There Has to Be a Better Way: Zotero and Research 2.0 – EDUCAUSE2007

I came across Zotero about 6 months ago and thought it looked very promising. I installed it then, but have rebuilt my computer several times since then and lost it in one of the rebuilds. When I saw this session I decided I had better check it out again. It looks like they have been working hard on it… let’s see…

Notes:

  • Scholarship has been radically transformed with the onset of web tools and massive online databases!
  • Word processing has changed the way people write and think about writing…
  • On yeah… don’t forget… IT’S FREE for everyone, everywhere! I love these type of tools!!
  • Many translators that can grab metadata and import it into your Zotero Library
  • UNC Libraries, New York Times, Amazon… pretty much anywhere… :)
  • Export into multiple formats
  • Save Pages locally and organize according to a hierarchy that is easy for you.
  • Add notes and comments to pa
  • Plugin for MS-Word and Open-Office that allows you to insert citations… GREAT! Replaces Refworks and Endnote… but it’s FREE and incorporates searching all sorts of online databases and webpages!

    • So what does the future hold? Zotero 2.0 – Zotero SERVER!

    • Beta available the beginning of next semester… new options and features!
    • This will be available to sync my collections and share my collections with others!
    • Group ability – Set up micro- and macro- groups for disciplines.
    • Recommendations
    • Bibliographic Feeds (RSS) and ability to make certain things public.
    • API’s for building tools to work with all this.

    Wow… this really seems like a great tool! (Again.) I need to work on getting this out and known in the University! So as a start… if you don’t have it yet… download it today! (Download link on the right hand side at the top.)

    By Jeff | Posted on: October 25, 2007 at 2:33 pm | Comments (13)

    11 Comments

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      Jeff,
      That is funny. I got the same Tweet that you just posted about Educause and realized as well that we were in the same place. Looks like we are the only two people blogging AND tagging AND following Tweets. I’m surprised. I thought there would be more. I’ll check out your blog. It looks interesting.
      Alisa

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