A new University of Queensland internal addressing system will operate from January 2003.
The four-digit Delivery Point Codes (DPC), which can be found in the internal telephone directory, will relace the old system of school or faculty abbreviations.
Services Manager Peter O’Donnell said the new system would be more efficient.
“Each delivery point will get a unique identifier; a delivery point code. “Each school or faculty has been assigned a DPC,” he said.
As from 2003 any internal mail should be addressed with the name of the person to which it is being sent and the DPC of the school in which that person is located. This new system has been designed to reduce the difficulties when sorting the mail.
St Lucia Campus Services Coordinator Dawn Byrne said mailroom staff had to have a good local knowledge of the University to be able to sort the mail with the current system. She said the new system would be introduced gradually and that it would be more flexible.
“A four-digit code will link to the appropriate faculty, school or centre. “The code is not related to location so if a department moves it will still have the same number,” she said.
Ms Byrne said the mailroom system would also adapt to accommodate the new sorting system.
“It will be easier for the mailroom staff to sort and distribute the mail,” Ms Byrne said.
Mr O’Donnell said he would also be looking to update the external delivery system once the internal system was fully operational.
For more information, contact Peter O’Donnell (telephone 07 3365 2360, email: p.odonnell@pf.uq.edu.au) or UQ Communications (telephone 07 3365 3367, email: communications@uq.edu.au).
