phone, fax, express mail, and office supplies
GENERAL RULES
University equipment is intended for University business use only.
It is against University policy for the University to purchase items for someone's personal use. What constitutes "personal use" is extremely difficult to define, but because of these very strict policies and regulations, we cannot knowingly purchase equipment or supplies for you through the University unless the payment for those items is coming from a valid University shortcode.
PHONE
The department supplies one phone per faculty member. Additional phones can be arranged if the faculty member has sufficient discretionary funds available to cover the additional cost. Phone bills are distributed once a month. Please inform the business manager if long distance charges should be recharged to a different shortcode. Personal calls must be reimbursed; please make your check payable to the University of Michigan, include 6% sales tax, and give the check to our business manager. The average long-distance phone bill in this department is less than $6 per month. Long distance charges significantly over that amount (anything over $25 in one month or consistently higher than average throughout the year) will be the individual faculty member's responsibility.
FAX
Please log in all faxes sent from the department except those made to UM 5-digit phone numbers. There is no departmental "faxing allowance" because there has been no major problem with this piece of equipment.
EXPRESS MAIL
Unfortunately, the Department does not have a budget to cover express mail services for general faculty use. If you would like to send something by express mail, you may do so by using a valid University shortcode or by putting it on your own personal credit card number.
PRINTER INK/TONER
We have a faculty laser printer on the 2nd floor that all faculty can be networked to, on request. At this time, printing to that printer is not limited. Please do not use it to make multiple copies. The Department will supply either one toner cartridge or two ink-jet cartridges per faculty member per year for printing to an individual printer. We can order additional toner/ink for you if you have funds available in a University account. Starting in FY 2005, LSA will no longer furnish funding to purchase individual printers for faculty or staff.
* All Departmental policies and procedures are subject to possible change as University and LSA policies change.
Updated 8/29/2004