Comments on: Zotero – is this what we’ve been waiting for? http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/ A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Hildegard http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-172468 Hildegard Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:13:58 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-172468 Two major drawbacks I see in Zotero are that it doesn't have an easy back up capability and that it's not clear for how long it will remain free. If you read the forum you'll find that many people have lost their work due to crashes and other problems. I wouldn't trust my research work to a software that doesn't give me such a basic feature as an easy way of backing up and restoring my data. Two major drawbacks I see in Zotero are that it doesn’t have an easy back up capability and that it’s not clear for how long it will remain free. If you read the forum you’ll find that many people have lost their work due to crashes and other problems. I wouldn’t trust my research work to a software that doesn’t give me such a basic feature as an easy way of backing up and restoring my data.

]]> By: John Russell http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-105607 John Russell Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:20:39 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-105607 Zotero is designed to save webpages, so it should work for Andrea's purposes. You can have just a link, or save a copy of the page (it looks like it saves the page without all of the CSS or images, so not an exact replica, but the content-info is there). Zotero is designed to save webpages, so it should work for Andrea’s purposes. You can have just a link, or save a copy of the page (it looks like it saves the page without all of the CSS or images, so not an exact replica, but the content-info is there).

]]> By: Andrea http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-105602 Andrea Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:08:09 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-105602 Thanks for the info. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Meredith Farkas http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-105568 Meredith Farkas Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:34 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-105568 Hi Andrea. This isn't something I can answer. You may want to check with Dan Cohen to get the specifics on the software. Hi Andrea. This isn’t something I can answer. You may want to check with Dan Cohen to get the specifics on the software.

]]> By: Andrea http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-105547 Andrea Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:01:22 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-105547 Hi, I have more of a question than a comment. Does this software pull blog posts into it? I'm trying to find a resource to store all my research ;-) Thanks for the information. Hi, I have more of a question than a comment. Does this software pull blog posts into it? I’m trying to find a resource to store all my research ;-)

Thanks for the information.

]]> By: Bruce http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-104925 Bruce Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:18:29 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-104925 Oh, also, I think you'd be surprised how easily people will give up Endnote once a better, and free, alternative is available. As soon as Zotero is able to hook into Word (and hopefully OpenOffice) and format citations and bibliographies, any reason to use Endnote goes away. Zotero has a better data model and GUI than Endnote, is built for the web and open data standards, and is free and open source. Oh, also, I think you’d be surprised how easily people will give up Endnote once a better, and free, alternative is available. As soon as Zotero is able to hook into Word (and hopefully OpenOffice) and format citations and bibliographies, any reason to use Endnote goes away. Zotero has a better data model and GUI than Endnote, is built for the web and open data standards, and is free and open source.

]]> By: Bruce http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-104921 Bruce Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:00:34 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/09/23/zotero-is-this-what-weve-been-waiting-for/#comment-104921 For the most part, people use IE out of habit, not explicit preference. When I've urged my IE-using students to try Firefox, they often do, are happy with it, and recommend it to their peers. Zotero is good enough that there's yet another compelling reason to switch. Time for univesity libaries to stop recommending and throwing money at not-good-enough proprietary solutions and evangelizing (and maybe even helping to fund) alternatives like Zotero. For the most part, people use IE out of habit, not explicit preference. When I’ve urged my IE-using students to try Firefox, they often do, are happy with it, and recommend it to their peers.

Zotero is good enough that there’s yet another compelling reason to switch. Time for univesity libaries to stop recommending and throwing money at not-good-enough proprietary solutions and evangelizing (and maybe even helping to fund) alternatives like Zotero.

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