I had this same conversation with a colleague recently. She was making a QR
code that just pointed to her Linkedin profile as her "contact". I
suggested a QR-ified vCard contact. It's probably a matter of what works
best for your particular situation. The helpful takeaway is that a QR code
need not be a URL.

Just for giggles, you could also encode the contact information onto an NFC
label and attach that to your business card. If I recall correctly, Google
Lens can take (or used to take?) a sensibly formatted business card and
offer to turn it into a contact. So with some careful design, you could
make a three-way physical-to-digital business card. [Some NFC labels have a
pretty low max character limit.]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:45 AM Hammer, Erich F <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There are a number of browser add-ons for "QRing" a web address, but the
> nice thing about Zint is that you don't need a web address to point folks
> at.
>
> In other words, you can generate a QRcode (or other symbol) from any
> stand-alone text you want.  E.G. a physical mailing address and telephone
> number like you would have on a business card.  I'm sure there is a limit
> to the number of characters, but I tested making QR-haiku.  ☺
>
>
> On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 09:33, Luke Menzies eloquently
> inscribed:
>
> > There is an Extension or Plugin built into the Chrome browser that will
> > generate a QR code from a web address. It's pretty easy and does not
> > require that you purchase anything or download malware. You just click
> > on the "Share" button directly to the Right of the address bar.
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Hammer,
> > Erich F <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:46
> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card
> >
> > The plethora of "free" code generators online are harvesting
> information.  It
> > wouldn't surprise me if most don't even have a privacy policy.
> >
> > Zint is open source and offline, and it appears very capable and
> documented
> > with 41 different kinds of symbols/codes plus sub-variants:
> >
> > https://www.zint.org.uk/<https://www.zint.org.uk/>
> >
> > Download the zipped binaries (for Windows) here:
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/files/<
> https://sourceforge.net/proj
> > ec ts/zint/files/>
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Erich
> >
> > On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 21:56, Charles Meyer eloquently
> > inscribed:
> >
> >> My esteemed lisatmates,
> >>
> >> If I just wanted to create a QR code others could scan off my Samsung
> >> Galaxy A03 so they would have my name, phone #, email, library name,
> >> address and Web site which site would you recommend for me to create a
> >> free "business card" replacement QR code?
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> Charles.
> >>
> >> Charlotte County Public Library
>
>
>