The introduction of smart lockers to campus will make picking up parcels more convenient for students.

Facility Services Operations is working with the shipping company Pitney Bowes to bring this technology to campus.

Distribution staff will load up the lockers which will then send an email notification to the students indicating their material is ready for pickup. The recipient scans an access barcode at the assigned locker, which will open to provide access.

The lockers are scheduled for installation in early August on the first floor of Erie Hall near rooms 1118 and 1120. They will be accessible during the building’s hours of operation, a much larger timeframe than the two-hour window currently provided, notes operations administration supervisor John Marcarian.

“We are going to do a soft launch to test and learn the system with the goal to be fully operational for the start of the Fall 2024 semester,” Marcarian says. “Students should be on the lookout in August for messages to pickup once we go live.”

Larger parcels may still be needed to be picked up directly from the Distribution Services location in room G106, Lambton Tower. In this instance, recipients will receive an individual notification.