In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library. There will also be plenty of time in each episode for you to ask your tech questions. So, bring your questions with you, or send them in ahead of time, and Michael will have your answers.

1. TechTalk with
Michael Sauers
NCompass Live
24 November 2010

2. Do you offer free public
WiFi in your library?
Click the GoToWebinar
checkmark for yes.

3. Do you require a password to access
your open WiFi?
Click the GoToWebinar
checkmark for yes.

8. http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/blacksheep-firefox-download-firesheep-detector-review/

11. Has Firesheep led you library to
implement WPA on the public WiFi?
Answers
Yes, as soon as I heard
about it.
Not yet, but it's in the
works.
Nope. We're not going to
turn on WPA.
What's Firesheep and/or
WPA?
WPA was on before
Firesheep was released.

16. What?
• Wikipedia:
A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-
dimensional code), readable by
QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera,
and smartphones. The code consists of black
modules arranged in a square pattern on
white background. The information encoded
can be text, URL or other data.

17. Numeric only Max. 7,089 characters
Alphanumeric Max. 4,296 characters
Binary (8 bits) Max. 2,953 bytes
Kanji/Kana Max. 1,817 characters
QR Code data capacity

19. Hardware
• Any cell phone with a camera and the ability
to install software that can interpret the code.
• What the device can do with the resulting
data will vary depending on the devices other
features. (i.e. Internet connection)

20. Software
• Barcode Scanner (Android)
• Quickmark (iPhone)
• BeeTagg QR Code Reader (Windows Phone
and Blackberry)
• UpCode (Blackberry)

21. Examples

41. Library ideas
• Hours
• Branch Locations
• Call number locations
• Tours
• Art descriptions
• What ideas do you have?

59. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/5041172669/

60. QR Code Generators
• QR Code Generator
http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
• SPARQcode
http://www.sparqcode.com/static/maestro
• i-nigma barcode creator
http://www.i-nigma.com/CreateBarcodes.html
• Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cici
mfkkbejhggfjaabggafffgdnjgjp

61. Other 2D Codes
• Micro QR Code
35 Characters
• High Capacity Color Barcode
3500 characters per square inch
Microsoft TAG is one implementation

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