Uses for Quick Response Codes

Although I currently plan to be an elementary school librarian, I would like to take a moment to visit the ways that I could incorporate the use of Quick Response codes if I were a high school librarian.  In order for others to read a QR code, it requires a handheld device and the application downloaded onto the device. 

In a high school library, I would determine what information I wanted to share with students through the use of a QR code.  QR code book reviews would be a way to promote literature found in the library.  This could become more personable by using a wiki of book reviews written by the students for the students.  I would make QR codes to promote upcoming special events.  If I were going to open the library each morning and provide coffee or hot chocolate to students, I would promote it through use of a QR code.  I would collaborate with teachers who assign research papers in order to post a QR code near their classrooms that would lead students to helpful websites that may contain supplemental material, documentaries, etc. and my e-mail so that the students could e-mail me if they have questions.

As an elementary school librarian, it would be useful to have a QR code posted in the school office with the library website available for staff and parents.  If I plan a special event and send a flier home, I would consider adding a QR code to the library website containing more information on the event linked to the library website.  A scavenger hunt using QR codes would be a fun way to introduce students to the library and where resources can be found.

Final thought: QR codes can be used in a library in a variety of ways.