Word: gibsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gibson's decision also makes it virtually impossible for him to follow through this spring with college-wide tests of equipment designed to limit access to University facilities...
...bursar's card merry-go-round began to revolve in September 1974, when the University unveiled its all-new bursar's card with the machine-detectable identification stripe. A brouhaha arose immediately over the use of Polaroid Corporation cards, which are used to make identification passes in South Africa. Gibson said at the time that Polaroid had been chosen because no other companies could make a card that would accept encoding...
Nonetheless, Gibson is holding tight to his hopes to eventually introduce an extensive, computerized system of bursar's card readers in dining halls, libraries, the University Health Services, and other Harvard facilities. He believes such a system would cut the costs of being a student here by eliminating illegitimate use of costly services...
...back by the problems created by torn and bent bursar's cards at encoding tables at Monday's registration, Gibson has now set off on another tack, exploring the possibility of dropping the photographs on I.D. cards. This step would sharply reduce the cost of making and encoding cards, enabling Gibson to replace student cards annually...
...Although Gibson has gone back to the drawing board, the possibility of some kind of limited encoding and equipment tests this spring is not entirely dead. The office of fiscal services made it clear yesterday that if students in a House show interest in testing the I.D. card hardware, the office will readily oblige...