A presentation in Macon, GA to the GIL Users Group Meeting, May 17, 2012

1. Karen Viars and Pat Ziebart
GUGM: May 17, 2012

2. http://guides.gpc.edu/
Kamkwamba
User Tags QR Codes

4. 1st log in
to “My
Account”

5. Tags added in Favorites
will be deleted if item is
deleted from Favorites.

6. Basic search of
mySQL database.

8. Tags are also browse-able in a number of ways.

9.  Only two requirements of GIL-Find: separate
by spaces, bind phrases with quotes
 Develop some institutional agreement on
usage. Or not.
 Badke and Consentino articles have ideas for
naming conventions.

10. Uncontrolled language/Natural language
Under-utilized social tool in academic library
catalogs.
Opportunity to create small sub-collections for
displays, special events, faculty reading lists.
Do you use tags? Please share some ideas.

11. http://www.denso-
wave.com/qrcode/app-prod2-e.html

13. QR
Link to Code
list of
books
or other
info
about
the
display.

18.  Abilene Christian University
 Bath University
 Contra Costa County Library
 George Fox University Library
 Library Success Wiki

19.  Choose the generator service with your final
outcome in mind. (analytics)
 Shortened URLs make cleaner, more easily
read QR Codes.
 Make the target mobile compatible.
 Include the target location in print for those
without smart phones.

20.  http://www.beetagg.com/en/beetagg-qr-
generator/
 http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
 http://www.i-nigma.com/
 http://goo.gl/ or https://bitly.com/
(Add .qr after shortened url to create QR Code.)

21. Survey in the UK in late 2009
ECAR Report

22. Examples of educational materials
Blog Post (for librarians)
Albertson Library Boise State University
Video from CNet

23. Anon. 2012. “QR Codes”. Wiki. Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=QR_Codes.
Ashford, Robin. 2010. “QR Codes and Academic Libraries: Reaching Mobile
Users.” College & Research Libraries News 71 (10) (November): 526–530.
Baker, Laura. 2010. “Making Physical Objects Clickable: Using Mobile Tags to
Enhance Library Displays.” Journal of Library Innovation 1 (2) (January 2): 22–28.
Balas, Janet L. 2011. “Can QR Codes Be Used to Deliver Library Services?”
EventDV 24 (10) (December): 33.
Moorefield-Lang, Heather1, and Nancy Lecrone2. 2009. “Libraries on the QR.”
Information Searcher 19 (2) (December): 20–22.
Ramsden, Andy. 2010. The Level of Student Engagement with QR Codes:
Findings from a Cross Institutional Survey. Working Paper. Bath: University of
Bath. http://opus.bath.ac.uk/19974/

24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55291464@N08/6258366638/