CR80News | ID card access at Ithaca College on hold until next year

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Students wanting to use a key card to get into their Ithaca College dorm rooms will have to wait a while longer. While installation of the new door locks began at the end of last semester, the college doesn’t expect the system to be operational before next spring.

The Ithaca, N.Y. school approved the plan to make all residence halls accessible with a student ID card in 2006 and has been installing and rewiring entry ways since December 2007. The college planned to test the system at the beginning of the fall 2008 semester in at least one dorm facility. “It’s easy to change the doors and to get the wiring to the doors,” said a college administrator. “Figuring out how the key card access software needs to interface with the student information software … just takes a little while.”

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ID card access at Ithaca College on hold until next year