Anne Morrow and Nancy Lombardo of the University of Utah and Benjamin Rawlins of Kentucky State
University presented this fun session on QR Codes and their use.
The first part was an overview of what
QR-codes are, their history, and ways they can be used. The second
part had a more detailed description of different ways libraries are
using them. A QR Code scavenger hunt was passed out and attendees got mini chocolate bars at the end for completing them and chatting with the presenters.
Some suggested uses for QR codes were: way-finding, directing users to online forms and registration, research assistance, directing users to services, providing announcements, and directing users to additional information in immersive exhibits.
They mentioned their use of BeeTagg.com and Delivr.com to create and track QR Codes. Delivr.com is free for small institution uses and BeeTagg.com costs between $1 and $5 per code for use of their tracking system. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be too difficult to create a system which could be easily installed and customized to provide this service without depending on a third party. QR codes are easily created using open source software and there are open source solutions for creating short URLs (see Casimir) and some basic statistics package.
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