SUBJECT:

Departmental Library Recharge Card Changes

As explained in the message below, going out to the All-at-UCSD e-mail
list this week, the UCSD Libraries will change vendors for copy
services on January 1, 1997. Copy Data Technology (CDT, Inc.) is
leaving, and UCSD Copier Services is taking on that role. New
recharge cards will be issued beginning the week of December 16, 1996.
This week Copier Services is mailing a list of all current CDT
recharge card holders to respective MSO's for verification of
authorized card holders and index numbers. Arrangements will be
made for delivery of new Copier Services recharge cards to MSO's for
department distribution. Questions on this process should be directed
to Gina Webb, UCSD Copier Services, x42377.

It will NOT be necessary for CDT recharge card holders to
return those cards. They will be unusable after December 30. Copy
costs recharged with those CDT cards in December will appear in
departments' January ledgers as usual.

Please note: current CDT Recharge Cards can be distinguished from
Debit Cards by their color (front is gray with red arrow at right) and
by the signature blank which appears on the back. Debit
cards have no signature blank on the back.

Campus Copier Services and UCSD Libraries Photocopy Team
(names appear below)

     Text of E-mail going to All-at-UCSD this week:

            NOTICE!!

      COPY CARD PROGRAM END DATE

The Libraries' copy service vendor is changing. On January 1, 1997,
UCSD Copier Services will become the vendor for copy services in all
UCSD Libraries.
      CDT debit cards will not be accepted in UCSD Library
      Photocopiers, Laser Printers or Microform Printers after

          DECEMBER 30, 1996
   REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY

Most library users probably will want to retain their debit cards
until the end of the quarter to be able to make photocopies without
cash. At that point, however, if you anticipate that you will
have a balance remaining on your CDT Debit Copy Card after December
30, 1996, you should:

  * Obtain a refund at the CDT Office in Geisel Library on or
  before December 30, 1996. The CDT Office is open for refunds
  2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Monday - Friday and on one Saturday (only):
  December 7, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Please note that all UCSD Libraries except the Biomedical Library
  will be closed on December 31.

  * Or, plan to use your existing balance after December 31,
  1996 at one of these locations:

  Chabot College; Chula Vista Public Libraries; DeAnza College Golden
  Gate University; Irvine Valley College; Miracosta College; Miramar
  College; Ohlone College; Saddleback Community College; San Diego
  City College; San Diego County Law Library; San Diego Mesa College;
  Southwestern College; University of Southern California; University
  of California, Berkeley

Due to security concerns, cash refunds are available only at the CDT
Office in Geisel Library.

Holders of CDT recharge cards must also obtain new cards by the end of
Fall Quarter. Campus departmental business officers will be contacted
shortly to arrange for new recharge cards.

More information about planned changes and improvements in the
Libraries' copy services will be forthcoming. The transition is being
coordinated by the Library Photocopy Team (COPYTEAM@novman.ucsd.edu),
Jacqueline Hanson (x41278), Paul Leverenz, Beverly Renford, Susan
Starr and Ginny Steel, working with Larry Fox and Gina Webb of UCSD
Copier Services.

Gerald R. Lowell University Librarian and Associate Vice Chancellor - Academic Information Technology