Case Study: Network System ID Conversion for a Connected Campus

Abstract

Experience database users’ access authentication procedure and learn the pros and cons of academic patrons’ IDs conversion and the implementation process. This is a successful narrative and/or story of campus ID conversion and alternative ID creation in an academic institution. From this article, the reader can learn what to do and what not to do when converting campus user IDs, creating alternative users’ IDs, or integrating new user IDs with existing IDs as security standards create the institutional need for alternative IDs for information accessibility and authentication. This article describes the process, the analysis, and the implementation of a campus network ID and management system. The 9-digit alphanumeric campus identification number (ID) is used in many places such as the student’s ID card, registration information, admission and financial aid records, access to the university’s banner web, and access to the library materials. The library authentication system uses a 9-digit numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN) for patron authentication purpose.