Mendeley Talk

1. Supporting the Researcher
Workflow through User-
Centered Design
William Gunn
Head of Academic Outreach
william.gunn@mendeley.com
@mrgunn

2. @litreviewhq I haven't heard of
Mendeley but it could be exactly what
I'm looking for... Thanks!
@enkerli I *love* Mendeley. It's the best
thing that has happened to reference
management since EndNote
Just started using Mendeley. How
come I was never told about such a
great tool?
Just fyi, Mendeley is pretty
awesome on searching
research: http://t.co/l0VoRGU
@AmandaMichelle I love
Mendeley: love the web importer,
use it across devices
(phone/ipad), and to share
readings w/advisors, etc.
#phdchat
I friggin' LOVE
Mendeley!!
http://amplicate.com/love/mendeley

3. Based in London & New York, Mendeley is researchers, graduates
and software developers from...
...backed by co-founders and
former executives of:
Supported by:

4. Supporting the Research Workflow
What problems Mendeley solves
What technology Mendeley uses
How Mendeley compares

5. Connecting Scholars in the Cloud
Research is a social activity, but the
tools and the data aren’t.
Databases have incomplete metadata,
incompatible licenses prevent remixing
and sharing necessary for new insights.
Capture the latent info in their process!

6. Mendeley makes research more collaborative and
transparent:
...and aggregates research
data in the cloud
Mendeley extracts
research data…
Collecting rich signals
from domain experts.

7. What is Mendeley?
Mendeley Web: A research catalog of
250M documents from 2 M
researchers, 170K collaborative groups.
Mendeley Desktop: A bit of software
that organizes PDFs and helps
researchers write papers.

8. Instrumenting the Research
Workflow
Search
Read
Annotate
Organize
Write
Import

9. The workflow starts with finding research
You can also:
lAdd existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases
lSync with other reference management webapps
lUse Mendeley Web Importer to add from online
databases
lAdd from the Mendeley Research Catalog
http://www.mendeley.com/blog/tipstricks/7-ways-to-add-documents-to-mendeley/

10. The workflow starts with finding research
http://www.mendeley.com/import/

11. The workflow starts with finding research
http://www.mendeley.com/blog/tipstricks/7-ways-to-add-documents-to-mendeley/

13. Step 2: Organization in Mendeley Desktop
Library showing all your documents (citation or table view)
Set up and manage your reference groups
Add tags & notes and edit document details
Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or
publications

14. Citing in Word & Open Office
Click on “Insert Citation” in Word

15. Citing in Word & Open Office
Citation will show up based on selected style
Generate a bibliography in one click!
Cite into Google
documents
or other editors by
copy & paste

16. Mendeley Comparison
Why spend money if good free tools exist?
Expensive tools may be overkill for just
collecting papers and inserting citations
Beholden to their existing base, can’t
innovate
Tools of scholarship should be in the hands
of scholars

17. Citation Style Language
CSL is a markup language, like HTML,
but for citation info.
Open format
Tools for scholarly communication by and
for scholars.

18. Citation Style Language
Mendeley…
Implements CSL
Ships with thousands of styles
Develops citation style processor code
Supports community in development of
styles

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthimeria/4037927941/

20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ntenny/2956072015/

21. There is a better way...

23. Mendeley Web is three things…
Crowdsourced catalog of research
A social network of researchers
A web service for research data & stats

24. A real-time view of content usage

25. A real-time view of content usage

26. http://dev.mendeley.com
Tim O’Reilly
O’Reilly Media
Werner Vogels
CTO Amazon.com
James Powell
CTO Thomson Reuters
John Wilbanks
VP Science, Creative Commons
Juan Enriquez
MD Excel Venture Management
Mendeley/PLoS API Binary Battle
$16,001 for the best app

27. ReaderMeter.org

31. We’re in this for the long haul
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertjosiah/4519389115

32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootingbrooklyn/3958188003/

33. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalyan02/4741751904/

34. Add Mendeley to your library website.

35. Integrate set workshops into your curriculum
Email alison.robb@mendeley.com with questions

36. Join Mendeley for Librarians
This is a private librarian-only group for members to share
presentations and documents. Send a message to
alison.robb@mendeley.com for an invitation.