After training, users are given an account on the Agendo booking system that will allow them to reserve time on the microscopes or analysis computers. Please see the Agendo Quick Start Guide for information on how to start using the booking system. New users will also be added to the lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk mailing list. If you haven't been added to this list then you can subscribe at the following address: http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/lmcb-lm-users.

General Booking Rules

The General Booking Rules apply These apply to all microscopes. For microscopes with their own booking rules (e.g. the Vox) the relevant microscope-specific rules will override take precedence over the general rules.

• All microscopes MUST be booked before use; even if this means booking immediately before use. The Agendo system can be accessed from the confocal microscopes microscope computers, so a reservation can be made from the microscope system before the start of a session if necessary.
• The system will not allow you to reserve an appointment if the start time has already passed. If you cannot reserve time because of this, reserve whatever time you subsequently require for the current session.
• If you have reserved time on a microscope, but you know you will not be able use it, you MUST delete the reservation from the booking system before the start of the reserved time.
• If you cancel your slot less than 2 hours before it is due to begin you MUST alert whoever is using the machine before youyour slot. You can do this by sending an email to using the Agendo or  lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk, or  mailing lists or by directly contacting the person involved. This is to prevent the machine being left on by users who still think you are going to use it. An email to lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk the mailing list will also alert potential users to the free slot.
• Whenever you finish or cancel your session you must find out if anyone has reserved a slot after you. You may have received an email with this information, but you must still check the booking system. This must be done at the end of the time you reserved, if possible.
• If more than three hours will elapse between the end of your reserved time and the beginning of the next reserved slot you must shut the machine down, even if it is early in the day. This should be done after you use your slot or, if you do not want to use the slot, immediately after you cancel it.
• If you want to cancel your reservation after the start of your time slot, or if you finish more than an hour early, you should send an email to lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk to alert others. You are responsible for shutting the machine down if there are no users booked after you for three hours. Note that the booking system does not allow you to delete slots that have already begun.

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