QR Codes on Campus

Bethany Pierce Ellen Dubinsky
Technical Services Librarian Digital Services Librarian
Maxwell Library Maxwell Library
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater State University

Aug. 18, 2011

 Quick Response Code
 Created in Japan by Denso-Wave in 1994
 Widely used in Japan, Korea & the
Netherlands

 Tracking Applications

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mroach/4611131746/

 Convenience and Consumer Applications

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattslens/5727484828/

 Easy to Use
 Easy to Create
 Easy to Disseminate

In-Store Display

http://www.thecellarkey.com/

In-Store Display

http://mashable.com/2011/03/22/mobile-barcodes-home-depot/

Museum Displays

Tales of a Changing
Nation
http://bit.ly/od74RM

Picasso: Masterpieces
From the Musée National
Picasso, Paris
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/Picasso/

Museum Displays

http://philanthropy.com/blogs/social-philanthropy/childrens-museum-uses-smartphones-to-educate-adults/28475

Business Cards

http://webdesignews.com/30-creative-qr-code-business-cards/

Real Estate Signs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/qrable/4072456545/

Subway Virtual Store

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/15557/tesco-virtual-supermarket-in-a-subway-station.html
http://youtu.be/fGaVFRzTTP4

Games

http://exhibitions.nypl.org/100/digital_fun/play_the_game

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890973-264/finding_the_future_inside_nypls.html.csp

Smartphone App

http://walkinapp.com/

LevelUp

https://www.thelevelup
.com/how-it-works

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpierce/6015397080/in/set-72157627087554282/

Social Justice

http://www.raisethebarhershey.org/smores/

Cemetery

http://judith.medan-il.com

http://mashable.com/2011/07/15/qr-code-tombstone/

Clothing

http://mashable.com/2011/06/14/qr-code-dress-webbys/

Advertising

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/business/media/from-zappos-an-unadorned-pitch-in-selling-clothes.html
http://mashable.com/2011/06/14/qr-code-dress-webbys/

Art

http://www.berndhopfengaertner.net/projects/hello-world/

Tattoos

http://www.facebook.com/ballantines

http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/qr-code-tattoo/

On TV

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Books2Barcode

http://wonder-tonic.com/books2barcodes/index.php

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/alabama_homecoming_moody_racism.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pclibrarycommons/sets/72157623258384118/with/4344429928/

 Rogers State University

A QR Code is shaped like a box
It may be small and red, or big and blue
For marketing, a QR Code rocks
To send a lot of info straight to you
Use your smart phone to scan this code
With an app you’ll find for free
A website, pic, or link will load
The best is yet to see

http://www.rsu.edu/news/2011/012611_qrcodes.asp

 University of Leeds QR Code Hunt
 http://vimeo.com/6782848

 Lafayette College Library Scavenger Hunt
 http://library.lafayette.edu/carmensandiego

http://catalogue.library.ryerson.ca/record=b1618660~S0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesclay/4690553670/sizes/l/in/photostream/

 Miami University (Ohio) Libraries
 Placed codes in top 400 circulating books in
collection

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=QR_Codes

In the Classroom …

 Lecture Podcasts
 Tutorials
 RSS Feeds
 Lecture Notes – lead to maps, videos, subject
guides, assignments
 Instant Surveys or Quizzes
 Guided Tours
 How-to or Safety manuals/videos (e.g. for lab
equipment

Hall of Black Achievement Gallery

 NFC (Near Field Communications)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9484898.stm

 QR Codes in the Classroom
 http://cit.duke.edu/2010/11/educational-uses-of-qr-
codes/
 http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2011/06/10-
ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-classroom.html
 http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/07/40-
interesting-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in.html
 http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/technology/qr-
codes-in-the-classroom-qrcode/
 http://itcboisestate.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/10-
ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-your-classroom/

 QR Code Readers
 Barcode Scanner (Android)
 QR Droid (Android)
 QR Reader (iPhone)
 QR Scanner (iPhone)
 i-nigma (Windows Mobile)
 QR Code Scanner Pro (Blackberry)

 QR Code Generators
 ZXing
 Kaywa
 Qurify
 Mobile-Barcodes
 QR Stuff
 SnapVu

 Best Practices
 QR Code Best Practices for Gov 2.0 (Sarah
Marchetti Van Velsor)
 QR Code Best Practices (Shaun Quigley)
 10 Best Practices for Employing QR Codes
(Brenna Roth)
 QR Code Best Practices (The Trade Group)

 Near Field Communication
 Quick Guide to the Future of Mobile

Bethany Pierce Ellen Dubinsky
bethany.pierce@bridgew.edu ellen.dubinsky@bridgew.edu
Head of Technical Services Digital Services Librarian
Maxwell Library Maxwell Library
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater State University

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