IWA Secondary and Middle Level Libraries

***Disclaimer:
Incarnate Word Academy is not responsible for content on remote sites. These databases are not produced by Incarnate Word Academy and are used at school computers via an Internet firewall. Parental guidance is recommended when students are searching the Internet from home.

Library Hours

The Library is open to students and faculty every weekday from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm during regular school days. Please refer to the school calendar for early dismissal dates and times as the library will follow these scheduled dismissals. Questions? E-mail the library or call, 883-0857 ext. 124

Library Policies

TO BE DEVELOPED BY LIBRARIAN

INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

The Incarnate Word Academy network facilities, including access to the Internet, are made available to students to support their learning, research requirements, and career preparation. These tools are to be used in a responsible, ethical, and legal manner, in accordance with the school's mission statement and educational goals.

Students are assigned an account and are held responsible for his/her actions and activity within this account. They should not use an account owned by another user. In addition, they are not to access, copy, modify, or delete programs or files that belong to others or the school without prior authorization. Students will not attempt to modify system facilities in any way. Intentional compromise of system integrity by virus or other means is a serious offense with serious consequences. Students will not use the network to access or send material, which is racist, defamatory, obscene (pornographic), advocates violence or discrimination against other people (hate literature).

Students are not allowed to be in the work area of a computer workstation without specific approval and in the presence of the computer instructor, librarian, class instructor or technology director. In addition, diskettes are not to be brought into the work area without the specific approval of those previously mentioned.

Access to the Internet is available and the student must accept responsibility for appropriate use of this resource. Students are not to access personal e-mail accounts, personal student WebPages, or any Internet applications that include instant messaging and/or chat rooms. Each user is expected to use such access within the approved educational purposes for which they are granted. The school shall maintain an Internet filter to control, to the extent possible, access to unacceptable sites. It must be understood that it is impossible for the school to eliminate access to all controversial materials, despite strict monitoring. The school shall not be held liable for user misuse of the Internet.

Protection of the computer resources is important. Prior to using the computers, all students must acknowledge the financial responsibility for damage to equipment and materials, which result from intentional abuse, gross negligence, misbehavior, or failure to follow instructions.

Incarnate Word Academy reserves the right to monitor and track all computer usage.

Incarnate Word Academy shall not be responsible for unauthorized financial obligations incurred by students resulting from the use of the school's network.

This policy is to work for the benefit of all IWA students and teachers by encouraging responsible use of valuable computing resources.

Failure to adhere to this policy will result in the loss of computer privileges and the enforcement of consequences determined by the school administration.