Keener, 'D. H. Hill Library Photocopy Prices to Change September 3, 1991', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v18n06 (September 1991)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 18 no. 6
September 1991
Keener, Don
"D. H. Hill Library Photocopy Prices to Change September 3, 
1991"


The D. H. Hill Library's photocopy prices were increased 
September 3, 1991, as outlined below.  This price change--the 
first since January 1, 1986--was made in order to recover the 
increased costs involved in providing the services.

The primary purpose of the Libraries' photocopy service is to 
provide good, reasonably priced copies of library materials as 
a substitute for loaning them, making such materials more 
readily available to the Libraries' users.  It is not the 
Libraries' objective to offer copy service for nonlibrary 
materials such as those services provided by the University's 
Copy Center and by off-campus vendors.

It should be realized also that there are many costs involved in 
providing copies of materials in the Libraries' collections 
other than the direct costs for staff, equipment, maintenance, 
supplies, etc.  For example, photocopying can damage library 
materials and increases the repair, binding, replacement, and 
other preservation costs associated with maintaining the 
Libraries' collections.

BOOK AND JOURNAL COPY SERVICE*

        cash (over-the-counter)**                    $0.15 per copy
        charge (NCSU account)**                        $0.15 per copy
        charge (non-NCSU account)                     $0.25 per copy
        handling fee (non-NCSU account)            $5.00 per item
        pick-up fee (over-the-counter
                or NCSU acct)                                   $4.00 per item
        rush fee                                                    $3.00 per
item
                                                                            
surcharge
        telephone orders (includes rush fee)      $5.00 per item
                                                                            
surcharge
        transparencies                                         $0.50 per copy

SELF-SERVICE BOOK AND JOURNAL COPY SERVICE***

        coin-op                                                     $0.10 per
copy

        Vendacard:
                blank card                                        $0.50 each
                price per card copy                         $0.06 each

        Vendacard fee for charge purchases:
                NCSU account ($0.06 per copy)    $1.00 per request to
                                                                        encode
value on a
                                                                        card.
                non-NCSU account ($0.10 
                        per copy)                               $0.04 surcharge
per
                                                                          $0.06
encoded
                                                                          on
the card.

MICROFORM PUBLICATIONS COPY SERVICE*

        paper copy--self service:
                coin-op                                         $0.20 per copy

                Vendacard                                      $0.15 per copy

                Vendacard (non-NCSU account
                        charge)                                 $0.25 per copy
                                                                        ($0.15
plus $0.10
                                                                       
surcharge)

        paper copy--staff service--
                NCSU user**                                $0.30 per copy

        paper copy--staff service--
                Others**                                        $0.50 per copy

        fiche copy (cash)                                   $1.00 per copy

        fiche copy (mail and/or bill)                $1.00 per copy plus
                                                                        the
microform
                                                                       
handling fee

        handling fee--NCSU user                       $4.00 per item

        handling fee--Others                             $8.00 per item

        rush fee                                              50 percent per
item
                                                                       
surcharge

TELEFACSIMILE SURCHARGE

        page costs                                         $0.15 per page

        telephone line costs:
                in-state                                    $0.13 per minute
                out-of-state                             $0.19 per minute

EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE PRICE SCHEDULE

*If photocopied material is not picked up by the patron 
after at least two weeks and must be mailed, the following 
additional charge is added to the regular cost of the order:

NCSU Account:          $1.00       All Others:        $5.00 

**Handicapped Service: The cash rate is the Vendacard rate.  
The charge rate is the usual charge rate without the pick-up 
fee.  Rush service is provided without rush fee or pick-up fee.

***Unit Vendacards will no longer operate the machines and 
must be returned to Photocopy Services to have the units 
converted to cash value.