Just a little shout out for Biblioscape, which I've used for almost seven years. It was more fully featured (inc. integrated notes, tasks, et al.) when I hopped on board, though Endnote may have caught up. Also, at least at the time, it seemed more intuitive and customizable.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Alex Halavais Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:20 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Cc: aoir list Subject: Re: [Air-l] concerns about new biblio programs
I have been using Endnote off and on for six or seven years. It was never that great, but bibliographic management is one of those applications that often has lock-in, and Endnote is not an exception here. Endnote does allow exporting and importing in a number of formats, though (and I haven't tried this lately), it doesn't make the process easy.
If you are going for staying power, and interoperability, it strikes me that any system that can import and export to BibTeX should work fine. In other words, the only systems you really have to be wary of are those that keep your data in a proprietary format, and it strikes me that open source products are less likely to go that route than many proprietary systems. Like with email clients, the danger of lock-in has more to do with how open the record system is than it does with how open the application itself is.
- Alex
On 10/24/06, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
I'm a little concerned about people getting involved in bibliographic programs which might not be supported in a few years, Open Source or not.
Our investment in building our bibliographies tend to cumulate.
That's why I stick with Endnote, despite its propietary nature. Even after being bought by ISI, it seems to have staying power. And with my 16K items in my bibliography, I'd hate to have to re-enter.
Or am I missing something?
Cheers, Barry Wellman
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