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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Arlis-ites: Like Susan, we are having insitutional resistance to installing a color copier. It would be quite useful for those with ammunititon and persuasive savvy to respond to the list or to add my email address to your response. ([log in to unmask]) Muchas gracias Stephanie Sigala St. Louis Art Museum At 05:24 PM 2/11/98 EST, you wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Dear colleagues, > >For well over two years I have attempted to have a color photocopier for >use by the public installed in our Fine Arts Library, and I have heard many >reasons from the campus reprographics managers as to why this has not been >accomplished. I would like to poll other art librarians in an attempt to >get facts and figures that I can use to support my position. If you offer >color photocopying to the public in your library, could you please take a >moment to answer the following questions, and reply to ME >([log in to unmask]) and not to the list? > >Thank you very much for your assistance. It is wonderful to have >professional colleagues to call upon when additional ammunition is required. > >Questions: > >1) What brand color photocopier do you have in your library? Are you >satisfied with the quality of the copy? > >2) Can the public use the equipment without your assistance, or do you have >to do the copying for them? > >3) What size copies does your machine offer, and what prices do you charge >for each size? > >4) How does the patron pay for the copy? Do you accept cash from the >patron, does the patron insert cash into the machine, or does the machine >have a card reader? If your machine has a card reader, what brand is it? >(By card reader I mean the patron has acquired a pre-paid card with a >specific value, inserts this card into a reader attached to the machine, >and each time a copy is made the appropriate fee is deducted from the card.) > >5) What have you learned from your experiences of offering color >photocopying to the public that you would be willing to share with someone >just starting this venture? IE, what do you know now that you wish you had >known then? > >Thank you very much. > >Susan Wyngaard, Head >Fine Arts Library >Ohio State University >Wexner Center for the Arts >Columbus, Ohio 43210 >email: [log in to unmask] >tel & fax: 614-292-6184 > > ******************************************************************** Stephanie C. Sigala, Head Librarian 314-721-0072 x252 St. Louis Art Museum 314-721-6172 (fax) 1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park [log in to unmask] St. Louis, MO 63110-1380 Co-Editor, ART DOCUMENTATION **********************************************************************