Zotero has just released the beta of their 2.0 upgrade, and it looks awesome. Here is the announcement.
The most important upgrade is the promised addition of groups and collaboration.
Groups provide a powerful way to share collections with a class, work closely with a colleague on a project, keep track of conversations in your field more broadly, and keep tabs on what people at your institution or in your department are working on. To copy items into any of your groups just drag and drop items from your library into any of your group libraries and subcollections. Below you can see an image of your groups inside Zotero.
Your group can be published as a web page, either public or private. I am really looking forward to trying this out (and reporting back here at Nerdlets). The promise for teaching is extraordinary! It could provide a whole new level of interaction in the classroom, not to mention among colleagues and fellow researchers.
Other features are also in the works:
As we refine this beta release, the Zotero team will roll out its recommendation engine, a storage solution for sharing attached files, more ways to navigate through collections online, and the ability to view feeds from public groups and libraries.
Stay tuned for updates. I look forward to posting a full review and guide in the near future.
You can get the latest release here. I have a quick-start guide posted here.






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