In April of last year,we announceda partnership with the University of Montreal and Indiana University, funded by a grant from the Alfred P.188BET靠谱吗Sloan Foundation, to examine the readership of reference sources across a range of platforms and to expand the Zotero API to enable bibliometric research on Zotero data.

188BET靠谱吗The first part of this grant involved aggregating anonymized data from Zotero libraries.The initial dataset was limited to items with DOIs, and it included library counts and the months that items were added.For items in public libraries, the data also included titles, creators, and years, as well as links to the public libraries containing the items.We have been analyzing this anonymized, aggregated data with our research partners in Montreal, and now are beginning the process of making that data freely and publicly available, beginning withImpactstoryandAltmetric, who have offered to conduct preliminary analysis (we'll discuss Impactstory's experience in a future post).

188BET靠谱吗In our correspondence with Altmetric over the years, they have repeatedly shown interest in Zotero data, and we reached out to them to see if they would partner with us in examining the data.The Altmetric team that analyzed the data consists of about twenty people with backgrounds in English literature and computer science, including former researchers and librarians.Altmetric is interested in any communication that involves the use or spread of research outputs, so in addition to analyzing the initial dataset, they're eager to add the upcoming API to their workflow.

The Altmetric team parsed the aggregated data and checked it against the set of documents known to have been mentioned or saved elsewhere, such as on blogs and social media.188BET靠谱吗Their analysis revealed that approximately 60% of the items in their database that had been mentioned in at least one other place, such as on social media or news sites, had at least one save in Zotero.188BET靠谱吗The Altmetric team was pleased to find such high coverage, which points to the diversity of Zotero usage, though further research will be needed to determine the distribution of items across disciplines.

The next step forward for the Altmetric team involves applying the data to other projects and tools such as the Altmetric bookmarklet.The data will be useful in understanding the impact of scholarly communication, because conjectures about reference manager data can be confirmed or denied, and this information can be studied in order to gain a greater comprehension of what such data represents and the best ways to interpret it.

188BET靠谱吗Based on this initial collaboration, Zotero developers are verifying and refining the aggregation process in preparation for the release of a public API and dataset of anonymized, aggregated data, which will allow bibliometric data to be highlighted across the Zotero ecosystem and enable other researchers to study the readership of Zotero data.

188BET靠谱吗Zotero 4.0.27, now available, brings some major new features, as well as many other improvements and bug fixes.

188BET靠谱吗Streamlined saving (Zotero for Firefox)

188BET靠谱吗In Zotero for Firefox, it's now easier than ever to save items from webpages.

188BET靠谱吗Zotero senses information on webpages through bits of code calledsite translators, which work with most library catalogs, popular websites such as Amazon and the New York Times, and many gated databases.

188BET靠谱吗In the past, there have been two different ways of saving web sources to Zotero:

• 188BET靠谱吗If Zotero detected a reference on a webpage, you could click an icon in the address bar — for example, a book icon on Amazon or a journal article icon on a publisher's site — to save high-quality metadata for the reference to your Zotero library.
• 188BET靠谱吗If a site wasn't supported or a site translator wasn't working, you could still save any webpage to your Zotero library by clicking the "Create Web Page Item from Current Page" button in the Zotero for Firefox toolbar or by right-clicking on the page background and choosing "Save Page to Zotero".188BET靠谱吗In such cases, you might need to fill in some details that Zotero couldn't automatically detect.

188BET靠谱吗In Zotero 4.0.27,we've combined the address bar icon and the "Create Web Page Item from Current Page" button into a single save button188BET靠谱吗in the Firefox toolbar, next to the existing Z button for opening the Zotero pane.

The new save button on a New York Times article

188BET靠谱吗(Don't be confused by the book icon in the address bar in the top left — that's a new Firefox feature, unrelated to Zotero.)

You can click the new save button on any webpage188BET靠谱吗to create an item in your Zotero library, and Zotero will automatically use the best available method for saving data.If a translator is available, you'll get high-quality metadata!if not, you'll get basic info such as title, access date, and URL, and you can edit the saved item to add additional information from the webpage.188BET靠谱吗The icon will still update to show you what Zotero found on the page, and, as before, you can hover over it to see which translator, if any, will be used.

This also means that asingle shortcut key— Cmd+Shift+S (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+S (Windows/Linux) by default — can be used to save from any webpage.

The new save button also features adrop-down menu188BET靠谱吗for accessing additional functionality, such as choosing a non-default translator or looking up a reference in your local (physical) library without even saving it to Zotero.

Additional save options

(This functionality was previously available by right-clicking on the address bar icon, though if you knew that, you surely qualify for some sort of prize.) The new menu will be used for more functionality in the future, so stay tuned.

Prefer another layout?188BET靠谱吗In addition to the new combined toolbar buttons, Zotero provides separate buttons for opening Zotero and saving sources that can be added using Firefox'sCustomize mode.

Custom button layout

With the separate buttons, you can hide one or the other button and rely on a keyboard shortcut, move the buttons into the larger Firefox menu panel, or even move the new save button between the address bar and search bar, close to its previous position.(Since the new save button works on every page, it no longer makes sense for it to be within the address bar itself, but by using the separate buttons you can essentially recreate the previous layout.)

188BET靠谱吗While all the above changes apply only to Zotero for Firefox for now,similar changes will come to the Chrome and Safari connectors188BET靠谱吗for Zotero Standalone users in a future version.188BET靠谱吗For now, Zotero Standalone users can continue to use the address bar (Chrome) or toolbar (Safari) icon to save recognized webpages and right-click (control-click on Macs) on the page background and choose "Save Page to Zotero" to save basic info for any other page.

Easier bibliography language selection

188BET靠谱吗Making Zotero accessible to users around the world has always been a priority.188BET靠谱吗Thanks to a global community of volunteers in the Zotero and Citation Style Language (CSL) projects, you can use the Zotero interface and also generate citations in dozens of different languages.

Now, thanks to community developersRintze ZelleandAurimas Vinckevicius,it's much easier to switch between different languageswhen generating citations.

188BET靠谱吗Previously, Zotero would automatically use the language of the Zotero user interface — generally the language of either Firefox or the operating system — when generating citations.While you've always been able to generate citations using a different language, doing so required changing a hidden preference.

You can now set the bibliography language at the same time you choose a citation style, whether you're using Quick Copy, Create Bibliography from Selected Items, or the word processor plugins.

Choosing a bibliography language for Quick Copy

In the above example, even though the user interface is in English, the default Quick Copy language is being set to French.188BET靠谱吗If an item is then dragged from Zotero into a text field, the resulting citation will be in French, using French terms instead of English ones (e.g., "édité par" instead of "edited by").

The new language selector is even more powerful when using the word processor plugins.The bibliography language chosen for a document is stored in the document preferences, allowing you touse different languages in different documents— say, U.S.English for a document you're submitting to an American journal and Japanese for a paper for a conference in Japan.

Note that, of thethousands of CSL styles188BET靠谱吗that Zotero supports, not all can be localized.If a journal or style guide calls for a specific language, the language drop-down will be disabled and citations will always be generated using the required language.188BET靠谱吗For example, selecting the Nature style will cause Zotero to use the "English (UK)" locale in all cases, as is required by Nature's style guide.

Other changes

188BET靠谱吗Zotero now offers an "Export Library…" option for group libraries, allowing the full collection hierarchy to be easily exported.If you find yourself facing many sync conflicts, you can now choose to resolve all conflicts with changes from one side or the other.188BET靠谱吗For Zotero Standalone users, we've improved support for saving attachments from Chrome and Safari on many sites, bringing site compatibility closer to that of Zotero for Firefox.And we've resolved various issues that were preventing complete syncs for some people.

There's too much else to discuss here, but see thechangelogfor the full list of changes.

Get it now

188BET靠谱吗If you're already using Zotero, your copy of Zotero should update to the new version automatically, or you can update manually from the Firefox Add-ons pane or by selecting the "Check for Updates" menu option in Zotero Standalone.188BET靠谱吗If you're not yet using Zotero,try it outtoday.

188BET靠谱吗We're happy to announce that Alyssa Fahringer has joined the Zotero team as our new outreach coordinator.Alyssa is currently a Ph.D.student in George Mason's Department of History and Art History studying U.S.history, women and gender, and digital history.She has years of experience working closely with university library communities, and of course she's an active researcher herself.Take it away, Alyssa!

188BET靠谱吗I am excited to begin as the outreach coordinator for Zotero!I have worked as an intern at the Library of Virginia and in the Collections Department of Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh.I have also been employed as a public librarian.When I complete the Ph.D.program I am hoping to work as a digital public historian.188BET靠谱吗My goal as outreach coordinator is to make Zotero more accessible and user-friendly by updating existing documentation, creating new documentation for improved functionalities, and managing Zotero's social media presence.188BET靠谱吗I am looking forward to working with the Zotero community and increasing public awareness of Zotero.

188BET靠谱吗The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is hiring a full-time developer to help extend Zotero.You will have the opportunity to shape an award-winning digital humanities project and build critical research infrastructure.

188BET靠谱吗You will work primarily on Zotero's website and web application functionality, working with both front- and back-end technologies, including emerging standards for rich client-side web applications.188BET靠谱吗You'll be maintaining existing systems and implementing new functionality, helping to shape the Zotero ecosystem going forward.In addition to working on website functionality, that might mean extending the API, optimizing the cloud infrastructure, or building back-end services to power new features.As part of a small team, you'll have responsibility over core components of the project and the freedom to find creative solutions to challenging problems.Most importantly, you'll participate in a vibrant global open-source community with amazing community developers and passionate users.

You will be working at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, a leading center for digital humanities recognized internationally for its innovative projects.More details about the position are available athttps://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/85119/

We look forward to hearing from you!