This may have already been mentioned, but some folks at Miami University are doing neat things with QR Codes and phone scanners.
http://www.users.muohio.edu/brinkmwj/ar/ It's RFID-esque in execution, but there's no reason the QR code couldn't also be used for patron-initiated functions (ooh, like bringing up reviews). Cheers, Kate From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:13 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Cc: Dan Scott Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Android application (was: GSOC-2011 Project Ideas Discussion) If users could grab a book and use their library app on their smart phone to check themselves out...that would be cool. Or what about adding items to your library account wish list or book bag? If could read the bar code and end up with an ISBN number, that opens up lots of possibilities for finding online resources that could be helpful (buy the book, find the book in another library, get an ebook version). Lori On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Dan Scott <[email protected]> wrote: All of this that raises the more general question: what would the use cases be for using the camera on your phone to scan the barcode of an item you have in hand? Perhaps as a way of adding reference-only items to your "items used" history list so you can find it more readily next time, or jump from the citation to an online resource or alternate location at some point in the future? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com <http://www.galecia.com/> (707) 763-6869 // [email protected] Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
