Introducing Multi-purpose, Multi-function Smart Cards to Australian Universities
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1997
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Welikala J., Fowler D.C. and Swatman P.M.C. (1997) "Introducing Multi-purpose, Multi-function Smart Cards to Australian Universities", "CollECTeR'97" -- 1st Annual CollECTeR Workshop on Electronic Commerce, Adelaide, October 3rd, 104-112.
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smart card
multi-function smart card
australian university
application supported increase
multi-function card
several implementation
application area
hundred implementation
university environment
smart student card
research project
single card
card technology
success factor
many us
new zealand
multiple function
magnetic card
introduction card technology
multi-function smart card
australian university
application supported increase
multi-function card
several implementation
application area
hundred implementation
university environment
smart student card
research project
single card
card technology
success factor
many us
new zealand
multiple function
magnetic card
introduction card technology
Abstract
As their application area and the number of applications supported increase, the benefits of card technologies (and, in particular, of smart cards) become more widely accepted. These benefits are especially relevant to Universities - environments in which there are many uses for smart cards. Increasing numbers of universities around the world have some kind of “smart” student card, many of which are being developed to support multiple functions on a single card.
As yet, no Australian universities have successfully introduced a smart card, although there are several such implementations in New Zealand, and well over a hundred such implementations world-wide. This paper describes a research project in progress which investigates the issues associated with introducing smart cards to Australian Universities - particularly the benefits and success factors associated with introducing a multi-purpose, multi-function card.