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Putting Qr Codes To The Test, Leo Lo, Jason Coleman, Danielle Theiss Jan 2013

Putting Qr Codes To The Test, Leo Lo, Jason Coleman, Danielle Theiss

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into patrons' preferences for quick response code (QR code) design as well as data about their potential benefits.

Design/methodology/approach – A survey was used to learn whether patrons find it easy to use a QR code, to gather patrons' opinions about several possible library uses for QR codes, and to solicit additional ideas for using QR codes in libraries. A small-scale pilot project was implemented to learn whether the Libraries' patrons would make use of QR codes. To augment the data gained from the first two studies, five focus …