Changes to Copy and Print Services in the UCLA Libraries
Effective August 27, 2007, the UCLA Library replaced the old copy card system used to pay for photocopies and prints with a new system that allows UCLA students, faculty, and staff to use their UCLA BruinCards.
UCLA faculty, staff, and students will now use their BruinCards to make copies, prints, or scans on the self-service equipment in campus libraries.
Campus visitors will be able to purchase a Visitor BruinCard to make copies, prints, or scans on the self-service equipment in campus libraries.
The BruinCard can be used for purchases at other campus facilities and at more than twenty locations in Westwood.
Transferring the Balance of the Old Copy Card
Any user who has a BruinCard but still has value on an old copy card can transfer the value through the fall quarter 2007 at the Biomedical Library Administrative Office, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New Rates
Library Reprographics is not supported by any state funds and is required by the university to charge rates that recoup all of its costs.
This is the first rate increase for photocopies, prints from computer workstations, and microform prints in ten years. In that time, costs for staff, equipment, and supplies have risen substantially.
The cost for each service was calculated based on the staff time, equipment, and supplies allocated to that service. Library Reprographics makes no profit from these fees. The UCLA Office of Academic Planning and Budget, which must approve all fee-based services at UCLA, has approved the new rate structure.
| Equipment | UCLA | Visitor |
| Photocopies | 9 cents | 16 cents |
| Uniprint Printers | 11 cents | 11 cents |
| Microform Reader Printers | 15 cents | 27 cents |
| KIC Scanning | 16 cents | 16 cents |
Purchase a visitor BruinCard for a one-time fee of 58 cents.
Questions or comments about the new BruinCard system should be directed to Bob Freel, Head of Access Delivery Services, at bobfreel@library.ucla.edu or 310.206.3004.
