LibGuides: To the Cloud! Exploring Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning: QR Codes

What is a QR Code?

QR = Quick Response

Scan the QR code with a bar-code reader on your web-enabled phone; information is transmitted to your device.

What about this code? It was created using using the Kaywa Code Generator.

Code Reader Options

Kaywa Reader
Kayway presents an extensive list of suported phones.
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*iPhones are not supported.
RedLaser
Free scanning for iPhone and Android phones.
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"With RedLaser you can quickly scan all types of codes — QR codes, UPC, EAN, UPC-E, and EAN-8 (NEW!) barcodes. Simply hold your phone steady, align the code in the box, and scan!"
Scan Life
Free bar code scanner for BlackBerry.
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"ScanLife turns your camera phone into an all-in-one bar code reader so now it s easier than ever to quickly access websites, product pricing & more."
QR Code Readers
Check for pricing: QR Code Reader list from Mobile Barcodes.com
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"If you are looking to download a QR-Code reader (software) so that you can scan and read mobile barcodes (QR-Codes), you have come to the right place. We have compiled a list of the best QR-Code reading software available to download on the internet."

More About QR Codes

7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes
Educause: "advancing learning through IT Innovation."
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"QR codes link the physical world with the virtual by providing on-the-spot access to descriptive language and online resources for objects and locations. In this way, the codes support experiential learning, bringing scholarship out of the classroom and into physical experience."
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
QR Codes in Libraries
QR Codes and Academic Libraries
Reaching Mobile Users, by Robin Ashford
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November 2010
College & Research Libraries News
vol. 71 no. 10 526-530
Straight from the Stacks to the Smartphone
ALA Midwinter 2011: Discussion Group
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Report compiled by Michael Kelley: "As quick response (QR) codes become more prominent in daily life, librarians are seeking the best way to incorporate this simple and free technology into their operations."
The Potential of QR Codes
Blog U: Inside Higher Ed, Eric Stoller (11/13/10)
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"R Codes have a tremendous amount of potential for higher education. Being able to scan a printed code from either a piece of print collateral or a web page creates opportunities for several student affairs functional areas. Here are a couple of ideas that come to mind..."

To Consider ...

QR Codes are easy to create and accompanying bar code reader apps often free. However, students may encounter problems if Internet is not accessible in the library, or if authentication is required. In some cases the reader will save the image for use outside the library.

Creating a QR Code with Kaywa

QR Codes & LibGuides

The following QR Codes are embedded within three different LibGuides. As noted in the first two examples, it is possible to create a code for the entire LibGuide and for individual tabs within as needed.


Ed.D. Research LibGuide	Ed.D. Research, Dissertations Tab	Children's Literature Award Books, Caldecott	EDCI 232-505 LibGuide Course Integration

QR Codes in Ashland University Library


IRC Literature Rack: QR Codes created for individual LibGuides replaced paper handouts in the Instructional Resource Center.	Library Digital Sign: QR Code created for the library web site. This image is in the library's digital sign rotation; located on the main floor it is less problematic accessing the web from the QR Code.