If you haven’t been to the library for a while, you may be surprised to find that your gold copy card no longer works for making copies. The Parks Library recently acquired 17 new copiers that are located throughout the main building and the branch facilities positioned around campus, including the Veterinary Medicine Library, Design Reading Room, Physical Sciences Reading Room, and the Library Storage Building.

The new copiers are Digital Book Mark models and feature a beveled edge for easier and safer copying of bound volumes as well as an angled control panel for easier access for users in wheelchairs.

Digital technology provides better image quality and a touch screen display offers simplified access to features such as enlargement and reduction.

The new copiers accept payment through a vending station that accepts coins and $1 and $5 bills or ISUCards. Money may be added to ISUCards by the new online CyCash feature, which is available on the AccessPlus menu, or through numerous cash-to-card and card-to-card stations located throughout campus.

Shelley Hawkins, business manager at Parks Library, said that the charge per copy has increased from 7.5 cents to 10 cents when using an ISUCard (formerly copy card). The price per copy has remained the same when using cash at, 10 cents per copy.

Hawkins said that increase is because of the cost of the new copiers. “It is not just the machines but also the new card systems,” said Hawkins. To be compliant with the new ISUCard system, the copiers needed all new vending equipment also, said Hawkins.

But Parks Library does not actually own these new copiers.

“The library is not responsible for the new copiers,” Hawkins said, “Now we are leasing them from Printing Services.” Problems with copiers may still be reported at the library circulation desk and will then be forwarded on to printing services.

Fay Martin, document services coordinator at printing services, said that the new copiers were chosen especially for the beveled edge feature that makes them book friendly. Martin said the goal when finding the new copiers was to minimize the amount of damage done to the binding of the books when copying.

“The fact that it is digital means that the quality of the copies made is excellent,” Martin said, “the copier first scans the image and then copies it.”

“We did lease the copiers out on a competitive bid process and we lease through the Xerox Corporation,” she said.

Martin said that the Xerox Corporation is responsible for all maintenance of the copiers, excluding the ISUCard equipment.

The Diebold Corporation is responsible for the upkeep of the ISUCard system machinery.

Martin said that the move away from the copy cards to the ISUCard will make it easier for students, faculty and staff.

She said having just one card will be more convenient.