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QR Codes @ Your Library
Rebecca Brown
Kansas & Technology Coordinator
NNLM – MCR
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
So Many Questions
What is a smartphone? Who uses a smartphone and for what? What are QR Codes? How do they work? How do you make a QR Code? How can a library use QR Codes? Can we track their usage?
Smartphone owners – 35% adults
Pew Internet & American Life Project: Smartphone Adoption and Usage. Survey conducted April 26-May 22, 2011. Aaron Smith.
Smartphone / Internet Use
Pew Internet & American Life Project: Smartphone Adoption and Usage. Survey conducted April 26-May 22, 2011. Aaron Smith.
What about apps?
2/22/2011 5
Just two-thirds of this group actually uses the apps on their phone
App User Profile:• Male• Young• Well educated/affluent
Computers in Libraries 2011. Lee Rainie. Director of Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Feelings
What is a QR Code?
Quick Response Code Developed in Japan in 1994 Track auto parts It’s an image
What is a QR Code?
Bar Code QR CodeOpen Source
MS TagProprietary
How Does it Work?
You need a Smartphone– Android, iPhone, Blackberry– With a camera (auto focus)– And a data plan
You need a QR Reader App You need a QR Code
Barcode Scanner Barcodes BeeTagg i-nigma NeoReader QR App QR Scanner ScanLife
KAYWA Reader Nokia Reader Lynkee Reader UpCode QuickMark SnapMaze MobileTag QRReader
QR Readers
www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-software/
Website URL Telephone Number SMS Message Email Address Email Message Contact Details (VCARD)
Event (VCALENDAR)
Google Maps Location Wifi Login (Android Only)
Social Media iTunes Link YouTube Video
QR Input Options
www.qrstuff.com
Make a QR Code
Google– http://goo.gl– Video
Kaywa– http://qrcode.kaywa.com
QR Stuff– www.qrstuff.com
Delivr– http://delivr.com
Bit.ly– https://bitly.com
QR Structure
Make it Pretty
http://rasoftwarefactory.com/qr-generator/
Pretty
QR Codes @ Your Library
Promotions Scavenger Hunts, library tours Directions Link to library catalog collection Ask a Librarian Connect to Online Journal Content Library Hours, Contact Information Training, tutorials Any other ideas?
http://tinyurl.com/66a9zuq
Link to Online Content
Bulletin Board
http://tinyurl.com/6y6h68t
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Connect to Library Catalog
Anatomy Books
Eccles LibraryDykes Library Johnson County Public
From Texas A & M
http://libraryasp.tamu.edu/cannedsearch/cannedsearch.asp
Rockhurst University - KCMO
Scan this QR Code
Scan this QR Code
I have a library question.
Tracking Usage
PercentMobile Goo.gl Bit.ly Delivr
PercentMobile
Delivr
BeeTagg Text Message
I scanned this during your presentation.
