Quick response codes connect, inform campus
“Quick response codes are just another way of getting students more connected on campus,” said Kate Pope, Georgia College archival associate.
Marilyn Ferrell | gcsunade.com- Siobhan Fitzgerald, sophomore education major, uses her iPhone in the library to scan a QR code in a University Housing ad. The code redirected to the housing website.
For anyone who does not know what they are, quick response codes are square black and white symbols that are read by a quick response code application on a smartphone or other type of device and bring information to the screen. The library is bringing these codes into us to provide the community with more information about the library or even for displays and exhibits.
These quick response codes are not only in use at Georgia College, however. Many campuses around America and the world have already implemented the use of quick response codes. With the increasing number of students with smart phones and other devices, campuses are looking for another way to connect with their students. Although quick response codes were only introduced to GC a little over a month ago, they are already showing prospects of opportunities .
“Because the quick response codes have only been in use for a month at Georgia College, they are not as well known around campus yet,” Pope said. Pope does not know whether the quick response codes will be in use for a while but they are currently just in an experimental stage. “If the quick response codes do not increase in popularity, we will have to nix them,” said Pope. Although quick response codes are already prevalent around the library, there is still going to be an effort to raise more of an awareness of them.
“I think that it is a matter of realizing that the technology is there and learning how to use it,” Victoria Vanhuss, freshman mass communication major said. “When it becomes more mainstream and popular I think that it will be a fantastic way to get information out, but nowadays people do not really care or take notice––at least, I do not. Up until recently I did not even know how to use the quick response codes,” Vanhuss said. Vanhuss is just one of many students who have not caught quick response code fever.
“I think they (quick response codes) are a cool feature in the school using new techniques to reach out to students,” said Brent Osborne, junior psychology major. “I think that although they are not that important, they are fun and have a functional use as well. I personally have not seen any students using the quick response codes yet,” Osborne said.
It is true – quick response codes are fun to use and are definitely very useful but maybe they will soon be used for even more important things like credit cards, coupons, etc. “The quick response codes definitely have a future at Georgia College because I think they are a start of an extension of technology,” Osborne said.
To find out more information about the quick response codes at Georgia College, please visit the circulation desk on the second floor of the library, or visit http://www.gcsu.edu/library/index.htm.
Posted by Anna Walton
on Sep 22 2011. Filed under News.
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