Self-Serve Photocopy Machines
Seven photocopy machines are available at the Alumni Medical Library for patron use during all regular library hours. Copy cards can be used in the photocopy machine -- the machines do not take change or dollar bills. The Library is unable to give change. A change machine is located in the basement of the building.
A self-serve copy card dispenser/encoder is installed next to the Circulation Desk. Initially, a copy card costs $1, which includes the cost of the card plus 6 copies. Thereafter, the cards can be encoded with additional amounts, ranging from $1 to $20. The copy card machine accepts bills only, and does not give change. Receipts are not issued for copy card machine purchases. If you need a receipt, you can purchase a copy card at the Circulation Desk.
Copy cards can also be purchased at the Circulation Desk in the following amounts: $9 (100 copies), $21.50 (250 copies), $40 (500 copies), and $70 (1000 copies). Acceptable methods of payment include cash or personal checks, Boston University requisition orders, or Boston Medical Center grant or account numbers submitted with a purchase requisition.
To make photocopies with the copy card, insert your card into the copy card box on the photocopier. The machine will display the number of copies available, not a dollar amount. When copying is finished, push the button and wait for the card to eject.
Copy cards purchased and encoded in the Alumni Medical Library cannot be used in any other BU library. Copy cards purchased at other libraries cannot be used at the Alumni Medical Library.
Your copy cards are your responsibility. Identify your card by writing your name and telephone number on the card. Remember to remove your card from the photocopy machine after each use.
Refunds are not given for unused copies, or for lost or stolen copy cards.
Students in the schools of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences, Public Health, and Dental Medicine are eligible to receive 500 free copies/prints during EACH of the following two time periods: 1) January 1 – June 30, and 2) July 1 – December 31. The 500 free copies/prints can be picked up on any date during each of the two periods, as long as the number of copies/prints remaining on their card has dropped to 100 or fewer. Students must show a valid Boston University ID in order to receive their copies/prints. Copies/prints may be picked up at the Library Circulation Desk, Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm.
In order to facilitate copying in the Boston University Mugar and Law libraries, the Alumni Medical Library makes available $5.00 (50 copy) cards that may be exchanged for Medical Library copies of an equal amount. Eligible students must show a valid Boston University ID and a Medical library copy/print card with 50 or more copies/prints remaining on the card. Copies will be deducted from the Medical library copy card in increments of 50 copies, and the student will receive an equal number of copies issued on the Mugar Library or Law Library copy cards. The $5.00 Mugar Library or Law Library copy cards may be picked-up at the Circulation Desk in the Alumni Medical Library, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm. Once Mugar or Law library copy cards are issued, they may not be returned to the Alumni Medical Library.
All BUMC students, faculty and staff have an allocation of $225 per semester for printing from the computers located at 111 Cummington Street on the Charles River campus. This provides an initial allotment of as many as 4500 copies each semester, with additional copies available on request. This allocation can also be used from the computers located on the 11th and 12th floor of the Alumni Medical Library or from your personal computer if you set up your personal computer to print to those printers. If printing from the Alumni Medical Library or from your personal computer, you must pick up the print job at 111 Cummington Street. Regardless of the location from which you sent the print job, your work will be held for three days. Go to http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/ftp/psprinting and select your operating system to determine how to print from your personal computer to the printers located at 111 Cummington Street. For additional information, contact the Learning Resources Center at 617-638-5433.
A photocopy service is also available at the Alumni Medical Library. Library staff will photocopy pages from materials located in the library's collection for a fee of 20 cents per page copied (for faculty, staff and students of the BU Medical Center), or $6 per article plus 25 cents per page copied for all other affiliates. Copies are usually ready within 2 - 5 days. Payment options include personal checks or cash. No credit cards are accepted. Boston University faculty, staff, and students who wish to bill photocopies to their departments must present a departmental requisition order. Boston Medical Center faculty, staff, and students who wish to bill photocopies to their departments will need a purchase order and departmental billing number.
Rush requests for in-house journal articles and book chapters cost extra and take 24 - 48 hours to fill.
Photocopy request forms are available at the Circulation Desk or on the Web at http://medlib.bu.edu/forms/illrequest.cfm. One photocopy request form must be submitted with each item requested.
All photocopy requests must conform to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, US Code.)