Hello everyone
As promised, below is a summary of the responses I received
regarding QR Codes. Many thanks to those
of you who responded- it was much appreciated.
Actually, I didn’t receive a great many responses- which
would seem to indicate that QR codes are not used extensively by archives at
the present time. Where they are used it
is often to point researchers towards social media sites such as Facebook or
Twitter. Little has been done to assess
how effective they are, with only one institution actually knowing the numbers
that had used the QR Code- and in this case the take up has been very low.
However, all agreed that although not many people seem that
aware of QR codes, having them available does supply an extra means for
researchers to access online information, or even adds as a general reminder
that the online information is out there with web addresses display alongside
the QR Codes.
Hope that helps. If
anyone has anything to add please do let me know.
With regards
Katie Giles
Archivist