Using QR Code in

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Using QR Code in Your Library
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Using QR Code Poll
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What is QR Code?

• Quick Response Code
• Two-dimensional bar code embedded with layers of
  information
• Originally created by a subsidiary of Toyota to
  track car parts
• Now used mostly for commercial and marketing
  purposes

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Qr Codes are all over Japan.
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QR Codes are Everywhere
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Ways one school is using QR Codes
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What do you need to use QR code?

• Device

• Reader

Generator
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Devices

• iPhone, Android, Blackberry
• iPad 2
• iPod Touch 3
• PC, Laptop, Mac with web cam
• Smart devices with camera function that will
  accept apps

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Generators
Top 10 Free QR Generators

• www.qrstuff.com

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Generators

• PC QR Reader Software

Browser Add-ons or Plug-ins
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Generators
Quickmark App

• QR Code Generator App

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Readers

• QR Reader
• ATT Scanner
• NeoReader
• i-nigma (love this one!) (Available for iPhone,
  Android, Blackberry)
• Optiscan
• Quickmark
• Qrafter
• Search your Smartphone's App Store

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Readers

• QR Reader App

• i-nigma App

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Readers

• Top 5 Free QR Readers Online

Quickmark
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Uses for QR in Library

• Marketing
• Access
• Instruction

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Marketing

• The Daring Librarian

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Web Sites
• Social Media
• Digital Galleries

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Access

• Book Trailers

• Find or make book trailers for books in the
  library
• Create a QR code for each trailer
• Print stickers of the QR code and put it on the
  book for students to watch when browsing for books

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Access
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Access

• Create QR Codes for sites frequently used my
  students in your library
• Print them on paper and affix the codes to index
  cards
• Create a bulletin board or display of library
  pockets labeled with the site for students to use
  and return the cards for quick information access

• Bookmarks

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Access
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Access

• Create a list of books in your library that are
  the same genre, theme, author, etc.
• Post the list on your library website or wiki
• Create a QR Code for the location of that link
• Affix the code to a book display or the cover of
  a book.

• Read Alikes

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Instruction

• Use http//www.classtools.net/QR/  to generate a
  series of qr codes for different questions
• Display codes throughout the library for students
  to scan
• Have students answer questions and return to
  librarian for a prize or contest

• Book Trivia

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Scavenger Hunt in the Library
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Instruction

• Research Scavenger Hunt

• Divide the research process into tasks as per
  your choice of research method
• Create QR Codes for each step of the process
• Post QR codes by stations in the library with
  resources for the students to complete that task.

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Things to consider...

• What audience do I want to reach?
• What devices are available to my prospective
  audience?
• What items would I need to purchase?
• What content do I want to encode?
• What district/campus policies must I consider?
• How will those policies shape the use of QR Code
  in the library?