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QR Codes
or why its illegal
to not use Wikipedia
Roger Bamkin
(Victuallers)
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100 Articles ... So what?
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Help ...
Belief in Free information
Smithsonian/ LOC/TCMI/BBC
Working with Authority
What has GLAM/BM done?
• Featured and Good Articles
• 100 Articles
So what?
Can we change something?
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Getting GLAMs to “come out” ...
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This is different!
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Clovis point
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A.S. Lovers
This isn’t information coming
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Barnet Burns
This is Wikipedia going in!
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Derby Museum information coming out
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Policy change : Wikipedia is not banned and photos are allowed
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So can it change something?
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But why can’t Wikipedia go
in?
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Why do museums write labels?
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Because ...
They like doing it, its “their
job”
Its very tricky...
We could use QR Codes but
they won’t lets us try
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One museum said...
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We will ...
... And you can do it
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QR Codes ... What are they? Can we make one?
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We will ...
... And you can do it
NOW!
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Remember Wap
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What is the payback period when it cost 20p?
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Policy change : Its easy ...
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Where it was demonstrated
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2. Fluorescence
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Policy change : Wikipedia is now advertised as a source of information
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Strengths
• Robust: The codes were tested by a third party and
found to work well
• Novel: news was retweeted in French.
• WAP? – no, it just works
• Readable - short url will improve readability of the
QR code
• Security – need to own the domain
• Transparent – tell the user where it goes (or obvious)
• Pleased - Museum are pleased with the trial and
they have not any reported negative feedback
(except one user who felt that Wikipedia was a
"failed social experiment”
• It is intended to try an improved version of the trial.
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Strengths
1. Robust
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4. Short url?
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Policy change : QR codes are seen as a way to transform exhibitions
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Next steps (and threats)
• Software has been constructed to allow QR codes to
be created more easily.
• British Library are using them at the same size as a
pound coin.
• Wikimedia UK has agreed to fund the purchase of a
smart phone to demo the technology for 3 months.
Derby Museum have bought IPods
• The labels do get nicked/ moved
• Vandalism is always an issue (with/without phone)
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Opportunities
Time – you can update these as easy as
You can update your own website
You can change a wiki
Cost – You can create the label
You can allow others to do so
You can use volunteers to add value
Language – You can write labels in two
languages
You can supply articles in many languages
You can provide simpler and more complex
Accessibility – You can supply spoken
versions, sign language, large print, dyslexic
friendly
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Conclusions
1. QR codes allow micro positioning – super geocode
2. Installation is cheap
3. Change can create and allow other changes
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4. Linking to smart phones means users have choice
5. Linking to phones creates accessibility
6. Language support is possible
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7. Different tours are possible
8. There is a legal requirement to supply accessibility
9. If Wikipedia is provably more comprehensive
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and accessible then your own system then you
will are legally obliged to use it.
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Acknowledgements
• Nick Moyes: - Derby Museum curator who said “Yes”
• Jonathon Wallis : Who agreed Wikipedia partnership
• Jimmy Wales :support to the partnership idea
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• Terence Eden: Consultant and advice on QR
• Fæ:– programming and applause
• Andrew Turvey and Mike Peal – Wikimedia UK
• Matthew Cock and Witty Lama – Walked the walk
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• James Bamkin – supplied QR codes overnight
• Richard Mackney – tested it all and told the world