I've used the Zint barcode generator, which can produce a lot of different
symbologies including QR codes: https://zint.org.uk/manual/chapter/1

There's a Windows GUI for generating images manually, and also a CLI you
can use in scripts. I put it on the server of our regional archival
aggregator (Archives West <https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/>) to
generate QR codes for each finding aid.

-Tamara

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 4:39 AM Joe Hourclé <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> > On Apr 27, 2023, at 11:23 PM, Fitchett, Deborah <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Kia ora,
> >
> > A library user’s looking for a way to generate a QR code for a specific
> webpage. They’ll want it to work on a fairly permanent basis and I’d want
> to avoid any statistics/trackers being embedded – so it shouldn’t be
> dependent on a middle-party like bit.ly to resolve it.
> >
> > Does anyone know of somewhere they can do this?
>
> There are a lot of things that can do this (I even made one yesterday on
> my phone… it was an iPhone ‘shortcut’… I don’t know if it’s a built-in or
> something from one of the apps that I have installed)
>
> But one bit of advice: choose a short URL to start.  As it’s basically
> just an encoding standard, the longer the URL, the more complex the image
> becomes.  If you can control the website, you can mint a URL that’s short
> to start with, or set up a redirect or rewrite if you’re using a content
> management system.
>
> And then test your QR code… there are plenty of readers out there that
> will tell you what the URL (or other text) is instead of just sending you
> blindly to a webpage.  That will let you know if the code links straight to
> the site you wanted, or if it tries going through some tracking website
> first.
>
> -Joe
>
> Sent from a mobile device with a crappy on screen keyboard and obnoxious
> "autocorrect"



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Tamara Marnell
Program Manager, Systems
Orbis Cascade Alliance (orbiscascade.org <https://www.orbiscascade.org/>)
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