Key Cards – Selected Processes

This page presents, by way of example, three processes concerning key cards in schematic form: reporting a lost or defective card, the issue of an IT loan card while an HU account is still pending, and the initial request for a key card. The diagrams serve as an aid to orientation; the authoritative provisions – including for all matters not depicted here – are those of the key card policy and the Service Level Agreement (SLA). The references provided link directly to the relevant provision.

Process 01

Loss or Defect

The key card has been lost or is defective
Report to the IT department

informally by email; without undue delay, no later than the following working day.

help.math@hu-berlin.de

the link opens a pre-filled email

§ 8(3) · § 9(1) · SLA § 2
Blocking of the card

The IT department blocks the reported card without undue delay, thereby precluding unauthorized use.

§ 9(2) · SLA § 2
Interim arrangement where access is urgently required

Until the replacement card is provided, you can borrow an IT loan card from the IT department. It grants access to the same doors as the personal card; the loan is limited to a maximum of 14 days.

§ 10(2) · SLA § 2
Provision of the replacement card

in the week following the report.

§ 9(2) · SLA § 5 No. 3
The replacement card is ready for collection
Process 02

IT Loan Card Without an HU Account

No HU account has been issued yet, but office access is already required
Notification by the competent secretariat

The secretariat notifies the IT department that the HU account is still pending and specifies the doors required.

§ 10(3)
Issue of the IT loan card

limited to a maximum of 14 days.

§ 10(3), (4)

Is the HU account issued within 14 days?

Yes
Initial request for the regular key card

see process 03

§ 4
No
Expiry of the loan period

The card is blocked automatically after 14 days.

§ 10(4)

Once the HU account has been issued, the initial request proceeds under process 03

Return of the IT loan card

in either case, to the IT department.

§ 10(4)
Process 03

Initial Request

A personal key card is required for the first time
Submission of the request

The request is submitted by the competent secretariat; in addition, the PI and the unit’s permanent academic staff are directly entitled to submit requests. If the secretariat is absent for more than one weekly cycle, the Institute’s leadership may submit the request instead. Submission is by email to the shared mailbox.

§ 3(2–4) · § 4(2)
Review and processing of the request

Mandatory information: first name last name HU account door(s). Received by Monday 9:00: ready for collection that same Monday; received later: ready from the following week.

§ 4(4) · SLA § 1 · SLA § 5 No. 1
Hand-over during office hours

Monday to Friday, 10:00–11:00, in person, in rooms 2.204 and 2.206. The hand-over includes instruction on the key card policy.

§ 4(3), (5) · SLA § 1 · SLA § 5 No. 2
Confirmation of acknowledgement of the key card policy § 4(3)
The key card is ready for use
The full provisions are set out in the key card policy and the Service Level Agreement. For enquiries, the IT department can be reached at help.math@hu-berlin.de and during office hours (Monday to Friday, 10:00–11:00).