Every user must clean up the instrument and work area that he or she has used.
User, operator, or service manuals for equipment in the lab are not to be removed from the lab without permission of the lab manager.
All items borrowed from the Keck lab must be signed out in the Equipment Sign-Out Logbook in the lab.
Borrowing, duplicating, or modifying any software, serial numbers, or security codes is prohibited.
Every user will be assigned an individual user name and password for the computers that run instrumentation in the Keck lab. Logging on and off the computers will be used to track the use of the instruments. Passwords will only be established for users who have been checked out on a given instrument; these passwords are not to be shared.
Reservations will be taken for equipment in high demand. Reservations may be bumped by users with higher priority. Rescheduling must be done at least 24 hours in advance, and the user with higher priority is responsible for contacting the user being bumped. No user may bump any other user within 24 hours of the reserved time. Reservations may be cancelled at any time without penalty.
The cart-based instruments will not be removed from JILA. Non-JILA users can only use them in JILA.
Users of cart-based instruments will be allowed to keep an instrument for a minimum of 48 hours. After 48 hours, the instrument can be recalled by another user with 8 hours notice. It is the responsibility of the user originally checking out the instrument to make sure that its current location is properly noted in the Equipment Sign-Out Logbook in the Keck lab.
If a user leaves the Keck lab after 5:00 pm, and there is no one else in the lab, the user must lock the door.
Currently, signing in and out is on the honor system; the JILA lab key opens the Keck lab. If persistent problems arise, an electronic lock will be installed.
Any difficulties or problems with the equipment must be noted and the responsible JILA staff member informed.
The computers and printers in the Keck lab are only to be used in conjunction with the instrumentation in the Keck lab. They are not for general purpose use.
The introduction of new chemicals to the lab, especially the clean room, must be approved in advance by the lab manager and a current material safety data sheet must be provided.
Access to the Keck Lab does not constitute access to the JILA instrument shops or instrument shop personnel. For example, if the external user should need fixtures fabricated for their project, the use of the JILA instrument shops for fabricating the fixtures will still be subject to the normal rules for external use of the shops.
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