Mobile Phones and Libraries: experimenting with the technology

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

How to use QR codes
QR 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 use
Linking:
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 QR
CSI clip:
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P-DntIQi2e8
Educase reports:
net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7046.pdf
www.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…

Mobile Phones and Libraries: experimenting with the technology

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