Two resources that students depend on, the Schauerman Library and the Writing Center, have tmadee major changes this semester that some may find to be inconvenient.
” I came early one day to school so I could print something for my class at 10:30 a.m. After going back and forth from the Writing Center and the Library,
I finally got my essay printed, after like an hour,” Summayah Khan, biology major said. “I was 15 minutes late to class.”
The Writing Center requires “students to bring their student ID with the current
sticker on it and also a USB to print and save documents. They can’t save to the hard drive,” Barbara Budrovich, director
of the Writing Center, said.
“Students do not print themselves; they hand it to the technician who prints for them, thus the need for the USB,” Budrovich said
The Schauerman Library, which is like a second home to many students, has had to make cutbacks on its hours.
“The library now opens at 8 a.m. instead
of 7:30 a.m. and we are open untill
8 p.m. On Fridays we are closing at 12:30 p.m. instead of at 4:30 p.m.,” Ed Martinez, public access librarian, said.
Martinez said that the No.1 complaint
he gets from students is that the hours are too short.
Martinez said that the time change affects all services, including the Library Media Technology Center, the Computer
Lab, and the Basic Skills Center.
“We prefer not to [change the hours] but we don’t have a choice,” Martinez said.
One improvement the library has made, however, is upgrading the photocopy services.
“We are now going with QCI, a quality copy ink,” Martinez said.
QCI has created a new system that connects
one card with the payment machine, which is attached to the copier.
“I would always forget my copy card, so I guess that’s good that they got rid of it,” Khan said.
“It has brought a new dimension to our service. With our former sevice, students would have to purchase a print card to make photocopies and now they just add money to their MyECC account,” Martinez
said.
Martinez said that the QCI system eliminated the need for having yet another card that students have the potential of losing.
“Your student ID allows people to add money to it. This provides a single card for al services whether it’s for photocopying and/or using the computer for print copying,”
Martinez said.