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Wireless door locks provide relief at Mount Holyoke College

Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Library

Wired locks were proving difficult at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. Because of this the college turned to wireless doors both to provide more security for its 2,100 female students, and to give some administrative relief to campus personnel.

The college’s previous encounter with wired doors hadn’t gone well, says Douglas Vanderpoel, director of the college’s Auxiliary Services. The college wanted to enable students to access their dorms with by just swiping a magnetic stripe student ID card.

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