Abstract
QR codes are beginning to be introduced in our libraries and are an easy way to give additional information to mobile web users in a given time and place. In this paper, we share the experience and give some examples of the introduction and use of QR codes at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Libraries in Spain. We describe how we use QR codes to give access to our mobile website, to download documents and to promote our literature blog. We also describe how we promote our QR codes to both users and librarians, including some best practices. Finally, we discuss our future projects, such as the use of QR codes for information literacy.
Highlights
We would like to start with a quote from the Taiga Forum[1], we all know that their statements are intended to be provocative and exaggerated:“E-books and e-book readers will be ubiquitous
Spread of quick response’ (QR) codes QR codes are really common in Japan, but their popularity is rapidly increasing in other regions such as Europe
The QR code is embedded in the map (Figure 8), so that users can download the information to their phone and take the map with them while they look for the books they are interested in
Summary
We would like to start with a quote from the Taiga Forum[1], we all know that their statements are intended to be provocative and exaggerated:. Spread of QR codes QR codes are really common in Japan, but their popularity is rapidly increasing in other regions such as Europe Initially they were used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR codes are used in a much broader context. The use of smartphones and the mobile web is growing daily; new ways to communicate with our users are appearing. In this paper we will describe our own practical experience, giving some examples of the use of QR codes in a university library and the results that we have had at UPV. Our ultimate goal with this paper is to encourage libraries to use QR codes by showing how they can be used in libraries as an easy way to give information to our smartphone users in a given time and place
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