Using QR Code in Your Library

Using QR Code Poll

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

Qr Codes are all over Japan.

QR Codes are Everywhere

Ways one school is using QR Codes

What do you need to use QR code?

Device ReaderGenerator

Devices

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

that will accept apps

Generators

• www.qrstuff.com

Top 10 Free QR Generators

Generators

PC QR Reader Software Browser Add-ons or Plug-ins

GeneratorsQR Code Generator App Quickmark App

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

ReadersQR Reader App i-nigma App

ReadersTop 5 Free QR Readers Online

Quickmark

Uses for QR in Library

•Marketing•Access•Instruction

MarketingThe Daring Librarian

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

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

Access

Access

Bookmarks

• 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

Access

Access

Read Alikes• 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.

Instruction

Book Trivia• 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

Scavenger Hunt in the Library

InstructionResearch 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.

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?