Word: cards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cards wear out, people graduate and getting a new card each fall saves the trouble of having to remember where you put your ID in June...
...Immigration and Naturalization Services which requires anyone who works for pay in the U.S. to submit various forms of identification and indicate citizenship. I-9 signifies that a student has filed an I-9 form with the Payroll Office or with a previous Harvard employer. It exists on the card for the convenience of the student...
...Students may apply for casual positions in various departments, so having an indicator on the card alerts a hiring department that the student and the University have already met this obligation...
...numbers and letters on the card have been raised since the early 70s. They allow smaller libraries and University Health Services to take impressions of cards rather than copy down information. The reason the ink doesn't stay on your name for long is, according to Wamback, that "to protect the image and other graphics on the card, a very thin film of overlay is put on the card when it is generated. The chemical composition of this overlay is very different from the base card, and to date, the manufacturer has not come up with a topping that will...
...individual is a student or an employee. The first numbers issued back in 1974 began with 100, 200, through 900. Then, after all numbers with these three integers were used, numbers beginning with 101, 201 through 901 were issued. The 3,4,2 format of the number on the card is intended for easy readability, and so it won't be mistaken for a social security number 3, 2, 4." Phew...