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QR Codes @ Your Library

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?

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QR Codes @ Your Library

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  1. QR Codes @ Your Library Rebecca Brown Kansas & Technology Coordinator NNLM – MCR University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS

  2. 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?

  3. Smartphone owners – 35% adults Pew Internet & American Life Project: Smartphone Adoption and Usage. Survey conducted April 26-May 22, 2011. Aaron Smith.

  4. Smartphone / Internet Use Pew Internet & American Life Project: Smartphone Adoption and Usage. Survey conducted April 26-May 22, 2011. Aaron Smith.

  5. What about apps? 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. 2/22/2011 5

  6. Feelings

  7. What is a QR Code? • Quick Response Code • Developed in Japan in 1994 • Track auto parts • It’s an image

  8. What is a QR Code? MS TagProprietary Bar Code QR CodeOpen Source

  9. 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

  10. QR Readers KAYWA Reader Nokia Reader Lynkee Reader UpCode QuickMark SnapMaze MobileTag QRReader • Barcode Scanner • Barcodes • BeeTagg • i-nigma • NeoReader • QR App • QR Scanner • ScanLife www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-software/

  11. QR Input Options Event (VCALENDAR) Google Maps Location Wifi Login (Android Only) Social Media iTunes Link YouTube Video • Website URL • Telephone Number • SMS Message • Email Address • Email Message • Contact Details (VCARD) www.qrstuff.com

  12. 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

  13. QR Structure

  14. Make it Pretty http://rasoftwarefactory.com/qr-generator/

  15. Pretty

  16. 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

  17. Link to Online Content

  18. Bulletin Board http://tinyurl.com/6y6h68t

  19. Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

  20. Connect to Library Catalog Anatomy Books Dykes Library Eccles Library Johnson County Public

  21. From Texas A & M http://libraryasp.tamu.edu/cannedsearch/cannedsearch.asp

  22. Rockhurst University - KCMO

  23. Scan this QR Code

  24. Scan this QR Code I have a library question.

  25. Tracking Usage • PercentMobile • Goo.gl • Bit.ly • Delivr

  26. PercentMobile

  27. Google

  28. Delivr

  29. BeeTagg Text Message I scanned this during your presentation.

  30. Thank you! Rebecca Brown rbrown3@kumc.edu

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