fl
17 PC’s Lib 329 (Palmer)	14 Mac’s LLC 4th fl
6 PC’s Hum 309 (WC)	8 Amiga Media Arts
16 Mac Hum 303 (Jour)	12 PC's Media Arts
14 Amiga Hum 301 (FA)	9 Macs Media Arts
13 Mac Hum 301 (FA)	20 PC's H-Bldg
16 Mac Hum 305 (GA)	23 PC's HEOP
20 PC’s HH 207	9 Macs HEOP
18 PC’s Dorm Lab	19 PC’s Cont ed
	18 PC’s Journalism
10 PC’s HEOP	6 PC's Pha Stu
3 PC’s Pell (Nurse)	18 PC's Dorm
2 Apple Pell (Nurse)	2 Mac's Dorm
15 PC’s Pell 225 (CS)	10 PC’s Math Cntr.
15 PC’s Pell (Math)	12 PC's Writing Cntr
20 PC’s Roth 105	5 Macs Writing Cntr
2 Mac Lib 311	8 PC's Chemistry
2 PC’s Lib 311	4 PC's SAS Tutor
	20 PC’s Multi-Media
	12 PC’s Phy. Therapy
	10 PC’s New Science
	7 PC's M-807 Science
-------------------------------	-------------------------------	--------------------------------
344 PC's	421 PC's	45 PC's
10 Crt's	8 Crt's	8 Crt's
354 TOTAL	429 TOTAL	53 TOTAL

Southampton	Brentwood	Westchester
21 PC's QAL Main	16 PC's PC Lab	12 PC's Library
20 PC's QAL Class	10 PC’s Main Lab	19 PC's OLV Lab
9 Mac’s QAL Mac	14 PC's Main Lab
14 Mac’s Fine Arts
6 PC’s Fine Arts
10 PC's Business
9 PC's HEOP
20 PC's Nat. Sci.
2 Mac's Nat. Sci.
4 PC’s Library
-------------------------------	-------------------------------	--------------------------------
115 PC's	40 PC's	31 PC's
115 TOTAL	40 TOTAL	31 TOTAL

** Note: Westchester does not include facilities that may

be made available by Mercy College to L.I.U. students

Students Head Count to Computer Ratios:

	Nov. 1992	Oct. 1995	Oct. 1996
C.W. Post	8220/322 => 26	8053/356 => 23	8107/354 => 23
Brooklyn	6838/337 => 20	8081/388 => 21	8214/429 => 19
Southampton	1408/124 => 11	1410/124 => 11	1507/115 => 13
Brentwood	630/41 => 15	588/40 => 15	672/40 => 17
Rockland	453/73 => 6	337/60 => 6	380/53 => 7
Westchester	997/16 => 62	908/25 => 36	928/31 => 30

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC COMPUTING

Summary Sheet Comparison of Facilities

	1985	1996
Staff
Brooklyn	7	11
C.W. Post	10	10
Southampton	1	3
University Wide	0	3
Physical Equipment
Terminals	400	20
Personal Computers:
IBM Compatible	100	1,800
Apple/Macintosh	-	400
PC's on LIUNET	50	1,600
Local Area Networks	1	110+
Intercampus Links	1	9+
On Campus Links	10	90+
Communications Speed	9.6K	10-100 MB
Special Services
Internet/BITNET	N/A	2 MB
Distance Learning	N/A	4 sites
General Access Computer Labs:
Brooklyn	4	20
C.W. Post	5	21
Southampton	2	7
Brentwood	2	3
Rockland	1	4
Westchester	0	2
Workshops (per semester):
Brooklyn	3-4	21
C.W. Post	5-7	23
Southampton	3-4	15
Faculty Development Program	N/A	4 day wrkshps
		No Interest Loan Advanced Training Classroom seminar
Maintenance Services:
PC Maintenance	outside vendors	In-House
Network Maintenance	outside vendors	In-House
LAN Installations	N/A	In-House
Telephone T1 Services	N/A	In-House
Data Center 3270 Support	N/A	Brooklyn Southampton
Data Center PC Support	N/A	All Campuses

Long Island University

Academic Computing

Organizational Chart

Academic Computing Facilities

Usage Guidelines

This document describes the general policies covering the use of the Academic Computing facilities. "Academic Computing" means any use of Campus/University-owned/purchased computing machinery (central processors, printers, terminal, microcomputers, and other types of peripheral equipment), software (programs and documentation) related to teaching, learning and research activities, and related facilities (computing rooms, dial-up connections, Internet resources). Every user of university computing resources is expected to understand and follow these policies.

Access to Academic Computing Network

and Computer Accounts

Users gain access to the campus computer network by either being assigned a personal computer "account" or through the use of one of the many "anonymous" computer accounts (Campus-wide Educational access account) that provide read/execute only access to the many software packages on LIUNET. These accounts (anonymous or personal) will from hereon be referred to as "accounts".

Possession of a computer account allows the user access to network software and services of peripheral devices such as printers and plotters.

Academic Computing will provide access to computing for members of the Long Island University community. It will provide services appropriate for the needs of particular users, within the framework of needs and objectives of the Campus/University. Computer access will be made available to individuals and organizations, according to the following guidelines:

Alumni

Students who have graduated from Long Island University, and received a diploma are considered alumni. Alumni in possession of a valid alumni card are granted access to the general computer labs and access to all network software, however they are not entitled to a personal user account or e-mail address.

College Organizations

Organizations which are officially part of the Long Island University community may apply at Academic Computing to use the computing facilities. The application must include a written description of the computing needs of the organization. One specific group member must be designated as the computer account manager, and that person is responsible for all computing activities of the organization account. Organization accounts will expire upon the organization disbanding, or upon one year of inactivity. At Southampton special accounts are not created for organizations. Rather members of the organization have access to a common area for file-sharing.

Departmental Accounts

Academic Departments can have a general account similar to the type offered to College Organizations. Departmental accounts follow all of the rules and regulations of a College Organization.

Faculty

Faculty members will be assigned Network accounts on the campus network for his/her use in teaching and research activities, upon written request. Faculty accounts will expire upon leaving the University, or upon one year (except during the case of a Sabbatical) of inactivity.

Special Students

High school students and others who are taking classes as special students will be able to use the computing facilities as covered in the paragraph for students. They will be subject to all the same policies as regular students. A special student will be able to use the facilities until they are no longer classified as a student.

Staff

Each staff member who has computing needs which support the overall goals of the University may apply at Academic Computing for a computer account on the campus network. Staff accounts will expire upon leaving the University, or upon one year of inactivity.

Students

All registered University students will have access to the local computer network via one of the Campus computer facilities, using a Campus-wide Educational access account. Once a person ceases to be a registered student (unless they are considered alumni) they will not be permitted use of the computer facilities.

Approval of Account Applications

The Director of Academic Computing will approve or disapprove all requests for all accounts on the Campus network.

Cost of Computing

Users of the Long Island University computing facilities are not, in general, charged for use of those facilities. Academic Computing will provide reasonable supplies of expendable resources (e.g. paper) for publicly accessible peripherals such as printers and plotters. However, Academic Computing reserves the right to levy charges for some supplies, some types of services, and for computer use by campus organizations and individuals or organizations that are not part of the campus community.

General Use Policies

Account Access

- In general, no person may use, or attempt to use, any computer account(s) other than his/her own assigned account(s).

- In general, no account owner or manager may lend his/her account(s) to another user.

- A user should only access, or attempt to access, files in his/her own account(s), or files which have been made accessible to him/her, or files which have been made publicly accessible by the file owners.

- Each account owner or manager is responsible for all computing activities involving that account, and will be held liable for any misuse of that account.

- Any exception to the access policies stated above must be approved in writing by the Director of Academic Computing.

Proper Use of Computing Resources

- University computing resources may not be used for any activity which is contradictory to the educational goals of the University. It is not to be used for work which is related to an individual's private (non-Campus related) business.

- University computing resources may not be used for any activity which violates the Campuses' policies on academic honesty.

- University computing resources may not be used for any activities which intimidate, threaten or harass individuals, or which violate the Campuses' policies concerning relationships between Campus constituencies.

- Using the electronic mail systems, Newsgroups, or the World Wide Web to send or post obscene or threatening messages is strictly prohibited and subject to appropriate disciplinary action as well as loss of computer privileges and may be subject to criminal punishment as defined by law.

- University computing resources may not be used for profit-making or commercial purposes, unless special arrangements have been made with the University.

- University computing resources may not be used for partisan political activities.

- No person may possess or use programs which violate or hamper another person's use of computing resources. Examples of such programs are those which attempt to control terminals or PCs, obtain another user's passwords, acquire another user's files, virus's, etc.

- The use of private computer games, except as they relate to course work involving programming assignments, is not allowed.

- Every user is expected to use the computing facilities in a manner which does not infringe upon use of those facilities by other people and which does not waste software resources or hardware resources.

Use of Licensed Software

- No user is allowed to store or use private copies of licensed software (except that provided by Academic Computing) on any Academic Computing computer system unless the user provides Academic Computing with a copy of a license agreement allowing such possession.

- Stolen or bootleg copies of software are not permitted on any University Campus Computing system.

- No user may copy, or attempt to copy, any proprietary or licensed software provided or installed by Academic Computing. This includes software on the campus network as well as any Academic Computing microcomputers.

Ownership of Software

All software developed using Academic Computing facilities and/or stored on a campus computing system is the property of Long Island University. Exceptions to this rule are available only in accordance with rules governing tenure, grants, and faculty development. Any exception to this policy must be arranged with the Director of Academic Computing or the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Allocation and Maintenance of Computing Resources

Disk Quotas

Each Departmental, Faculty, Organization or Staff account will be assigned storage space (a quota) on one or more disk storage devices. Users may apply for additional quota by filling out request forms located at the Academic Computing office.

Account Maintenance

Each account owner or manager is responsible for maintaining the account and files stored in the account. This maintenance includes removing old and unused files, reading LIUNET NEWS to be aware of changes in computing procedures, and changing the account password regularly to prevent other users from gaining access to the account.

Off-Line Storage

It is the responsibility of the users to backup their own files. Academic Computing will provide limited storage of user files on private magnetic tapes, according to the following operational procedures:

- Users may purchase their own magnetic tapes from Academic Computing, and may, at the owner's risk, have the tapes stored by Academic Computing.

- Users who want files copied to or from a private tape must give a written request detailing the requested transfer to the Director of Academic Computing or his designated representative.

- The only files which Academic Computing will copy from or to a user's tape are files which contain easily identifiable information (data, clearly documented source listing, documentation). No compiled programs or proprietary software may be copied from or to a users tape, except as covered in the paragraph "Use of Licensed Software."

Account and File Security

Academic Computing makes strong efforts to maintain the security of account numbers, passwords, directories and files. However, no computer system is truly secure, and it is possible that some user could gain access to another user's account through actions or accidents beyond reasonable control. Each user must take full advantage of password and file protection security mechanisms provided by the Campus Network.

File Backups

Academic Computing will carry out regular backup procedures to maintain relatively current copies of all users files.

Notification of changes in the computing environment

Academic Computing will announce all non-transparent changes in operating procedures, hardware and software at least one week before the change is to take place. Such announcements will be made using the LIUNET NEWS or system broadcast messages. At Southampton typing NEWS will give the latest information about the state of the network, and any major projects being worked on.

Policy Enforcement and Modification

Interpretation of Policies

The Academic Computing staff is responsible for interpreting the general computing philosophy and policies of academic computing at Long Island University, in consultation with the Computer Users Committee when appropriate, and for implementing operational procedures to support the philosophy and policies.

Examination of Computer Accounts

Academic Computing reserves the right to examine any information stored in any account on any campus computer system, after giving the user prior (24 hour) advance notice. The Director of Academic Computing may authorize examination by an Academic Computing staff member of any files, programs, passwords, accounting information, printouts, tapes, or other computing media used on campus computer systems.

Violations of Computing Policies

- The campus may take disciplinary and/or legal action against any individual who violates any of the campus computing policies.

- Academic Computing may temporarily or permanently suspend an individual's use of campus computing facilities. Generally, a person violating the policies for the first time will have his/her computing privileges suspended for two semester weeks. A second violation will result in a suspension of computing privileges for the semester. Such suspensions may be imposed regardless of any computer-related course work the student may have. Hence students should be aware that a suspension of computing privileges may have serious academic consequences.

- Academic Computing will report any violation of computing policies which bear on academic dishonesty or plagiarism to the appropriate campus committee(s), the Dean of Students and/or any other appropriate University entities. These Committee(s) will pursue such reports by their usual procedures and this process will be independent of any action taken by Academic Computing.

Academic Computing Services

Purchasing Guidelines

I. SOFTWARE

A. Departmental Software

Departments can purchase and use whatever software they deem necessary for their private internal use on University owned computers but the following rules must be adhered to:

1. No user is allowed to store or use private copies of licensed software (except that provided by Academic Computing) on any University computer system unless the user provides Academic Computing with a copy of a license allowing such possession.

2. Stolen or "bootleg" copies of software are not allowed on any University computer system.

3. No user may copy or attempt to copy any proprietary or licensed software provided or installed by Academic Computing. This includes software on the University network as well as any departmental computers.

B. Software Purchases

Certain software packages have become a defacto standard within the University and will be recommended for use due to the ease it allows for sharing data and for support.

Purchasing of departmental software is cleared through the Campus Provost, Dean or appropriate director with direction from the Department of Academic Computing.

C. Ownership of Software

All software (i.e., programs and associated documentation) developed using University facilities and/or stored on a University computer system are subject to the rules and principles stated in "Ownership of Software" in the Academic Computing Guidelines. Any exception to this policy must be arranged with the Director of Academic Computing or his/her designee.

D. Class Related Software

If a department determines that software is needed for a particular class, Academic Computing will pay for the cost of that software if it is of use to the general university population. If it is just for use within the department or a single class section, the department may be asked to budget for all or part of the cost. If a faculty member needs software for a class, notification must be given to Academic Computing the semester prior to its use to allow for ordering, shipping, installation, debugging, and network compatibility.

II. HARDWARE

In order to maintain consistency in the types of equipment (hardware) purchased by the University, the following specifications and terms must be used. These terms cover all purchases of devices which exceed $200.00. If a department wants to use a vendor or product which is not covered under these terms the purchase is to be cleared first with the Director of Academic Computing or his/her designee.

1. Full Systems (vendors)

All products that are purchased by departments must come with a full manufacturers warranty. All microcomputers must meet the following minimum configuration specifications:

Apple	IBM or Compatible
16 Mbyte Ram	16 Mbyte Ram
Hard disk	Hard disk
Power Mac	Pentium
Mouse	Mouse
Color graphics	SVGA Graphics

Note: All systems must be configured with at least a word-processing package. IBM compatible systems must be configured with DOS and Windows or Windows95. All systems must be secured with a security cable that costs $50.00 for the computer and one printer.

2. Departmental Purchasing

Purchasing of departmental equipment is cleared through the Campus Provost, Dean or appropriate director with direction from the Department of Academic Computing.

3. Vendor Listing

Academic Computing and Purchasing shall select acceptable major and third party vendors for the purchase of computer equipment. Some of the current acceptable vendors are:

Dell	PC's	HP	Printers/PC’s
Apple	PC's	Copley	Printers
Dynex	PC's	Epson	Printers
DSR	Software
Nub's	Software

III. PERSONAL FACULTY/STAFF/STUDENT PURCHASES

Staff, Faculty and students may purchase computers of their choice from a number of resellers that the university has agreements with. Vendors and Pricing may be obtained from Academic Computing.

- The ordering process varies from vendor to vendor, but in all cases you must have a valid L.I.U. ID. Taxes are due on all purchases and delivery will be to the negotiated address (sometimes the campus, other times your home address).

- Payment terms are as shown on the order form, but usually a certified check, money order or credit card are necessary.

- The University is not responsible for personal orders. They are the sole responsibility of the signed parties. The university will intervene only in a matter where the university has assisted in the purchase.

- The university is not liable for any mistakes or misprints on vendor material.