During the Fall, 2011 Semester, we placed 398 dry erase markers and 16 erasers in the RLC. This does not count those supplied by the Learning Resources Center for tutoring.
The current cumulative total as of today is 492 markers and 28 erasers. Use of markers and erasers has risen substantially since nine additional white boards were delivered in February. We can now project that the annual use rates will be around 1,100 for markers and 52 for erasers. The projected annual cost for these supplies will be approximately $1,200. The Library has committed to covering these costs using revenues from photocopying and printing done in the Library.
Other supplies are sold in the vending machine at the entrance to the RLC. These are being offered as a service by the Campus Bookstore, Campus Card, and the Library. So far, due to startup costs, the Library has not yet broken even financially on this vending machine. However, as a service upgrade, we are pleased with it. The best selling supply is ear buds (18 in December) followed closely by index cards. Medium-selling supplies were pens, highlighters and pencils. Other supplies have been selling at 1 to 3 per month. One interesting sales pattern was in condom sales, which were at a sluggish 2 per month except in December when they peaked at 8.... We are surprised that CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are only selling at one or two per month, since a number of students have brought us concerns about saving work they have done on Library computers.
The current cumulative total as of today is 492 markers and 28 erasers. Use of markers and erasers has risen substantially since nine additional white boards were delivered in February. We can now project that the annual use rates will be around 1,100 for markers and 52 for erasers. The projected annual cost for these supplies will be approximately $1,200. The Library has committed to covering these costs using revenues from photocopying and printing done in the Library.
Other supplies are sold in the vending machine at the entrance to the RLC. These are being offered as a service by the Campus Bookstore, Campus Card, and the Library. So far, due to startup costs, the Library has not yet broken even financially on this vending machine. However, as a service upgrade, we are pleased with it. The best selling supply is ear buds (18 in December) followed closely by index cards. Medium-selling supplies were pens, highlighters and pencils. Other supplies have been selling at 1 to 3 per month. One interesting sales pattern was in condom sales, which were at a sluggish 2 per month except in December when they peaked at 8.... We are surprised that CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are only selling at one or two per month, since a number of students have brought us concerns about saving work they have done on Library computers.
