Mobile phones and libraries: experimenting with the technology
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QR codes and their applications for libraries
Kate Robinson University of Bath Library
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 codesQR 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 useLinking:• 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”
Lessons learnt
• Motivating
• Supporting
• Evaluating
What Next?
More on QRCSI clip:uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P-
DntIQi2e8
Educase reports: net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/
ELI7046.pdfwww.educause.edu/ELI/
2009HorizonReport/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…