If you’ve checked out our online catalog in the past day or two, you may have noticed some strange barcodes underneath the tags and cover image for each item. In fact, you’ve probably seen this type of barcode popping up in all sorts of places. They’re called QR codes, and as more and more people own smartphones that have barcode scanners, they’re rapidly gaining in popularity.
QR (short for quick response) codes can be used for all kinds of information, like text or URLs. The ones you see in our catalog are links to the mobile catalog. If you find something you like in the catalog, you can scan the QR code with your phone, which will take you to the item’s entry in the mobile catalog. Then, when you go to look for it on the shelf, you’ll have all the information you could want about the book—you’ll even be able to see what it looks like!
Here’s one for you to test it out on:
So…what do you think? Does it work? Do you like it? Do you think it would be a useful tool? These QR codes aren’t here to stay—yet. They’re just part of a test we’ve agreed to help with for a little while. So, if you think that they’re fabulous and you’d like them to stay, please let us know! Or, if you hate them, and you think that you’d never, ever use them, we want to know that, too! What’s important is that we know how you feel about them, because we’re trying to make FPL better for you…because you’re the reason we’re here in the first place!
If you like these, we’re also working on some top-secret plans to try out QR codes in other ways. Look for more information on those later!
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Jake Gauslow |
| Library Assistant | |
| jgauslow@friscotexas.gov |
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| Jake Gauslow |
| Adult Services Librarian | |
| jgauslow@friscotexas.gov |
