The S.M.A.R.T. campus leverages the latest information technology in the areas of Security, Mobility, Access control, Registration management and Tracking to ensure safety and operational efficiency across your campus.

Events Center

Average wait time for students making food court purchases.

What students expect to wait.

Percentage of students who use their ID cards and similar credentials to purchase food from the cafeteria or food court.

Did You Know?
You can reduce wait times from standing in concession lines by using mobile devices at the point of sale to allow students to purchase food and souvenirs with their ID cards. These devices can also be used to print receipts from those purchases on demand.

84% Percentage of undergraduate students who do not use cash to buy food.

Library

Number of library items worldwide that now contain RFID tags.

Library items with RFID tags require 80 percent less handling than items with a barcode and a magnetic security strip.

Did You Know?
You can reduce losses and improve the tracking of library books, using barcode labels and RFID tags. These simplify the recording of changes of library books’ location, condition and availability, ensuring that accurate information is readily available. Students can keep up to date with their book returns by looking at the stamp in their book, but also via SMS and social media updates.

$70,000 Per Year Costs related to library book loss for a 50,000 volume collection based on book replacement cost figures.

Admissions

Percentage of students who indicated that campus safety was a somewhat or very important factor in college selection.

Number of students projected to be enrolled in college by 2021.

Did You Know?
You can reduce the production time and increase the quality of your student ID cards by using innovative, high-quality card printers in your admissions center. This decreases the amount of time students have to wait in line, making your admissions center more efficient.

"C" or Lower Letter grade most higher education administrators would assign if asked to rate their institution on customer service.

Fitness Center

Estimated towel loss reported by health club owners which can be resolved using RFID technology.

How much a gym can save per month using an RFID tracking system.

Did You Know?
You can improve the operational efficiency of your fitness center by using self-service kiosks to enable students and staff to reserve courts and check out equipment.

Campus Store

Percentage of students who use their ID cards and similar credentials to make bookstore purchases.

Average sales for U.S. college bookstores in 2010-11.

Did You Know?
You can use self-service kiosks and mobile printers in your campus stores to reduce the time it takes to check out, allow students to pay with their student ID card and produce cost-effective receipts on demand.

57% Average percentage of total course materials budget students indicate spending at their college or university store.

Education Building

Percentage of colleges effectively managing access control.

Percentage of students using their ID cards and similar credentials to access campus buildings.

Did You Know?
You can reduce administration and improve security in your educational facilities by using swipe-card access-control systems. These systems capture a card’s smart-encoded data in a split second, allowing you to record class attendance quickly and efficiently, and ensure that the right people are accessing the right rooms.

Clinic

Tracking medical hospital equipment using RFID technology is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 17.3% between 2012 and 2018.

Percentage of labor costs associated with resupplying medicines, materials, devices and office supplies that hospitals can cut using RFID technology.

Did You Know?
You can increase the accuracy and efficiency of your campus clinic by using barcoded wristband and label printers to track and identify patients, medication and specimen samples. Nurses, doctors and medical staff can ensure patients are getting the right medication at the right time, and the overall care they need.

Dormitory

Percentage of campus property crimes reported in 2010. 86% of these were theft and 12% were burglaries.

Percentage of new residence halls being built in 2011 that used card access to enter the building.

Did You Know?
You can use swipe-card access-control systems in your dormitories to ensure that only authorized students and staff are able to access dorm rooms and other areas.

Being able to ensure that right people are accessing the right areas of your dormitories is critical to the security and campus experience of your students.

89% Percentage of college administrators who said that the quality of on-campus housing was important to whether a student attended their institution.

Visitor Center

Percentage of campus protection officials who rated their visitor management system as either somewhat or completely unacceptable.

Percentage of campus safety officers who indicated they were dissatisfied with their campus' access control systems.

Did You Know?
You can use card printers and real-time location services in your visitor center to create secure visitor ID cards, enabling you to track the whereabouts of visitors and prevent unwanted access to facilities and resources. This type of tracking provides the visibility you need to ensure your campus is safe for visitors, as well as students, faculty and staff.

10,000 Number of students who pass through the visitor center at the University of Kentucky every year.