StanfordCardPlan Changes - Effective September 1, 2009
by Chris Bourg and Eleanor Brown
Due to low usage by staff and faculty and to better accommodate the needs of students, the StanfordCardPlan program is being modified as detailed below.
StanfordCardPlan Prior to September 2009
The StanfordCardPlan was a pre-paid expense plan that enabled students, faculty and staff to use their Stanford ID card as a debit card to purchase goods and services on campus. This included goods and services such as paying for meals at many campus cafes and making purchases at the Stanford Bookstore. The StanfordCardPlan also allowed Stanford ID cards to be used at photocopiers and printers in the libraries and at other locations on campus.
Faculty and staff's StanfordCardPlan balances will be refunded via check by September 30, 2009. Students' balances will be credited to students' accounts.
Changes Effective September 1, 2009
Students: Under the new StanfordCardPlan, students can charge up to $1,000 per quarter at the Stanford Bookstore and other campus locations, including library printers and copiers. Students will need to login to Axess and accept the terms and conditions of the new plan.
Faculty and Staff: For library printing and copying, current faculty and staff can purchase and add funds to their Stanford ID Card from one of the Cash-to-Card machines listed below. (Emeritus faculty can't use their Stanford ID for printing and copying and must purchase a Print/Copy Card.)
Tresidder Computer Cluster
Green Library
Jackson Library at GSB*
Meyer Library
Lane Library
Mathematical and Computer Sciences Library*
Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library*
Engineering Library
Physics Library
*Note: The Cash-to-Card machines in the Jackson, Mathematical and Computer
Science, Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Physics libraries are
older machines that do not accept most newer bills.
Faculty and staff can also consider the Cardinal Dollars program, administered by Stanford Dining. Cardinal Dollars offers money saving plans for dining on campus using your Stanford ID card.
For More Information
Details on paying for printing and copying in the libraries are available at: What are the procedures for printing and copying in the libraries?
For more information about the changes to the StanfordCardPlan, see the Overview of the StanfordCardPlan.
