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QR Codes. Twenty Minute Training May 24, 2011 By Kate Gordon & Kristi Powell. What are QR Codes?. QR = Q uick R esponse Two dimension codes that send information to a camera enabled mobile device when scanned QR Codes : Encode 7,089 characters Bar codes: encode up to 20 characters.
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QR Codes Twenty Minute Training May 24, 2011 By Kate Gordon & Kristi Powell
What are QR Codes? • QR = Quick ResponseTwo dimension codes that send information to a camera enabled mobile device when scanned • QR Codes: Encode 7,089 charactersBar codes: encode up to 20 characters
How to read a QR Code • Download a QR Reader App to your Mobile Device • QR Scanner:http://gripd.com/qr-scanner/ • BeeTagg:www.beetagg.com • KaywaReader: http://reader.kaywa.com • ZXingReader: http://code.google.com/p/zxing
Scan QR Codes Demo Text URL
How to create a QR Code • Use a QR Code Generator Online Examples: • Google: http://createqrcode.appspot.com/ • QRStuff: www.qrstuff.com • Kaywa: http://qrcode.kaywa.com • ZXinggenerator: http://zxing.appspot.com/generator
Create QR Codes Demo • For simple text: • http://createqrcode.appspot.com/ • This is how you create a QR Code • For more interactive content: • www.qrstuff.com • Map to: 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage AK
What to do with QR Codes • Audio tour stops • Instructions for using machines • Microfilm Readers • BookEye Scanners • WolfCard VTS and Printing • Link to website, email, OPAC, feedback • E-resources info in print collections • Bibliographies with book displays • What else? Possibilities are endless…
Resources • QR Codes LibGuidehttp://guides.zsr.wfu.edu/qrcodes(from Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University) • QR Codes in the Stackshttp://libguides.lib.uci.edu/content.php?pid=35871&sid=1279288(from University of California, Irvine Libraries) • QR Code Uses in Librarieshttp://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=QR_Codes(from Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki) • Ekart, d. f. (2011). tech tips for every librarian. Computers in Libraries, 31(3), 38-39