Vol. 14(2), pp. 73- --81 April, 2026. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2026045

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

This fast growth of Quick Response (QR) Code technology in various sectors of the world has made it a strong facilitator of contactless and digital-first interactions in service provision. QR code in academic libraries is a ground breaking but largely underexplored method of connecting the physical and digital service continuum, discovering resources, better accessing information and re-inventing the service delivery process in the digital era. The paper is a thorough analysis of the implementation and use of QR code technologies in provision of academic library services and especially to the environments and opportunities of the academic libraries in the digital era. Using the Innovation Adoption Theory, the Uses and Gratifications Theory, and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the paper analyzes the global and African empirical literature, institutional case studies, and statistics to chart the current field of QR code implementation in academic libraries. It has been documented that the use of QR codes has increased by more than 323% worldwide in 2021-2024 and more than 44.6% of internet users worldwide have scanned at least one QR code in a month as of 2023. QR codes have proven to be quantifiably effective in monitoring information resources, providing self-service access, promoting library instruction, and marketing library services in academic libraries. The article provides comprehensive tables, typological schematics, and process models to demonstrate the variety of applications of QR codes on library service streams. It also does locate the obstacles facing the implementation of QR codes in academic libraries and especially within the developing world scenario and provides evidence-based desirable solutions and recommendations to the library practitioners, administrators and policymakers.

 

Keywords: QR Codes, Quick Response Codes, Academic Libraries, Library services, Digital Age, Information Resources, Library Automation, Mobile technology, Nigeria.

 

	Cite This Article As: Olubiyo, O.P. (2026). Applications and Utilization of Qr Code Technologies in Library Service Delivery in Academic Libraries in The Digital Age. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 14(2): 73-81