Equipment-Specific Terms of Use for the Digital Microscopes

of 7 January 2022

1. These Terms of Use govern the use of the digital microscopes at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology in both user and service operations. The Terms of Use are set out in this appendix, which is incorporated into the General Terms of Use of the Department of Biology’s Imaging Center.
2. Use in service operations is as stipulated in the General Terms of Use.

1. The general contact is the administrative head of the Imaging Center.
2. The scientific contacts and the persons responsible for the respective device are listed on the Imaging Center’s homepage (https://imaging.uni-greifswald.de/en/about-us/organisation/our-team/).

A list of the digital microscopes provided for the Imaging Center at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology and a detailed description of the devices are available on the Imaging Center’s website (https://imaging.uni-greifswald.de).

1. The devices are usually operated by trained members of staff at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology and the Imaging Center in both user and service operations.
2. For longer projects with a large number of samples or samples that require extensive imaging, it is also possible to allow other members of staff and students of all disciplines at the University of Greifswald to operate the devices (user operation).
3. Only trained members of staff at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, the Zoological Institute and Museum and the Imaging Center are allowed to use the device in service operations.

1. Users may not use the equipment specified under § 3 until they have filled in the questionnaire (§ 5(2)) of the General Terms of Use) and until they have been given a briefing by a person who is in charge of the device (§ 2).  The briefing is only valid for the person to whom it has been given and is combined with a safety briefing. After briefing, the user will be added to the booking system of the respective piece of equipment and granted access to the rooms in which the equipment is kept.
2. Once the equipment briefing and safety briefings are complete, access to the rooms in which the equipment is situated will be activated on the user’s staff ID card or a guest ID card. On completion of the work, the guest ID card has to be returned.

1. The devices are booked via the persons responsible for the device (§ 2) or the device’s booking calendar. Users must ensure that their passwords are protected against misuse by any third parties.
2. Only users may make bookings. Users are strictly forbidden to book equipment for third parties who have not been briefed or for any other unauthorised persons. Non-compliance can result in immediate loss of their own permit.
3. It is not permissible to use the equipment without prior booking.
4. All users with an access pass to the building are allowed access to the device at any time, day or night.
5. All other users can use the equipment following arrangement of a time with a person in charge of the individual piece of equipment.
6. If the equipment cannot be used due to a defect or because it is being serviced, then it will either not be possible to book the device or the booking will be cancelled by a person responsible for the equipment (§ 2). The user receives appropriate notification.

1. Only authorised users may use the equipment listed under § 3.
2. All users must inform a person responsible for the equipment if they experience any problems or the devices are not working properly.
3. All users must fill in and sign the logbook at the end of the usage period.

Fee table for the use of the digital microscopes at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology in the version as amended from time to time

The English translation of the Gerätespezifische Nutzungsordnung für die Digitalmikroskope is intended solely as a convenience to non-German-reading students/members of the University. Only the German text published on 14 January 2022 is legally binding. In the event of any conflict between the English and German text, its structure meaning or interpretation, the German text, its structure, meaning or interpretation shall prevail.