Presentation for 2011 Kentucky Voyager Users Group Annual Meeting

1. What’s This? Adding QR Codes to the
Library Catalog
Benjamin Rawlins
Kentucky State University

2. • What are QR codes?
• Uses Outside of Libraries
• Adding QR codes to the Library Catalog
• Additional Uses at Kentucky State University
Overview

3. • http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTYxMD
Poll

4. • QR, Quick Response, codes are two dimensional barcodes that
can be scanned with a mobile device that has a camera. Once
the code is scanned the device is prompted to load a webpage,
display text, or other data contained in the code.
• QR codes were first created by Denso-Wave, a Toyota
subsidiary, in 1994 as a way to track manufactured parts.
Denso-Wave holds the patent rights for QR codes, but instead
of exercising them they decided to make the technology freely
available.
What are QR codes?

5. • Unlike conventional barcodes that can only store
information in a horizontal manner, QR codes can store
information both horizontally and vertically.
Why QR Codes are Unique

6. • Conventional barcodes can typically store between 20 to
40 characters.
• QR codes can store up to a maximum of 7,089 characters

7. Uses Outside of Libraries

8. Duncan Hines

9. Grammy Awards

10. Best Buy

11. • 2,200 NYC Department of
Sanitation Trucks Will
Feature NYC Media Quick
Response (QR) Codes
Linking to a “How to Recycle”
Video
New York City

12. Adding QR Codes to the
Library Catalog

14. What’s This?

16. • To get both features 2 files were edited
• displayFacets.xsl
• local_callSearch.xsl
• Text me this call number feature
• Renamed local_qrCode.xsl
The Coding

17. • One file was edited to
get this feature
• displayFacets.xsl
The Coding

18. <xsl:variable name="bibId" select="//@bibId"/>
<!-- QR Code -->
<xsl:variable name="qrCode">http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=5&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2Fkysu.kyvl.org
%2Fvwebv%2FholdingsInfo%3FbibId%3D<xsl:value-of select="$bibId"/></xsl:variable>
<!-- End QR Code -->
<!-- QR Code Begin -->
<div style="float:left;width: 120px; text-align:center; border:3px solid #000;margin: 0 10px 00;padding:10px;"
class="googleBooks"><b>QR code:</b><br/>
<img src="{$qrCode}" width="102" height="102" alt="qrcode" /><br /><a href="http://kysu.kyvl.org/qr.html"
target="_new">What's this?</a>
</div>
<!-- QR Code End -->
The Coding

19. • Two files edited for
‘Get Info in a QR
Code’ feature
• displayFacets.xsl
• Copied code
local_callSearch.xsl
• Renamed
local_qrCode.xsl
The Coding

20. Local_callSearch.xsl
<xsl:attribute name="href">http://kysu.kyvl.org/voy2sms.php?location=<xsl:value-of
http://kysu.kyvl.org/voy2sms.php?location
select="$location"/>&amp;callnum=<xsl:value-of
select="$callnum2"/>&amp;titlename=<xsl:value-of select="$titlename2"/>
</xsl:attribute>Text me this call number</a>
number
Local_qrCode.xsl
<xsl:attribute name="href">http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=5&amp;d=<xsl:value-of
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=5&amp;d
select="$titlename2"/><xsl:text>%0D%0A</xsl:text> <xsl:value-of
select="$location"/><xsl:text>%0D%0A</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$callnum2"/><xsl:text>%0D%0A</xsl:text>
</xsl:attribute> Get info in a QR Code</a>
dispalyFacets.xsl
<xsl:include href="./local_qrCode.xsl"/>
<div id="txtMe">
<xsl:call-template name="recordCallQr"/>
</div>
The Coding for ‘Get Info in a QR Code’

21. Why Single Out QR Code
Features?

22. Additional Uses at KSU

23. Mobile Services Booklet

30. Mobile Website Flyer

31. Library Trading Cards

32. • Hampton, Dantrea, Amanda Peach, and Benjamin
Rawlins. "Reaching Mobile Users with QR Codes."
Kentucky Libraries 75.2 (2011): 6-10. Print.
Further Reading

33. Questions?

34. Thank You