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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Tech Libraries Photocopying Services Card, ca. 1980s-2000s, Ms2022-067, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."

Source of Acquisition

The Virginia Tech University Libraries Photocopying Services Card was gifted to Special Collections and University Archives in 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tech University Libraries Photocopying Card commenced and completed in October 2022.

Administrative History

Carol M. Newman Library was opened in 1955, after receiving a donation of one million dollars from the Old Dominion Foundation and another one million from the Virginia General Assembly. The library was then renovated and had a six-story section added in 1981, and was later renovated again in 2009.

Photoduplication services began to be offered by the University Libraries when Newman Libarary opened in 1955, based out of a "photoduplication laboratory of commercial quality" as described by Seymour Robb, library director from 1947-1961.

By the late-1970s, photocopy services were listed in printed guides to library services. The library offered self-service coin-operated copy machines for 5¢ each. Patrons could also drop off jobs at the Photocopy Desk to be picked up within 24-hours for the same price.

Beginning in 1980, guides to library services also mentioned the option to use auditrons, a copier feature that allowed users with a code to use machines and tracked their total usage for later payment. Codes were often issued to users on small cards they could carry with them.

Sources: Carol M. Newman Library

Robb, Seymour. Carol M. Newman Library of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1956.

Carol M. Newman Library (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), editor. Information Guide to Newman Library. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, editor. Faculty Guide to Library Services. Revised July 1980, University Libraries, VPI & SU, 1980.

Content Description

This collection contains a photocopying services card from sometime between 1980 and 2009 that could be used to pay for photocopies at Virginia Tech University Libraries.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Snyder, Catherine C.
• University History
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Virginia Tech University Libraries Photocopying Card by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).