Yes, a partner in crime has asked a similar question in the bepress list and I've been talking to a Zotero developer as well. Once I get this pieces into context, I will definitely share back with the rest of the list. It's the least I can do. Much thanks all On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM, lindsey danis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is a discussion on this topic right now in the Digital Commons > Google Group, fyi. > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Sam Kome <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > At some point bring it back to the list, please. Enquiring minds want to > > know... > > > > Thanks, > > > > SK > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > Roy Tennant > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:44 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Citation manager --> ??? --> BePress Bulk-upload > > Excel spreadsheet > > > > Mita, > > A while back (I mean at least six years ago) I wrote some code to take > > citations downloaded from an index provider, reformat them into bepress > > spreadsheet format, and bulk upload them. The purpose of the project was > to > > identify published articles by University of California faculty, email > them > > that we had citations of their work in our system, and wouldn't they like > > to upload their copy of their article into the repository? I don't have > the > > numbers on that project, but I recall that it did boost submissions. > > > > Unfortunately, I think the code, which was likely crappy anyway, has long > > since moldered to dust on a server somewhere that I no longer have access > > to, but I can put you in touch with someone at UC who might be doing > > something like this. I'll email you off-list. > > Roy > > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Mita Williams <[log in to unmask] > > >wrote: > > > > > We're trying to figure out a workflow for our BePress IR and was > > > curious if anyone in code4libland has developed "something" (an Excel > > > macro? a Zotero export function?) that could take formatted citations > > > and put them in the proper order so they could be bulk added to the > > > BePress bulk upload Excel spreadsheet. Or perhaps there's an > > > altogether different way of going about collecting, formatting, and > > adding such things for BePress. > > > > > > Everything counts in large amounts. > > > Mita > > > > > >