1. If you contribute materials, you are giving permission for people to use your material in educational non-profit institutions. If your work is copyrighted it is still protected under copyright law. You agree it's OK for us to distribute the material to our "subscribers." Bio-Link does not own the materials that you submit to us, rather, Bio-Link has permission to disseminate them.

2. In order to protect your rights as author, only a description of the material that you provide is posted on the website catalog for all to see. The full materials are available only to registered subscribers who use passwords to access the restricted areas of the web site and who state that they are educators and will only use your materials for educational purposes. Similarly, printed, disk, or CD-ROM material is sent only to registered subscribers. If a for-profit organization wants to use or sell your materials, they should contact you.

3. You will need to make sure that your materials meet Bio-Link Clearinghouse criteria. (Details about the criteria are found in the Contributors Submission Form.) These criteria help to ensure consistency in our Bio-Link Clearinghouse. Note that some types of materials may be more appropriate for another web site than for Bio-Link's site. In general, we are looking for materials that are appropriate for students at the two-year college level or for the continuing education of graduates of two-year programs and that relate to the education of individuals who will be or are biotechnology technicians or bench scientists.

4. You must be certain that the material you send us does not contain someone else's copyrighted material. For example, if your activity includes a photo that you copied from a book, then you must remove the photo and replace it with a reference to that work.

5. Both the material's author(s), and your institutional representative(s) must sign the legal contract allowing Bio-Link to put your material into its Clearinghouse. This is because there is sometimes uncertainty as to whether instructional materials are owned by the educators who write them or by their institutions. Bio-Link cannot take responsibility for determining ownership of materials and therefore requires that, when materials are contributed, the educator(s) and their institutions(s) representatives both sign the contract.

Forms for Submission of Materials or Reviews
to the BIO-LINK Clearinghouse

Download CONTRIBUTOR FORM .pdf file file
Download LEGAL CONTRACT 19K .pdf file
If needed download the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.

Thank you for submitting materials to the BIO-LINK Clearinghouse!

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Please print out the downloadable Contributor .pdf form and and use a separate copy of the form for each material or review you submit. Also print out the downloadable Legal Contract PDF form to complete and get signed by yourself and your institution. You only need to submit the legal contract once.

2. Mail the following items to the address below:
     * The 'Contributor's Form', completed
     * The 'Legal Contract', signed by author and your institution allowing Bio-Link to put your material into its Clearinghouse.

     * A hardcopy of your contribution (please telephone about unusual items, such as on-line courses)

     * An electronic version of your contribution, or, where relevant, include a URL instead of electronic version. This can be e-mailed to: nwarren@madison.tec.wi.us

     A note telling us whether your electronic version is PC or MAC, and what word processing program was used

   Lisa Seidman
   MATC
   3550 Anderson St.
   Madison, WI 53704
   Questions? call Lisa Seidman at (608) 246-6204
   lseidman@madison.tec.wi.us

3. When we receive the material, we will send a postcard acknowledging its receipt. If you do not receive a card, we did not get your contribution.