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Enhancing Library Services with QR Codes

Learn about QR codes, how to create them, and innovative ways libraries can use them to engage patrons. Examples and resources provided.

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Enhancing Library Services with QR Codes

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  1. (QR Codes in Libraries) April28, 2011 Karen Burns

  2. This morning… • What is a QR code? • How might they be used (and why)? • What does a patron need? • How can we create our own? • Examples and Ideas

  3. What is a QR Code? • Graphical representation of information • 2 dimensional • Read and interpreted by QR code scanner • Text or website presented on mobi device

  4. Infoitself is embedded in the code Karen M. Burns, Administrator SW Iowa Library Service Area 427 E. Kanesville, Suite 404 Etc., Etc. QR Codes in Libraries

  5. URL embedded in code…

  6. Why QR codes in libraries? • 18% of Iowans access Internet via cell phones or mobile devices • People are accustomed to seeing them • Can connect users with services, where they’re at, when they want them, in format they can use

  7. What does patron need?

  8. How can we make our own? http://qrcode.kaywa.com

  9. How might libraries use them? • Readalike lists • Scavenger hunts • Online catalog • SMS Reference Services • Book trailers, reviews • Mobi Websites: EBSCOhost, MedLinePlus, etc. • Links to tutorials, surveys • Contact info

  10. Readalikes

  11. Scavenger Hunts The Daring Librarian David Lee King, Topeka and Shawnee County Library (KS) [flickr]

  12. Online Catalog From fabi_K’s flickr photostream http://bit.ly/flq0FM Ohio State University Mobi Catalog

  13. SMS/Reference Service

  14. Book Trailers

  15. Mobi Websites WILBOR mobi NEIBORS mobi

  16. Links to Tutorials, Surveys

  17. Contact Info

  18. Easy, Quick Start http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/qr

  19. Changing the Look

  20. Your ideas

  21. Resources • Library Success Wiki: QR Codes (many examples of library uses) • Contra Costa County Library’s “Snap & Go” programs • The Daring Librarian’s QR Code Quest: a Library Media Scavenger Hunt Class Resources Page: http://sites.google.com/site/LSAUiowa/Resources

  22. Karen Burns kburns@swilsa.lib.ia.us http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us

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