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Tue Dec 27 09:26:03 EST 2011
I would get a card and cardreader and see what data it puts into notepad (or something similar) when you swipe it.
Aaron Z
Jr. Systems Administrator
Pioneer Library System
2557 State Rt. 21
Canandaigua, New York 14424
Phone: (585) 394-8260
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Spindler" <tspindler at cwmars.org>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group"
> <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 7:23:28 PM
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: campus card compatibility with
> Evergreen Library installation
> Hello,
> One of our member libraries is looking at a new campus card system.
> Please see her message below. She is wonderiing if any other
> Evergreen libraries in an academic library has run into any issues.
> Tim
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Beth, Amy < abeth at stcc.edu >
> Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:38 PM
> Subject: Fwd: campus card compatibility with Evergreen Library
> installation
> To: Tim Spindler < tspindler at cwmars.org >, "Noel, Kim" <
> knoel at stcc.edu >
> Greetings. Hoping you can help.
> We are working with the following consultant/vendor
> http://www.allcampuscard.com/ to implement an All Campus Card system
> at our institution Springfield Technical Community College). The
> representative, Bob Huber, claims he never contacts the ILS vendors
> to determine compatibility. I am, of course, at a loss as to
> determining if our upcoming installation of Evergreen (we are a C/W
> Mars academic library in Massachusetts due to migrate on May 31st)
> will interface well with this magnetic strip one card platform or
> not. Our campus card would go into effect by Fall. No other C/W Mars
> libraries use a magnetic strip card on their sites-- but that
> doesn't indicate anything since the overwhelming libraries
> participating in this consortium are small public libraries and we
> are an outlier as an academic campus. I have already asked the staff
> at C/W Mars to vet this and they state it is beyond their scope for
> this project (which is focused on an ILS migration for a majority of
> public libraries)
> Please direct me to an Evergreen community member or developer or a
> client who could assist. I would be extremely grateful.
> All best, ab
> --
> Amy Beth
> Dean of Library Services
> Springfield Technical Community College
> 1 Armory Sq.
> Springfield, MA 01105
> Phone: 413 755-4531
> http://library.stcc.edu/
> email: abeth at stcc.edu
> --
> Amy Beth
> Dean of Library Services
> Springfield Technical Community College
> 1 Armory Sq.
> Springfield, MA 01105
> Phone: 413 755-4531
> http://library.stcc.edu/
> email: abeth at stcc.edu
> --
> Tim Spindler
> Manager of Library Applications
> tspindler at cwmars.org
> 508-755-3323 x20
> C/W MARS, Inc.
> 67 Millbrook St, Suite 201
> Worcester , MA 01606
> http://www.cwmars.org
> P Go Green - Save a tree! Please don't print this e-mail unless it's
> really necessary.
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>From my time working for a small hotel that used magnetic key cards and cr=
edit card readers, I can say that (generally speaking): A magcard reader is=
very much like a barcode reader<span>. It reads the data from the card and=
puts it out as if it was typed into a keyboard.<br>I would get a card and =
cardreader and see what data it puts into notepad (or something similar) wh=
en you swipe it.<br><br><span name=3D"x"></span>Aaron Z<br>Jr. Systems Admi=
nistrator<br><br>Pioneer Library System<br>2557 State Rt. 21<br>Canandaigua=
, New York 14424<br>Phone: (585) 394-8260<span name=3D"x"></span><br>=
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rif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Tim Spindler" <tspindler at cwmars.org&g=
t;<br><b>To: </b>"Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.geo=
rgialibraries.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, May 8, 2012 7:23:28 PM<br><b=
>Subject: </b>[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: campus card compatibility with Evergr=
een Library installation<br>=
<br>Hello, <div><br></div><div>One of our member libraries is looking =
at a new campus card system. Please see her message below. She =
is wonderiing if any other Evergreen libraries in an academic library has r=
un into any issues.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tim <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">----------=
Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Beth, =
Amy</b> <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:abeth at stcc.edu" target=3D"_=
blank">abeth at stcc.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:38 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: campus card compatibilit=
y with Evergreen Library installation<br>To: Tim Spindler <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:tspindler at cwmars.org" target=3D"_blank">tspindler at cwmars.org</a>>, =
"Noel, Kim" <<a href=3D"mailto:knoel at stcc.edu" target=3D"_blank">knoel at s=
tcc.edu</a>><br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br>Greetings. Hoping you can help=
. <br><br>We are working with the following consultant/vendor <a href=
=3D"http://www.allcampuscard.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.allcampusca=
rd.com/</a> to implement an All Campus Card system at our institution Sprin=
gfield Technical Community College). The representative, Bob Huber, c=
laims he never contacts the ILS vendors to determine compatibility. I=
am, of course, at a loss as to determining if our upcoming installation of=
Evergreen (we are a C/W Mars academic library in Massachusetts due to migr=
ate on May 31st) will interface well with this magnetic strip one card plat=
form or not. Our campus card would go into effect by Fall. No o=
ther C/W Mars libraries use a magnetic strip card on their sites-- but that=
doesn't indicate anything since the overwhelming libraries participating i=
n this consortium are small public libraries and we are an outlier as an ac=
ademic campus. I have already asked the staff at C/W Mars to vet this=
and they state it is beyond their scope for this project (which is focused=
on an ILS migration for a majority of public libraries)<br>
<br>Please direct me to an Evergreen community member or developer or a cli=
ent who could assist. I would be extremely grateful. <br><br>Al=
l best, ab<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><span><font =
color=3D"#888888"><br>
-- <br><b>Amy Beth<br>
Dean of Library Services</b><br>Springfield Technical Community College<br>=
1 Armory Sq.<br>Springfield, MA 01105<br>Phone: <a href=3D"tel:413%20=
755-4531" target=3D"_blank">413 755-4531</a><br><a href=3D"http://library.s=
tcc.edu/" target=3D"_blank">http://library.stcc.edu/</a><br>email: <a href=
=3D"mailto:abeth at stcc.edu" target=3D"_blank">abeth at stcc.edu</a><br>
<br>
</font></span></font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#88=
8888"><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><b>Amy Beth<br>Dean of Library Servi=
ces</b><br>Springfield Technical Community College<br>1 Armory Sq.<br>Sprin=
gfield, MA 01105<br>
Phone: <a href=3D"tel:413%20755-4531" target=3D"_blank">413 755-4531</a><br=
><a href=3D"http://library.stcc.edu/" target=3D"_blank">http://library.stcc=
.edu/</a><br>
email: <a href=3D"mailto:abeth at stcc.edu" target=3D"_blank">abeth at stcc.edu</=
a><br><br>
</font></span></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><span =
style=3D"font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><p style=3D"margin:0px"><=
span style=3D"font-family:Arial">Tim Spindler</span></p><p style=3D"margin:=
0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">Manag=
er of Library Applications</span></font></p><p style=3D"margin:0px;font-fam=
ily:arial,sans-serif"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial=
;font-size:10pt"><a style=3D"color:rgb(92,69,32)" href=3D"mailto:tspindler@=
cwmars.org" target=3D"_blank">tspindler at cwmars.org</a></span></font></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face=3D"Arial"><=
span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a style=3D"color:rgb(92,69=
,32)">508-755-3323</a> x20<br></span></font><font face=3D"Times New Ro=
man" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt"> </span></font></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face=3D"Arial"><=
span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">C/W MARS, Inc.</span></font=
></p><p style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face=3D"Ari=
al"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">67 Millbrook St, Suite=
201</span></font></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face=3D"Arial"><=
span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">Worcester</span></font><fon=
t face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt">, MA 0160=
6</span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-s=
ize:10pt"> <br>
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