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Using QR Code in  Your Library

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.

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Using QR Code in  Your Library

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  1. Using QR Code in Your Library

  2. Using QR Code Poll

  3. 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

  4. Qr Codes are all over Japan.

  5. QR Codes are Everywhere

  6. Ways one school is using QR Codes

  7. Device Reader What do you need to use QR code? Generator

  8. Devices • iPhone, Android, Blackberry • iPad 2 • iPod Touch 3 • PC, Laptop, Mac with web cam • Smart devices with camera function that will accept apps

  9. Generators Top 10 Free QR Generators • www.qrstuff.com

  10. Generators Browser Add-ons or Plug-ins PC QR Reader Software

  11. QR Code Generator App Generators Quickmark App

  12. 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

  13. QR Reader App i-nigma App Readers

  14. Readers Quickmark Top 5 Free QR Readers Online

  15. Uses for QR in Library • Marketing • Access • Instruction

  16. Marketing • Blogs • Wikis • Web Sites • Social Media • Digital Galleries The Daring Librarian

  17. Book Trailers Access • 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

  18. Access

  19. Access • 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 Bookmarks

  20. Access

  21. Read Alikes Access • 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.

  22. 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 Instruction

  23. Scavenger Hunt in the Library

  24. Instruction • 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. Research Scavenger Hunt

  25. 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? Things to consider...

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