Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Magnetic ‘junkstripes’ still going strong for stored value payments on campus

Friday, November 1, 2002 in Library

Somewhere on your campus there is, very likely, a magnetic stripe stored value system in operation. Maybe it is a full-blown part of your campus ID card enabling cashless purchases in vending machines, photocopiers, and laundry facilities. Or maybe it is a stand-alone system for copiers in some renegade department, an internal control device for tracking departmental office equipment usage, or on the back of a dedicated library card issued only for use in the law library. Whatever the case, the little black stripe is likely on the back of some plastic cards on your campus.

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