Tagging and QR Codes: A Dynamic Pairing for Discovery Karen Viars and Pat Ziebart GUGM: May 17, 2012
Tagging Best Practices 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.
Benefits and Drawbacks of Tagging
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.
Library Uses of QR Codes Abilene Christian University
Bath University
Contra Costa County Library
George Fox University Library
Library Success Wiki
QR Code Generators 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.)
Best Practices 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.
Worth the time?
Survey in the UK in late 2009ECAR Report
Examples of educational materials
Blog Post (for librarians)
Albertson Library Boise State University
Video from CNet
Secret Code? The Need for Education and Promotion
Further ReadingAnon. 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/