The copy card system at Loyola University is undergoing a makeover.

According to the Bursar’s Office, the reason for this change is that the old copy card vendor is retiring.

“Once [the old vendor] notified us that he would be retiring within a year, we started checking out replacement copy card systems and determined that the new copy card vendor was the best fit for Loyola,” wrote Michael Connick, director of the Bursar’s Office, in an e-mail to The Maroon April 17.

According to a statement released on March 12, the Bursar’s Office worked with Xerox to implement a new system. The installation of this new system began April 10 in the Monroe Library and Law School Library, with installations at the other copy machines on campus beginning April 23.

The installation of the new copy card system was, for the most part, timely. Although it ran past the first week’s expected installation schedule by one day, it’s back on track, according to a statement released April 13.Both the old and new systems are still running, and they will continue to run simultaneously until early July, at which time the old system will be removed, according to the March 12 statement.

The cost of a new copy card is one dollar, with 40 cents going toward the cost of the card and the other 60 cents going toward copies, according to the statement released April 13.

The 40-cent fee will be waived, however, if a card from the old system is exchanged for a card from the new system between April 24 and May 25, according to the statement. In this case, the amount of money on the old card will simply be transferred to the new card. Exchanges can be made in the Bursar’s Office in Marquette Hall, room 270.

While the old system displayed the remaining number of copies, the new system’s display shows the amount of money left on the card in increments of five cents (the cost of making a copy).

Chris Jennings can be reached at [email protected]