Paperpile: Reference management in the age of Google Apps

Presentation from the "Google Apps for Education European User Group meeting" GEUG 2014 in York/UK

Transcript

1. Paperpile Reference management in the age of Google Apps Google Apps for Education European User Group meeting University of York, June 23rd 2014 Stefan Washietl, Founder
2. Reference management: an evolving software category • What is reference management? ◦ Collect and manage references to articles and books and cite them in a word processor ◦ For academics as fundamental as the word processor itself. ◦ Most popular solutions have been designed for the desktop and the web is only an afterthought • 100% of universities are de facto Google Apps institutions ◦ Google Calendar as shared group calendar ◦ Institute emails are forwarded to Gmail ◦ Google Docs is used to collaborate on documents ◦ 60-70% of academics use Chrome as their primary browser 2007 2006 2008 Papers Springer Mendeley Elsevier Zotero George Mason University 2001 1989 EndNote Thomson Reuters RefWorks ProQuest 2011 2012 Chrome OS Google Drive First version of Chrome Chrome most popular browser world-wide
3. A new take on reference management Correct and reliable Intuitive and efficient Enjoyable
4. Collect papers: PDFs
5. Collect papers: Publisher websites
6. Collect papers: Google Scholar
7. Collect papers: PubMed
8. Is PDF Is Website Is database entry Rule based crawling for meta-data Database lookup Find original website Combine results for best possible data Rule based crawling for PDF Download PDF Local cache for immediate viewing Google Drive Persistent storage and universal access Analyze PDF for meta-data Meta-data PDF
9. Publisher coverage
10. Manage papers: Labels
11. Manage papers: Real-time search
12. Manage papers: Share
13. Manage papers: Meta-data
14. Read papers...
15. ... everywhere
16. Collaborative writing: Word+EndNote does not scale
17. Write papers: Citations and Bibliographies
18. Google platform technologies in Paperpile Technology Use and benefits in Paperpile Google Login / OAuth No new passwords at risk, no registration required to try out Paperpile Google Drive Generous storage space (30 GB), data accessible from other applications and on all devices Google Contacts Easy sharing with colleagues whether or not they are using Paperpile AppScript Citations and bibliographies in Google Docs User interface extensions (popup, right-click menu) Context sensitive UI for importing data “Content scripts” Enhance popular databases with import buttons Network APIs Download PDFs from client IP to access restricted resources FileSystem API Quick access to files without re-downloading them again Clipboard API Quick export of formatted references or BibTeX Chrome/Chrome OS APIs
19. We’re just getting started... • Incremental improvements (feature update on average every three weeks) • Site licenses - available August 2014 • PDF annotation - most frequently requested feature • Android app - missing piece in Paperpile’s long term strategy Thank you! Stefan Washietl stefan@paperpile.com Visit us at our table at the Ron Cooke Hub until 5pm Roadmap