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Hip to be square:QR Codes for Libraries
1. It's Hip to be
Square
Kay Cantwell
Education Officer : Digital Learning
ResourceLink, Brisbane Catholic Education
QR Codes in the Library.
2. What is a QR Code
anyway?
up to 4000 alpha-numeric characters -
12 Digits - read horizontally read horizontally and vertically
3. What do they do?
'Quick' response access to:
●A short piece of text
●Website address
●Email address
●Phone number
Anything embedded online can be accessed in
one click; images, videos, podcasts, maps...
4. What do you need?
A device* with
+ a camera
+ an internet connection
+ code reader software
*device can be...a 'smart'phone, iPod touch,
iPad, laptop, desktop....
7. One useful tip
One website, two qr codes...
http://www.amazon.com/Scan-Me- http://amzn.to/IK5NBn
Everybodys-Guide-
Magical/dp/0965900037/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1336095954&sr=8-
1#reader_0965900037
9. Where did it begin?
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.
com/photos/cogdog/2911375031/
10. QR Codes & Pedagogy
● Accessible
● Self-directed / autonomous learners
● Gamification
● Simplicity
● Personalised
● Relevant
● Contextualised
Drawn from Smarter, simple, social: QR codes & beyond by Anne Bartlett-Bragg under a Creative Commons
License http://www.slideshare.net/AnneBB/smarter-simple-social-qr-codes-
beyond
11. QR Codes in the Library:
Augment reality - make your books interactive.
12. QR Codes in the Library
Enhance and update textbooks or other titles
13. QR Codes in the Library
Set up a QR Reader station for students to
hear reviews by other students before they
select.
View the entire
video here:
14. QR Codes in the Library
Direct students and
school staff to the
library website/blog
when promoting
library/reading
events around the
school.
15. QR Codes in the Library
Bring 'outsiders' inside; and use a QR code
creator that counts scans such as snap.vu to
see if it is being used...
Read the post about
this here:
16. QR Codes in the Library
Use http://www.qrstuff.com/ to create coloured
QR Codes to denote different types of
information or different sections in the library;
e.g. green = fiction, red = non fiction
17. QR Codes in the Library
Create a virtual tour of the library
18. Remember to consider:
□ Provide adequate time for users to
□ Value adding for the customer
scan
□ Minimize the amount of data stored
□ Assist users in finding a mobile
in the barcode (shorten urls)
barcode reader
□ Track campaign scan analytics
□ Tell users what happens upon
scanning
□ Place barcodes in scannable
locations
□ Provide a barcode back-up or
alternative
□ Test barcodes to ensure
scannability
□ Link to a smartphone-friendly
destination
Adapted from at Mobile Tag Marketing by Angie Schottmuller http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
19. QR Codes in the Library
Need more ideas or info?
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