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Chapter 5 - The Library and Computer Centre


Statute 5.1 - The Victorian Universities and Schools Examination Board - repealed on 31 March 1979.


Statute 5.2 - The university library

1. In this statute or in any regulations or rules made hereunder unless the contrary intention appears:

'library materials' means books including e-books, serials bound, unbound and electronic, electronic data bases, pamphlets, microcard, microfiche, microfilm, films, slides, film strips, gramophone records, audio tapes in cassettes or open reels, video tapes in cassettes or open reels, floppy disks, optical disks, magnetic tapes and any other electronic media, maps, photographs, index cards, manuscripts, prints items in the library’s digital repositories and any other materials, including electronic resources, in possession of the library;

'the university library' (in this statute called 'the library') means the area and precincts of buildings or parts of buildings called libraries and includes all branch libraries of the university (designated as branch libraries) both collectively and severally as the case may be having regard to the context in which the expression is used.


2. The university librarian shall be responsible for the overall supervision and conduct of the library.

3. A person shall not use the library materials except in accordance with this statute and any regulations and rules made hereunder.


4. Any student who contravenes this statute or any of the regulations or rules made pursuant to this statute shall be deemed to have committed an act of misconduct for the purposes of Statute 4.1 - Discipline.


5. The university librarian may, in accordance with and subject to any regulations and rules made hereunder, withdraw the right of any person to enter the library or to take its library materials on loan or both.


6.1 The Council may make regulations for and with respect to the use of the library including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

6.1.1
prescribing the extent to which and the conditions on which any library materials may be used by any class of persons;

6.1.2
prescribing the fees for late return or compensation payable for the late return of or failure to return any library materials that have been taken on loan from the library;

6.1.3
prescribing the requirements to be met by any person wishing to take on loan any library materials pursuant to this statute or regulations or rules;

6.1.4
prescribing rules of conduct to be complied with by persons using the library;

6.1.5
prescribing the conditions upon which the university librarian may withdraw the right of any person to enter the library or to take its library materials on loan or both;

6.1.6
prescribing or providing for any other matter or thing for which it is necessary or expedient to prescribe or provide for the purposes of this statute; and the Council may make regulations amending or revoking such regulations.

6.2 Regulations made under this statute must be promulgated on the Monash University Calendar website and after being so promulgated must remain on the website for at least 14 days.


7. This statute and any regulations made thereunder do not apply to or in relation to a library on a campus outside Australia.

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Statute 5.3 - The Computer Centre


1. Interpretation

In this statute and in any regulations or rules made hereunder, unless the contrary intention appears:

1.1
'committee' means the Computer Centre Committee;

1.2
'the Computer Centre' means the computer facilities of the university under the control of the director and includes the areas and precincts of buildings or parts of buildings in which computer facilities or any annexe thereof under the control of the director are situated;

1.3
'the director' means the director of the Computer Centre or the person acting as director for the time being;

1.4
'other authorised staff member' means the deputy director, or the person acting as deputy director for the time being, and each member of staff of the Computer Centre authorised by the director to be an authorised staff member pursuant to this statute;

1.5
'regulations' means the Computer Centre regulations made pursuant to section 6 of this statute;

1.6
'rules' means the Computer Centre rules made pursuant to section 7 of this statute.


2. The Computer Centre Committee

2.1 There shall be a Monash University Computer Centre Committee which shall be constituted by resolution of the Academic Board as a standing committee of the board;

2.2
All information stored in the Computer Centre shall be stored upon such terms and conditions as the university acting on the advice of the Computer Centre Committee shall impose.


3. Purpose of centre

The committee shall be responsible for all matters concerning the Computer Centre and the provision of comprehensive computing services in the university for teaching, research and administrative purposes and for such other functions and undertakings as the Council or the Academic Board may from time to time determine.


4. The director

4.1 The director of the Computer Centre shall be appointed by the Council.

4.2
The director shall have executive responsibility for the management and administration of the Computer Centre.

4.3
During each year the director shall submit to the Academic Board a report on the operation of the Computer Centre during the previous year which report he has first presented to the Computer Centre Committee for discussion and comment.

5. Use of centre

A person shall not use the Computer Centre except in accordance with this statute and the regulations or the rules.


6. Regulations

The Council may make regulations with respect to:

6.1
authorising the use of the Computer Centre or any part thereof by any person or class of persons;

6.2
prescribing the fees or penalties or compensation payable by any person or class of persons for the breach of any regulation or rule or for misuse or excessive use beyond authority of any of the facilities of the Computer Centre;

6.3
authorising the director to control the use by any person or class of persons of the Computer Centre or any of its facilities;

6.4
prescribing the persons who may be authorised to have access to the facilities of the Computer Centre and who may have access to or retrieve information contained therein;

6.5
authorising the director to withdraw the right of any person or class of persons to enter the Computer Centre or to use the Computer Centre facilities; and

6.6
prescribing or providing for any other matter or thing for which it is necessary or expedient to prescribe or provide for the purposes of this statute and the Council may make regulations amending or revoking such regulations.


7. Rules

The committee with the consent of Council may make rules which shall be called the Computer Centre rules for and with respect to:

7.1
the conditions of use of the Computer Centre or any part thereof by any person or class of persons;

7.2
the requirements to be met by any person or class of persons wishing to use any of the Computer Centre facilities;

7.3
rules of conduct to be complied with by any person or class of persons using the Computer Centre;

7.4
defining and enumerating the powers of the director to control the use by any person or class of persons of the Computer Centre or any of its facilities;

7.5
specifying the conditions upon which the director may withdraw the right of any person or class of persons to enter the Computer Centre or to use the Computer Centre facilities; and

7.6
prescribing the fees payable for use of Computer Centre facilities by any person or class of persons and the committee may with the consent of Council make rules amending or revoking such rules. Such rules may be made so as to apply only to a specified part of the Computer Centre.


8. Promulgation

Regulations and rules made pursuant to this statute shall be promulgated by being exhibited on a notice board provided for the purpose in the University Offices building and in the Computer Centre and after being so promulgated shall remain so exhibited in the University Offices building for at least fourteen days not counting days on which the university is on holidays and whilst they continue to be in force shall be exhibited in the Computer Centre.


9. Appeals

9.1 A person on whom a penalty is imposed pursuant to the regulations or rules made hereunder, may within twenty one days of the date upon which the penalty is so imposed, appeal against the imposition of such penalty in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

9.2
A student may appeal against the imposition of the penalty to the Discipline Committee pursuant to that statute; and

9.2.1
such appeal shall be deemed to be an appeal pursuant to section 6 of that statute;

9.2.2
the Discipline Committee in addition to the penalties it may impose pursuant to that statute, may also impose any of the penalties which may be imposed pursuant to the regulations made pursuant to section 6 of this statute.

9.3
A person being a staff member or other person in relation to whom Statute 4.1 - Discipline does not apply, may appeal against the imposition of the penalty to the vice-chancellor who may hear the appeal in such manner as the vice-chancellor thinks fit and for this purpose the vice-chancellor may appoint a person being a member of the university or a body of persons comprising members of the university to hear the appeal on his behalf;

9.4
A person who has lodged an appeal pursuant to this section may pending the resolution of such appeal apply to and be granted permission by the director to use the facilities of the Computer Centre pending the resolution of such appeal subject to such conditions as the director may impose.

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