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TCU card readers keep campus libraries exclusive to students

CampusIDNews Staff   ||   Oct 14, 2010  ||   

Newly installed card readers at Texas Christian University will ensure campus libraries remain exclusive to students, according to a campus news report.

With the new readers installed, students entering will now have to swipe their TCU student ID to get in the front door, then again at the turn-styles in the entryway.

The new card readers are not for security purposes, says the campus dean of the library, it was implemented to enhance library use for students by keeping out non-students during the later hours.

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