I have done this sort of thing (once only, but it was useful I think). It was a report in
the local library, that is now on Wikisource, and I slipped a single loose leaf into the
front of it that explained that a digital version was available on Wikisource and what
address to find it at. That would have been a good place to have a QR code. (Although,
it's also a use case that would is served by those library catalogues that permit user
annotations, such as
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27433064 .)
As for redirecting to Wikisource based on a QR code, I have an inkling that
User:Pigsonthewing and User:Gnangarra were talking recently about a Wikidata-based QRpedia
system, that would embed the Wikidata ID into the QR code rather than the Wikipedia page
name. Then, the qrpedia software would redirect to the relevant language Wikipedia based
on the sitelinks. I imagine that this software (and I'm not sure it exists beyond
planning stage yet) would pretty easily be able to instead redirect to Wikisource or any
other project.
—Sam
On Fri, 7 Jul 2017, at 01:38 PM, Ilario Valdelli wrote:
In all of your discussion I have not undertood why
someone should go to the library to have a qrcode while it is available online.>
Kind regards
On 7 Jul 2017 07:22, "Bodhisattwa Mandal" <bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com>
wrote:>> Hi,
> There has been significant decline in library
readerships in India. Libraries are remaining almost empty throughout the day. I believe,
that is because, with the increasing usage of internet, there has been a change in
behaviour about reading physical books. People are preferring to remain online and get
information from the internet, rather than to stay in a library and study there. The
libraries are not also coping with this scenario and not upgrading themselves, and losing
readers.>> Also, the smart phone penetration in India is also increasing. It has
been estimated almost one third of Indian citizens will use smart phone by 2019 and
that's a huge number. Nowadays, many people who do not have computers, have
smartphones with cheaper internet than before. But many of them doesn't know how to
search a book in internet, even if does find some book, tends to forget the urls, and
unfortunately almost nobody knows anything about Wikisource, even from the
academy.>> Now, if we have a QR code generation system for Wikisource, we can
collaborate with the town libraries or college libraries, send them the codes and help
them build a QR code library of books. They can give the codes to readers according to
their demands, which will redirect them to Wikisource. We can also generate QR codes for
every book we work on and upload them to Commons with a suitable title, creating a QR code
library ourselves, thus making the codes google searchable and accessible to the readers.
In every case, the viewership of the site will increase.>> Regards,
> On Jul 7, 2017 7:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"
<abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:>>> Certainly, this can be done.
>>
>> Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are
imagining?>>>
>> A.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal
<bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:>>>> Hi all,
>>> Can we create a Wikisource specific QR
code generator tool for the NS0 pages?>>>> People often forget the urls or
sometimes doesn't know the way to search texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr
codes, that would also benefit libraries from remote places or readers who don't have
computers in their possession .>>>> I think it will definitely increase the
viewership of the site to a significant amount. What's your opinion regarding
this?>>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
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