Swipe card readers

[verbeeko@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Everyone,

I am investigating if anyone is using a swipe card reader probably at the 
circulation desk, self 
check-out, etc. to read patron's library cards.  I guess I am interested in: 
brand names used, 
interfaces needed to  III, CBORD, or anything else. We could discuss this on the 
phone, or post 
to the list.

The reason I'm asking is that our university is using an "all-in-one" card. The 
cards are heavily 
used by our students for everything: meals, entrance into dorms, candy machines, 
laundry, library 
card, bus pass on our city transportation. Because of this use, the cards get 
beat up, and the 
barcode printed on the card is often damaged. Actually over 80% of the cards are 
unreadable by 
our barcode reader. One possible solution is to put the barcode into the 
magnetic strip.

-- Olga Verbeek

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Olga Verbeek                     email: verbeeko@xxxxxxxxxx
Information Systems Librarian      tel: 401-341-2281
McKillop Library                   fax: 401-341-2951
Salve Regina University            URL: http://library.salve.edu
100 Ochre Point Ave.
Newport RI 02840