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Use of QR codes for enhancing access to library resources and services: a case study of IIT Gandhinagar library

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Title Use of QR codes for enhancing access to library resources and services: a case study of IIT Gandhinagar library
 
Creator Das, Tapas Kumar
Kumbar, T. S.
Ramswaroop, A
 
Subject QR code
Academic libraries
Smartphones
Mobile devices
Information services
 
Description 156-163
The Quick Reference (QR) Code is the trademark for two-dimensional barcode (or matrix barcode). This code system has become a popular technology in the present era because of its fast readability and greater storage capacity compared to standard barcode. The QR code is multidimensional barcode with various color, size, and shapes. The main goal of this code is to direct communities to particular products or resources through links. Quick Response Code is, usually developed, for product promotion like the barcodes. This paper attempts to present a quick overview of the technology and how libraries adopted it early, to promote their resources and services. IIT Gandhinagar library has been one of the early users of this technology for promoting its services amongst its user community. It has adopted and demonstrated the benefits of this technology by applying it to over dozen areas of library services. Because of its ease of use and speed, it has been observed that during last two-three years, acceptance and use of this technology among current generation of students has gone up for retrieving and downloading information. In fact, more number of students have been asking for applying QR in other areas of library services. Authors presents here a successful case study of how QR code technology has been implemented at IIT Gandhinagar Library on an Android based mobile phones and how it has now become a part of routine application for enhancing access to library resources and services.
 
Date 2020-10-16T07:37:26Z
2020-10-16T07:37:26Z
2020-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/55502
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Source ALIS Vol.67(3) [September 2020]