Learning About Visitor Management Solutions

Colleges and University campuses are an area where improved visitor management can be effective at enhancing security and improving the image of the college.

Case in point, Loyola University Chicago. The visitor registration system used by Loyola is one of many EasyLobby installations at college and university campuses throughout the country.

Loyola University Chicago is the nation's largest Jesuit Catholic University. It is an urban campus that has a large number of non students, especially the school libraries that are often visited by students from other nearby institutions.

"How to manage our libraries was a concern that drove our initial interest in visitor management software," said Frank Dale, Manager of Physical Security for Loyola. "We were having some petty thefts and we simply wanted to know who was in our facilities, which we were not able to do without a professional visitor system in place."

Prior to the EasyLobby visitor software deployment, each visitor log was kept by hand and on a building-by-building basis. There was no automation.

As overall security and visitor security became more of a concern it became obvious that a 'by hand' system wasn't feasible and would not be able to scale as the campus expanded. Loyola officials wanted a better system to be managing visitors and they decided that EasyLobby was the answer.

The use of school visitor software at Loyola has grown significantly since the initial implementation at the school libraries.

The school is currently using EasyLobby visitor registration software at 3 libraries, 7 residence halls and 4 administrative buildings. All systems are networked to the same central database where data is integrated, analyzed and reported on.

EasyLobby badge software is used for reconciliation at the end of visiting hours so that campus administrators know which guests are still on-campus and which have checked out.

"EasyLobby has helped make our campuses safer" said Dale. "Especially since we are located in an urban setting, we place a high premium on keeping out unwanted visitors, and on keeping our students, faculty and staff safe."

Another benefit of using visitor badge software is that petty thefts in the libraries, which was difficult to manage with so many visitors plus students from other campuses, has been dramatically reduced.

"As a result of EasyLobby's responsiveness and proactive assistance," said Dale, "we plan to grow the use of EasyLobby as the campus grows."

For more information about the use of a school visitor badge at your campus environment, or the use of visitor badges in other types of organizations, register for a free, personalized online web conference.

In about 30 minutes we will demonstrate the visitor tracking software features that are most effective for your specific environment.