Colleges and private schools help prepare students for the future. Staff at universities, colleges and private schools should give thought about how to serve the students and staff for mail and packages. Many institutions are looking to touch-less locker storage solutions and no contact delivery options to meet the growing needs and requests.
Universities and Colleges are planning to bring faculty, staff and students back to campus almost fully in the coming year. They can do this by continuing to this by minimizing contact. This will require campus planners and building administrators to provide options that cut down on physical contact.
College students regularly receive care packages from home, books they’ve ordered or packages from online orders. But, the contactless exchange of goods on campus goes beyond parcels in the mail center. On any given day, people are picking up and dropping things off. Picture it:
- A student needs to pick up a library book or media from the library after it closes.
- A student cannot pick up his/her repaired laptop from IT during business hours.
- A professor needs to provide supplies to a student but the student cannot meet the professor during office hours.
How Can Make the Exchanges Happen?
What can make all of these different possible situations run smoothly? Touch-less lockers provide convenience and reduce direct contact.
On campuses, the touch-less experience is facilitated by the ID cards every member of the educational institution possesses. Using a student or staff ID card or a mobile phone credential, individuals only need their smartphone to swipe and access the locker they need.
Touch-less smart lockers improve the overall quality of experience. That busy professor or multi-tasking student no longer has to wait in line to pick something up or drop it off. Also, since the items are left and locked in secure storage, the exchange of goods can take place whenever it is convenient.
Students are up and about at all hours, but that doesn’t mean librarians and IT offices are also. A bank of smart lockers installed in a safe, well-lit University area open to those with proper ID 24/7 can be beneficial.
Features of Contactless Lockers
TOUCH-LESS
Students or faculty can use the mobile credentials on their phone or their campus ID to open the lockers. They can drop off or retrieve materials without turning a key or lock, touching a screen or entering in a PIN code. They can close the locker door without using his/her hand. This provides the user with a practically touch-less experience.
EASY TO CLEAN
Due to fully concealed smart locks and automatic spring open locker door modes, totally hidden and clean locker panels, germ-repellent locker materials, locker clean/disinfection mode and other features, we will ensure your lockers are easily cleaned. You don’t need to guess which lockers were used during the day or waste time and money cleaning each and every locker in your building. Our locks are designed so that they can be assigned to clean mode or automatically go into clean mode after each use.
USER DATA
Since these are networked lockers, all transactions are recorded in the software. You can analyze who is accessing what lockers and where to make better decisions about their configurations.
BOLD LOOK
Smart lockers can help you make a statement at school. You can design a locker bank to blend into the environment or make the lockers stand out by wrapping them in a customized school color, logo or brand image. Contact us today for a free consultation.
Touch-less Lockers Take Top Marks
Yes, students go on campus to learn critical thinking, discuss new ideas and explore fresh perspectives. But this article has highlighted how the exchange of knowledge isn’t all that is happening. Contactless exchange of goods lockers can offer advantages all around campus. Libraries, book stores, athletic and IT departments, administrative offices, residence halls and the mail center can all find uses for touch-less lockers.
Smart lockers for contactless exchange of goods can streamline processes and keep people safe on campus. Learn more about the specific applications of these high-tech storage solutions in upcoming blogs in this series focused on higher ed.
Contact Smart Storage Systems for the ultimate touch-less locker solution.
