NTU Online Faculty Handbook

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Date: 2022-08-26
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Property Management System

(1) Property management

Please visit myNTU and log in with your login and password from the Computer and Information Networking Center, click on “Property Management System” under “Accounts and Property” to view the management list of public property under your name and to handle property management issues through the various system functions (including inquiry, transfer, inventory, impairment, supply management, account authorization, reports etc.).

(2) Information exchange for second-hand goods

Everyone is welcome to use the “second-hand goods” function under the “Property Management System” to make inquiries or post usable school property that is no longer in use, so the property can be transferred to a department which needs it in order to make the best use of school assets and create a more environmentally friendly campus.

Department / Chattel Section, Property Management Division, Office of General Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-5073
Website / Property Management System
https://my.ntu.edu.tw/assetManagement/assetQuery.aspx

Newly Purchased Property

The reimbursement procedure for newly purchased property and equipment, such as non-expendable items is as follows:

  1. For any purchase of a single item priced NT$6,000 and under, the purchasing department can handle the reimbursement and manage the purchased item.
  2. For any purchase of a single item priced over NT$6,001 or a single piece of software priced NT$10,000 and over, the purchasing department shall upload a statement (g. a quotation, a copy of the invoice, tender price analysis report) containing the unit price, number of items, brand and model of the item, and a photo of the item via the Property Number and Label Application System on the Property Management Division website (upper right corner). The Property Management Division will number and print out the submitted invoice or statement to create a property label, which the applicant can retrieve either in person or via official document delivery. The applicant shall attach the label onto the property and take a photo of it following the Guidelines for Attaching Property Label.
  3. Air-conditioning equipment such as air-conditioners, chillers, and air-handling units (box type a/c) must have an original copy of the “Air Conditioner Installation / Alteration / Transport Application Form” approved by the Campus Planning Team and Construction and Maintenance Division (the form can be downloaded from the Office of General Affairs Procurement Division) for numbering and labeling.
  4. For the procurement of an item priced over NT$6,001, the purchasing department shall visit the E-Accounting Service SystemàNew Item to upload a photo of the labeled item and the property number documents handwritten by the Property Management Division and submit these documents to the Property Management Division for stamping before forwarding them to the Accounting Office.

Department / Property Management Division, Office of General Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-5077
Website / http://www.ga.ntu.edu.tw/property/

Research Project Office

The Property Management Division will make an announcement when research project office space is available for application. Each department or teacher should submit an application to the Property Management Division before the due date; the review and assignment process will be conducted by the Dean of Academic Affairs, the Dean of General Affairs, and the Dean of Research and Development.

Department / Property Management Division, Office of General Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-3433
Website / http://www.ga.ntu.edu.tw/property/

Use of Trademark

The university logo and name (National Taiwan University, NTU, TAIDA, NTU TAIDA) are registered and are mainly provided to people who have subordinate relationships (university faculty and students) or contracts (authorization) with the university. Besides use on faculty and student business cards and documents, non-commercial users must go through proper filing process while commercial users must wait for approval.

Department / Facilities Service Division, Office of General Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-2199
Website / http:// fss.ga.ntu.edu.tw/Services/Trademark

Office Supplies

Place purchase orders with appointed contractors by logging onto the Government e-Procurement System website.

Department / Procurement Division, Office of General Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-2196
Website / Government e-Procurement System
http://web.pcc.gov.tw/

Maps

Please go to NTU homepage → About NTU – Campus Location & Area (http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/about/location.html) to download the latest version of the map; also see the interactive map for quick queries (http://map.ntu.edu.tw or http://guide.cc.ntu.edu.tw/ntuguide/).

Intellect Property Rights

  1. To protect the intellectual property of our compatriots, our national law has special provisions allowing creative talents to hold trademarks, patents, and copyrights, which protect their “intellectual property rights.”
  2. According to the text of Taiwan’s copyright law, copyright refers to the personal rights and economic rights of the author that are generated from his or her completed writings; it is a type of intellectual property right.
  3. The contents of a lecture constitute a literary writing, so the students need the speaker’s consent before recording it.
  4. Without the copyright holder’s consent or authorization, any uploading, downloading or forwarding of one’s writing is an act of Internet piracy, an infringement on the copyright holders’ “reproduction right” and “public transmission right.”
  5. Besides reasonable usage, playing or singing other people’s music or recordings in public require obtaining the written consent or authorization of the copyright holder. The conditions of consent or authorization can be discussed with copyright intermediary organizations for musical works.
  6. Copyright adopts “automatic copyright protection,” that is, a creator owns the copyright once the creation is completed. That work is protected by copyright law; listing or registration with government agencies is not required.
  7. One can only copy another’s work “within reasonable limits”; going beyond the reasonable limits poses the possibility of creating a replacement markets. For example, if everyone used copied texts instead of buying new books, no publisher would be willing to spend money to publish new books!
  8. Be careful when someone tells you that you can download unlimited music, software or videos as long as you pay a monthly membership! This could be a trap. Membership fees do not guarantee legal copyright authorization; please select legally authorized sites to avoid negligent violations of the law.
  9. Plagiarizing other’s research report without the copyright owner’s authorization or consent is an act of copyright infringement! Our intelligence should be used to create, rather than just to plagiarize!
  10. Love letters are also literary works protected by copyright laws; disclosing other’s love letters without the consent of the author is a violation of the other’s publicityrights.
  11. If the article to be distributed is news coverage delivering facts, anyone can make use of it!
  12. Buying pirated software to install in one’s computer or asking a store or company to install pirated software in one’s computer is an act of copyright infringement.
  13. Photocopying 5% to 10% of a book is considered to fall within a harmless and reasonable range of usage; going beyond this range is considered unreasonable copying.

NTU Campus Intellectual Property Resources Websites
– NTU Campus Intellectual Property Protection Special Area https://my.ntu.edu.tw/tipa/
– NTU Information Security Center http://cert.ntu.edu.tw/
– NTU TIPA (Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy) http://www.tipa.org.tw/index.htm

Ministry of Economic Affairs, Intellectual Property Office, Resources Websites
– Campus Copyright Gallery http://oldweb.tipo.gov.tw/copyright/copyright_book/copyright_book_57.asp
– Campus Second Hand Textbooks Website http://2handbook.nasme.org.tw/

Procurement of properties and services

1. Teachers using the books, articles, e-books, slides, charts, photos, video clips, animations, or software of others as class materials involves “reproducing” materials as stipulated in the Copyright Act. In accordance with Article 46 of the Copyright Act, teachers may reproduce the works of others that have already been publicly released within the “scope necessary.” How do you define the “scope necessary”? Generally, it should be relevant to a teacher’s class contents. In addition, based on the type and purpose of the works and the quality and quantity of the reproduction, the economic rights of the copyright holder must not be infringed, otherwise it shall not be considered “within the scope necessary.”

2. The videos teachers play in the classroom with classroom devices or audio-visual equipment of NTU must be either the “publicly released version” or the “educational version” specifically for school use or the teacher must receive authorization from the copyright holder to avoid infringing its copyrights.


3. The contents of the teaching resources DVD or the teaching resources website provided by publishers are usually for teachers to use as class materials only. Teachers who upload these digital files to the campus network platforms or cloud hard drives for students to browse, download, or record in open courses are considered as publicly transmitting these files. Teachers must be aware of their actions. Since the Internet has no boundaries, a small action may have a large impact on the rights of copyright holders. However, if the copyright holder has already given authorization for public transmission, you do not need to receive authorization from the copyright holder again, for example, teachers using NTU’s network to play “publicly released version” or “educational version” videos.


4. Since the Taiwanese society has not reached a consensus regarding the definition of the “scope necessary” stipulated in Article 46 of the Copyright Act, the boundaries set in the United States and Hong Kong are international standards we can take as reference. Please visit the Intellectual Property Office website under Appendix 1 of the “Teacher’s Class Materials & Copyrights” (https://topic.tipo.gov.tw/copyright-tw/cp-415-855924-5dd9b-301.html) for the summary of the standards for photocopying textbooks in the United States and Hong Kong. For information regarding the production and usage of digital teaching materials, please refer to the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia in Appendix 2.


5. This document has referenced the “Teacher’s Class Materials & Copyrights” and the “Description of Copyrights for All Levels of Legally Established Schools and the Videos Displayed in Classrooms” of the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Websites and resources of National Taiwan University on campus intellectual property
The NTU Campus Intellectual Property Right Protection Zone: https://info.ntu.edu.tw/tipa/
The NTU Information Security Center: https://cert.ntu.edu.tw/
The NTU Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy: http://www.tipa.org.tw/index.htm
Relevant websites and resources of the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Campus copyright FAQshttps://topic.tipo.gov.tw/copyright-tw/cp-415-855919-68725-301.html