A mobile bridge acrl webcast

A Mobile Bridge
QR Codes & Libraries

Inatweet tweet qr code –
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QR Code for this Event

“They are used to take a piece of information from a transitory media and put it in to your cell phone.” – Search Engine Land http://searchengineland.com/what-is-a-qr-code-and-why-do-you-need-one-27588

http://bit.ly/eaZdIa
CSI explains qr codes

http://on.mash.to/dVucig

http://bbc.co.uk/programmes

http://www.google.com/help/maps/favoriteplaces/business/barcode.html

Major strengths of QR Codes:
Mobile as portal = already in patrons’ hands
Enables a connection between digital & analog
Crosses media boundaries

Strengths of QR Codes for Professionals

Strengths of QR Codes for
the Information Industry
Tweetable:
@libraryfuture Qr codes = an opp for libraries & publishers to connect the worlds of print/2D media & rich networked data

Strengths of QR Codes for Libraries
Meet patrons on a mobile playing field
Renewed relevance of print media
What value QR Codes hold for libraries

Strengths of QR Codes for Publishers
Expanded discovery for print & digital content
Easy entrance into mobile platforms
Exposure to mobile and digital natives

Comic by Gwyneth Jones aka The Daring Librarian
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2011/qr-code-comic-tutorial/
Goog.le of source

http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2011/qr-code-comic-tutorial/
@gwynethjones

From Michael Sauers’ Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/travelinlibrarian/what-is-a-qr-code
http://bit.ly/en989R
Further credit to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:QR_Code_Structure_Example.svg

Online Uses for Libraries
databases
contact info
subject guides
maps & directions
Any digital object that you may wish
to bridge to the mobile or physical environment

QR Code Scavenger Hunts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clevercupcakes/3985603967/

Location-Based Mashups
The Boston Globe Trek
http://www.boston.com/thingstodo/contests/SCVNGR_Globe_2010/

Internet Librarian 2011

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Scavenger Hunt
http://www.tscpl.org/bigread/comments/big_read_scavenger_hunt_with_qr_codes/

Where The Devil is.
A plan / goal
Tech to create
Management

QR Code Generators
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http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-generator/
http://www.qrstuff.com/
http://delivr.com/qr-code-generator

Example QR Code Generator
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

QR Code Generators:
Considerations
output type
Readability across
mobile operating systems
file type
output format
Permanence
(needed? Flexible?)

From early 2010
2011

Scan the Future. Make the Future.
Joe Murphy
Twitter: @libraryfuture
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/joemurphy3
http://joemurphylibraryfuture.com/

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A mobile bridge acrl webcast

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