That would be awesome!!
See you on Thursday,
- Ian
On 20 July 2010 16:33, Mahendra Mahey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ian do you want a slot in the programme?
>
> See:
>
> http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/devcsi/reading_lists/programme/index.html
>
> Say from 16.15 on day 1?
>
> On 20/07/2010 15:59, Ian Mulvany wrote:
>>
>> Also, to further what William mentioned, I'll be attending the event,
>> and I hope that I can help out with the Mendeley API.
>>
>> - Ian
>>
>> On 20 July 2010 15:40, William Gunn<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> If anyone needs help with getting access to the Mendeley API or using the
>>> citation style language, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
>>>
>>> --
>>> William Gunn | Community Liaison | +1 646 755 9862
>>> www.mendeley.com/profiles/william-gunn
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:14 AM, O.Stephens<[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For those who are coming to the Reading List Hackday on Thursday/Friday
>>>> this week, and for those who are generally interested, here are some
>>>> general
>>>> notes about getting up and running with the software we've developed as
>>>> part
>>>> of the TELSTAR project at the Open University. If you are coming along
>>>> on
>>>> Thursday/Friday and you are interested in playing around with TELSTAR
>>>> code,
>>>> it might be a good idea to see if you can get some of the basic
>>>> installation
>>>> done beforehand (although of course you can do it on the day)
>>>>
>>>> The TELSTAR project developed an integration between the Moodle online
>>>> learning environment software, and the RefWorks Reference Management
>>>> software. The TELSTAR software is Open Source and hosted on Google Code
>>>> at
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/telstar/. Although version 1.0 of the software
>>>> is
>>>> available in a zipped format, we'd recommend using the SVN repository
>>>> (http://code.google.com/p/telstar/source/checkout) as some known bugs
>>>> have
>>>> been fixed in this code. (a new version in zipped format should be
>>>> available
>>>> before the end of July)
>>>>
>>>> The Google Code site includes instructions on how to install the
>>>> software,
>>>> but assumes you are familiar with the Moodle software. The software
>>>> should
>>>> work with a 'vanilla' Moodle 1.9.x install running on MySQL. You can
>>>> download the latest version of Moodle at http://moodle.org/downloads/.
>>>> Since
>>>> Moodle requires a webserver, PHP and MySQL to run, from the same page
>>>> you
>>>> can also download completely packages which will install everything for
>>>> you
>>>> in one go if that is more convenient.
>>>>
>>>> Once you've got a working Moodle install, the TELSTAR software is pretty
>>>> simple to install - just work your way through the instructions at
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/telstar/wiki/Install_readme
>>>>
>>>> The TELSTAR project has specifically integrated the RefWorks reference
>>>> management software, and for most of the functionaility requires access
>>>> to
>>>> the RefWorks API to work properly. To get access to the Refworks API you
>>>> need an institutional subscription and need to complete some paperwork -
>>>> you
>>>> will need to contact your local RefWorks representative for this.
>>>> However,
>>>> there are bits that work without RefWorks, so it isn't absolutely
>>>> essential
>>>> to get the software up and running.
>>>>
>>>> This brings me to the hackday - we have a couple of 'bounties' (prizes)
>>>> we'd like to offer for work in two areas - the first relatively
>>>> straightforward and the second more challenging:
>>>>
>>>> 1) The 'reading list' side of TELSTAR works by importing lists of
>>>> references into a Moodle 'Resources Page' (which can include a variety
>>>> of
>>>> 'resources' including references, but also including any html, headings,
>>>> links etc. that you want). At the moment TELSTAR support import of
>>>> references in RefWorks XML and RIS file format. It also allows supports
>>>> the
>>>> ability to subscribe to an RSS feed of References generated by the
>>>> RefWorks
>>>> RefShare service. We'd like to offer a bounty on work to allow import
>>>> and/or
>>>> subscription to a wider range of sources. For example, add support for
>>>> CiteULike Library RSS Feeds (e.g.
>>>> http://www.citeulike.org/rss/group/150) so
>>>> these could be used alongside RefShare RSS feeds.
>>>>
>>>> 2) As noted above, currently TELSTAR relies on RefWorks for much of its
>>>> functionality. One particular area is in 'styling' the reference (e.g.
>>>> into
>>>> MLA, Chicago or an appropriate Harvard style) for display. This is done
>>>> in
>>>> several areas, including when displaying references in the Resources
>>>> Page
>>>> (as described in (1) above). We'd like to off a bounty on work to offer
>>>> 'styling' of references without using RefWorks. An example might be
>>>> using
>>>> the 'Citation Styling Language' (CSL) used by both Zotero and Mendeley
>>>> (see
>>>> http://xbiblio.sourceforge.net/csl/). An alterative approach might be to
>>>> dispense with the 'reference styling' and simply enable a simple display
>>>> of
>>>> 'reading list' items when no reference styling is available.
>>>>
>>>> The prizes will be modest, and I'll post the details once we have them.
>>>>
>>>> I'Hope this is enough to get people up and running, and thinking about
>>>> what might be achieved.
>>>>
>>>> The best place to ask questions about the software, or anything related
>>>> to
>>>> it's installation and implementation is the Google Group at
>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/TELSTAROU
>>>>
>>>> In summary, if you would like to make use of the TELSTAR software:
>>>>
>>>> Download the software from http://code.google.com/p/telstar/
>>>> Contact RefWorks for access to their API
>>>> Follow the installation instructions at
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/telstar/wiki/Install_readme
>>>> Ask questions etc. at http://groups.google.com/group/TELSTAROU
>>>>
>>>> Owen
>>>>
>>>> Owen Stephens
>>>> TELSTAR Project Manager
>>>> Library and Learning Resources Centre
>>>> The Open University
>>>> Walton Hall
>>>> Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
>>>>
>>>> T: +44 (0) 1908 858701
>>>> F: +44 (0) 1908 653571
>>>> E: [log in to unmask]
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