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For the very first time, I used a "QR code"........and I created one too........thank you to the #ICT'sinLibrariesLBS708 for sharing such a valuable information. In the world we are moving or migrating to, this might end up being the only way of marketing services to the public :-).
My view: For libraries, watch and learn....the days of patrons paging through your books are almost gone!!!!!!
Let's take a closer look at "QR codes" and their brief history:
What Are QR Codes Used For?
Maybe a tough question when you ask someone who doesn’t have a clue what QR codes are…but now that you know that, the question has gotten a lot simpler to think about and answer huh? QR codes can be used for anything conventional bar codes are, so right there you have many functionalities. But there are a lot of things QR codes are capable of that conventional barcodes are not, due to their limitations. So how is this reflected in its applications?
QR codes have come a long way since their creation, having first been developed to help track parts in the manufacturing process of vehicles. Today they have a number of purposes, including transport ticketing, entertainment, commercial tracking, and product labeling/marketing, just to name a few. You can find QR codes being used to send audiences to a website for browsing, to bookmark a webpage, to initiate phone calls, send short messages, send emails, produce links to web URL’s, start chats with blackberry users, connect to WI-FI networks, access information, get coupons, view videos, purchase items, process orders, advertise products, etc. http://www.mobile-qr-codes.org/what-are-qr-codes-used-for.html [Accessed 05 April 2017].
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