adding qr codes to the library catalog
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Presentation at 2012 Ex Libris Users of North America ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
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Adding QR Codes to the Library Catalog
Ben RawlinsElectronic Resources Librarian
Georgetown College
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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QR Codes Uses Outside of Libraries
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Best Buy
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Lowes
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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
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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.
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Yellow Pages
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Minor League Baseball
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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
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Adding QR Codes to the Catalog
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Adding QR Codes to the Catalog
Added a What’ This? Link below the QR code (Green Circle)
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What’s This?
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Adding QR Codes to the Catalog
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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
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The Coding
One file was edited to get this featureo displayFacets.xsl
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The Coding
Show displayFacets.xsl file
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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)
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The Coding
Show local_qrCode.xsl Show displayFacets.xsl file
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Additional Uses at Georgetown College
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Additional Uses
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Additional Uses
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Additional Uses
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Additional Uses
Business Cards
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Future Uses Library Directory Webpage
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Mobile Databases
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Other Library Related Uses
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ELUNA
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Audio Books
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Library App Ryerson University
o App• Web view of mobile
websiteo Barcode Reader
• ISBN• QR Code
Article published in Code4Libo http://journal.code4lib.org/
articles/5014
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Questions?
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Thank You