I’m the librarian for the Communication department at GSU. For the last several months I’ve been working on a book about the open-source citation manager Zotero. I’m wondering whether there would be interest in a discussion session about teaching and collaborative applications for Zotero. I’ll bring some sample classroom assignments and collaborative projects that teaching faculty and librarians have shared with me, like the New Orleans Research Collaborative (about which several Emory campers know more than I do), and talk a little about GSU Library’s plans for using Zotero group libraries.
I can start with a demo for those who haven’t used Zotero before. Other discussion points could include advantages and disadvantages of Zotero’s nature as an open-source application, best practices for teaching and supporting Zotero in libraries and in the classroom.
#1 by adellefrank on March 1, 2011 - 9:20 am
Go, open source! I’d be interested, especially in learning about how Zotero is special (or even just about its many features). This could also be part of the Show & Tell/My Favorite Tools conversations, I suspect.
And it will be good to see you again, Jason – it’s been TOO long! Congrats on your book being almost done.
#2 by Jason Puckett on March 1, 2011 - 9:48 am
Yeah, if it’s not a session I’d certainly offer up a quickie demo as part of a Favorite Tools session! Looking forward to seeing you again too, Adelle.
#3 by Pete on March 1, 2011 - 2:13 pm
I have lots of interest in Zotero, especially in its teaching functionality. I would be really interested in going to this session.
#4 by Roger Whitson on March 2, 2011 - 1:11 pm
Zotero’s great. I just finished a Zotero project with my students (based mostly on Brian Croxall’s Zotero Annotated Bibliography), and would be totally interested in this session.
#5 by Katy Crowther on March 2, 2011 - 1:16 pm
I would be very interested in learning more about Zotero and how to use it in the classroom. Roger, I’d love to hear more about how your assignment went.