Emory on Board With Barcode Readers

Nov 1, 2005 12:00 PM

Atlanta's Emory University features a 72-acre, walking campus that practices environmentally sustainable concepts. It offers curvilinear landscapes with a series of formal and informal walks set around the main campus. It has been ranked 18th best by U.S. News & World Report among 1,400 of the nation's accredited universities.

With an 11,800-student enrollment and 2,500 faculty members, Emory is home to nine major academic divisions and numerous centers for advanced study plus other prestigious affiliated institutions.

University parking operations supervisor Charles Raudonis says that although officials wanted to stay with the walking campus idea, parking spaces became scarce. Parking security codes, hand transmitters and magnetic cards were apparently being loaned, lost or exchanged.

The university's Clairmont Campus upgraded to barcode readers and decals from Barcode Automation Inc., Winter Springs, Fla., for two new six-floor parking decks. The system decodes a barcode decal attached to a car window, which triggers the gate. Such a significant switch also solved the unauthorized parking dilemma.

“With resident parking limited, the barcode system stopped the card swapping,” Raudonis says. “It allows entry only to the registered students with decals. Once attached, it eliminates the possibility of them swapping cards.”

“Decals also make patrolling the decks easier and more efficient because we can identify unauthorized cars quickly,” he adds.

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