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This QRacking the Code scheme, run by Bournemouth Libraries and supported with funding through the Libraries Development Initiative, makes use of QR code technology to promote literature and libraries across Bournemouth. A QR code consists of square dots arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by an imaging device, such as a smartphone, to link to further information.

Codes were used to create cultural adventure trails around libraries, galleries, museums and the local area, spreading digital skills to members of the public and library staff in the process.

New technologies provide an innovative way of demonstrating the library offer, particularly to hard-to-reach audiences. Community events provide a good way of increasing digital literacy, introducing staff and members of the public to new skills and technology such as tablets, apps and smartphones.

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