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QR codes and their applications
for libraries
Kate Robinson
University of Bath Library, UK
Will students do anything for
chocolate?
Will students do
anything for chocolate?
Who is using QR codes?
‘Big in Japan’ but what about Bath?
• 12-15% are aware of
them
• 2% have used them
• 92% have a camera
phone
It lets you jump between the
physical & the virtual
Art?
How to use QR codes
QR Code Reader
• you may have a QR Code Reader
already installed
• or, you can install a free one by
searching online for QR Code
Reader and the make/model of
your phone
Make your own codes with a
Mobile Code Generator
• select the content type you need,
i.e., a web site
• enter the information, i.e.,
http://www.bath.ac.uk
• click on Generate
• save the QR code as an image to
your machine
Playing (with technology)
• JISC bid/money
• Seeded conversations
• Generated ideas
• Created opportunities
Ideas for Library use
Linking:
• floorplans to podcasts
• Subject Librarians
offices/business cards to
webpages
• information literacy
events to timetable
information/resources
• catalogue records/class
numbers to your phone
The technical bit
“It’s a doddle to add”
"...it consists of three parts: one is a old castle which houses classical literature, the other
is a brand new glass and concrete building named the "Calendar of Light" housing
academic and factual books, a cylinder shaped building connects the two. It always gets
me when you walk from one part to the other how you are walking from one world to
another..."
Guillou, J. Ondskan.
Lindgren, A. Pippi Långstrump
Lindgren, A. Pippi Longstocking
Lindgren, A. Bröderna Lejonhjärta
Moberg, V. The Emigrants
Moberg, V. Unto a Good Land
Moberg, V. The Settlers
Moberg, V. The Last Letter Home
Söderberg, H. Doktor Glas
Söderberg, H. Doctor Glas
Strindberg, A. Fröken Julie
Strindberg, A. Miss Julie
Mapanje, J.
The last of the sweet
bananas: new & selected
poems
Chimombo, S.
The bird boy's song
Chimombo, S.
The wrath of Napolo: a
novel
White, L.
Magomero: portrait of an
African village
Lessons learnt
• Motivating
• Supporting
• Evaluating
What Next?
More on QR
CSI clip:
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PDntIQi2e8
Educase reports:
net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI70
46.pdf
www.educause.edu/ELI/2009Horizon
Report/163616
Andy Ramsden’s blog:
blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/
Using & creating your own:
www.bath.ac.uk/barcodes/
No – but that
means there’s
some left over
for the
Librarians…