[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen - Send by Text OPAC Button

[Geoff Brown]

Thanks Joseph,

This is greatly appreciated. The majority of students are so comfortable with their cell phones that I think the option to transfer the Title and Call Number information via text is an invaluable convenience! So thanks again. Our College has made QR Codes a priority this summer so it is also interesting to see how you incorporated them into this feature too.

Geoff Brown 

>>> Joseph Lewis <joehms22 at gmail.com> 6/8/2011 12:31 PM >>>
Lori,

Certainly, I was thinking rather than pushing the number to the user through
a text message, you could provide a QR code for it instead, it would be
another button right there. Once pressed a QR code would pop up, the user
would scan it with their phone, and have the same call number they would get
through a text.

For anyone not familiar with QR codes, here is a
sample:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_mobile_en.svg

- Joseph

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>wrote:

> Joseph,
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> Can you elaborate on your QR code idea?  I'm not clear on how that relates
> to texting (which is a push approach) versus a QR code which would require
> the user to go and get the code from somewhere.
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> I know you said it was slightly off topic but could you tie the two a bit
> better together for me so I can envision what you are suggesting in terms of
> a use case?
>
> Lori
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>> Just to get a bit off topic, a Javascript QR code generator might reach a
>> similar audience, but could be run on the host machine and be reached by
>> nearly any phone (with a QR reader) under all carriers.
>>
>> - Joseph
>>
>> --
>> Public Key: [0xF8462E1593141C16]<http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF8462E1593141C16>
>>
>> For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
>> relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
>>   - Richard Feynman
>>
>>
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