Overview of Services at the Swain Library

Photocopying & Scanning

General Information

Self-service photocopy machines are available in all Stanford Libraries. The Swain Library has two digital photocopiers that make single or double-sided, black and white copies. The machines only accept SUL copy cards ($0.13/copy). No change is available from Swain Library staff.

Copiers that accept change are available at the Engineering Library, Falconer Biology Library, Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections, Cubberley Education Library, the Art and Architecture Library, and the Music Library. Please call before going to other branches to ensure equipment is working.

Patrons with Stanford ID cards can add money directly to their cards at the DART machine. Stanford students may use the Stanford ePay service to add money to their StanfordCardPlan. Please see the StanfordCardPlan site for details on this.

Visitors can buy a copy card at the DART machine with a one-dollar bill and then deposit money onto the card. The DART machine will even print a receipt.

Please note that the coordinate libraries Lane Medical Library, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Library, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Jackson Business Library, Crown Law Library and department libraries (Classics, Philosophy [Tanner]) have their own copy card services and that their copy cards will not work in machines supported by another service on campus. Please contact those individual libraries regarding their policies. Please see the SULAIR Photocopying Services page for more details.

Color Copiers

Color photocopiers are available on campus in the Art & Architecture Library and Lane Medical Library.

Copy Cards for Individuals

Most library units have card dispensers to purchase a copy card or to add money to a Stanford Card Plan account. A copy card costs $1 and may only be purchased using a one dollar bill. Crisp $1, $5, $10, and $20 bills can be used to add money for photocopying to a copy card. The copy card dispenser will issue a receipt. No change is available from the Swain Library. Note: wrinkled dollar bills may jam a card dispenser.

Copy Card Dispenser Locations

Meyer Library
Physics Library
Schiff Residence Hall (outside access 24 x 7)
Tresidder Computer Cluster
Wilbur Residence Hall (outside access 24 x 7)

Map of Stanford Libraries

Copy Cards for Lab Groups & University Departments

University Departments and Lab Groups can obtain blank photocopy-only cards from the Green Library Privileges Desk, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Money may be transferred to one or more copy cards via a journal transfer. For your convenience, Swain has put a copy of the Departmental Copy Card Request Form online that must be filled out when you go to the Green Library Privileges Desk for a Group Copy Card. Anyone can take the completed form to the Privileges Desk as long as they have a Stanford ID for identification. Note that forms cannot be submitted online because they require a signature. Further information on obtaining and adding money to a group copy card can be found on the Guidelines for Prepaid Copy Cards page.

Bad Copy Replacements

Replacements for bad copies can be made from cards that are available at service desks throughout the libraries. THERE WILL BE NO CASH REFUNDS FOR BAD COPIES.