QR Code Use in a Hospital Library

23 At Ballarat Health Services (BHS) Library we have been using QR Codes for just over a year. QR or Quick Response barcodes are 2-D tags that can hold information such as URLS, contact information, photos and more. They are read with a barcode reader on a smartphone and have become an increasingly popular way to do mobile marketing and promotion (1). They are particularly popular in retail and real estate. For example on price tags they link you to relevant consumer information and on real estate boards they may link to a video or additional photos.