Adding QR Codes to the Library Catalog

Ben RawlinsElectronic Resources Librarian

Georgetown College

Overview What are QR codes?

o Advantages of QR codes Uses Outside of Libraries About Georgetown College Adding QR codes to the Library Catalog Current Use of QR codes at Georgetown College Planned Future Uses Some Other Library Related Uses Conclude

What are QR Codes? QR, Quick Response, codes are two dimensional barcodes

that can be scanned with a mobile device that has a camera. Once the code is scanned the device is prompted to load a webpage, display text, or other data contained in the code.

QR codes were first created by Denso-Wave, a Toyota subsidiary, in 1994 as a way to track manufactured parts. Denso-Wave holds the patent rights for QR codes, but instead of exercising them they decided to make the technology freely available.

Advantages of QR Codes Unlike conventional barcodes that can only store

information in a horizontal manner, QR codes can store information both horizontally and vertically.

Advantages of QR Codes Conventional barcodes can typically store

between 20 to 40 characters. QR codes can store up to a maximum of 7,089

characters

QR Codes Uses Outside of Libraries

Best Buy

Lowes

New York City Government

2,200 NYC Department of Sanitation Trucks Will Feature NYC Media Quick Response (QR) Codes Linking to a “How to Recycle” Video

New York City Government

Citizens can scan these codes to see a web view of what's being built, who is doing the building, and what (if any) complaints have been filed against the permittee.

Yellow Pages

Minor League Baseball

About Georgetown College

Private Liberal Arts College located in Georgetown, KY

2010-11 FTE: 1708 Our network has 870 mobile devices registered,

this does not includes users who use a data plan exclusively

Adding QR Codes to the Catalog

Adding QR Codes to the Catalog

Added a What’ This? Link below the QR code (Green Circle)

What’s This?

Adding QR Codes to the Catalog

The Coding To get both features 1 files was edited and one

new file was createdo displayFacets.xsl (edited file)o local_qrCode.xsl (new file)

• Modeled after Paul Asay’s local_callSearch.xsl file

The Coding

One file was edited to get this featureo displayFacets.xsl

The Coding

Show displayFacets.xsl file

The Coding

One file edited and one new file created for ‘Get Info in a QR Code’ featureo displayFacets.xslo local_qrCode.xsl (new

file)

The Coding

Show local_qrCode.xsl Show displayFacets.xsl file

Additional Uses at Georgetown College

Additional Uses

Additional Uses

Additional Uses

Additional Uses

Business Cards

Future Uses Library Directory Webpage

Mobile Databases

Other Library Related Uses

ELUNA

Audio Books

Library App Ryerson University

o App• Web view of mobile

websiteo Barcode Reader

• ISBN• QR Code

Article published in Code4Libo http://journal.code4lib.org/

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