Abstract
The authors discuss the rapid growth in the use of smart devices and the resultant need for libraries to meet patrons where they are, via quick response code. Suggestions for use include marketing of library services, strengthening bibliographic instruction, supplementing reader's advisory services, and enhancing online public access catalog records.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 403-414 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Reference Librarian |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- academic libraries
- bar codes
- instruction
- library public services
- marketing
- mobile communication
- QR codes
- smartphones
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Library and Information Sciences