03 oktober 2006
Zotero promises to be the crossbreed between EndNote and Del.icio.us
Zotero has popped on my windshield on a few occasions already. It was at Information wants to be free and Lorcan Dempsey’s blog amongst others.
A while ago I posted on the EndNote list a kind of wishlist about the future of EndNote and the integration of “web 2.0” developments like del.icio.us and Connotea. EndNote deals perfectly all right with official literature sources, but is less equipped with web data until now. Del.icio.us, Connotea and the like are strong at web sources, but integration into documents is less advanced than EndNote. So there is certainly an academic world to be won. EndNote X has entered the stage already, enhancments and improvements. But no breakthroughs. In that respect we are impatiently awaiting EndNote web edition, also promised for this fall.
But why wait? Enter Zotero.
I have to admit that I am not a beta tester. But the promises are encouraging. I hardly can’t wait to have a taste of this pudding. One of the key developers, Dan Cohen e-mailed me this morning “The public beta should be out by the end of this week at zotero.org. I'll keep writing updates on the project on my blog. If you do like Zotero, would you consider helping to spread the word about it on your campus?”
So I do look forward to this release. Dan’s blog will certainly announce the exact moment, or at Zotero
Worth waiting for. It ‘s only a few days left.
Update: Apparently Thursday will be the day.
Technorati tags: Zotero; EndNote
A while ago I posted on the EndNote list a kind of wishlist about the future of EndNote and the integration of “web 2.0” developments like del.icio.us and Connotea. EndNote deals perfectly all right with official literature sources, but is less equipped with web data until now. Del.icio.us, Connotea and the like are strong at web sources, but integration into documents is less advanced than EndNote. So there is certainly an academic world to be won. EndNote X has entered the stage already, enhancments and improvements. But no breakthroughs. In that respect we are impatiently awaiting EndNote web edition, also promised for this fall.
But why wait? Enter Zotero.
I have to admit that I am not a beta tester. But the promises are encouraging. I hardly can’t wait to have a taste of this pudding. One of the key developers, Dan Cohen e-mailed me this morning “The public beta should be out by the end of this week at zotero.org. I'll keep writing updates on the project on my blog. If you do like Zotero, would you consider helping to spread the word about it on your campus?”
So I do look forward to this release. Dan’s blog will certainly announce the exact moment, or at Zotero
Worth waiting for. It ‘s only a few days left.
Update: Apparently Thursday will be the day.
Technorati tags: Zotero; EndNote
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From what I have seen so far (I took it for a short beta test run as well), I like Zotero. Right now there are two aspects that will probably limit its uptake by our researchers: Firefox 2 only, and no integration with Word. I read the developers are working on integration with Word, and no doubt they will come up with a version for IE as well. Definitely something I'll be keeping an eye on.
Hi Richard.
Yes I do agree. At our uni users are not allowed to install FF2.0 themselves. (There are exceptions however. Lucky me)
Integration with word is of vital importance. Otherwise EndNote will remain the favourite.
But we continue to play.
Yes I do agree. At our uni users are not allowed to install FF2.0 themselves. (There are exceptions however. Lucky me)
Integration with word is of vital importance. Otherwise EndNote will remain the favourite.
But we continue to play.
I agree that Zotero is a step in the right direction; however, independent platforms like TeacherShare.org and Connotea stand a better chance of survival. Let's say, for argument's sake, that 20% of the public uses Firefox. What percent of that has any idea how to use Extensions? While it's a neat tool, my guess is that it won't take off...
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