#Agenda for the Zotero Workshop at Cornell, November 20–21, 2014#
This is a tentative agenda. The workshop is small and interactive and we can shorten or extend modules as corresponds to participants' interests and needs.
##Thursday November 20##
###9–9:20 Introduction and Expectations###
- Introduction and Overview
- Additional Agenda Reguest
- Installing Zotero
- The Zotero Client Interface
- Collecting
- Organizing
- Preferences etc.
- Syncing, Groups, and the Zotero Website
- The Word Processor plugins
###Lunch Break: 1:00–2:00###
###2:00–3:30 Teaching & Supporting Zotero###
- What should we teach?
- Tips, tricks, and experiences
- Basic DIY troubleshooting in Zotero
- Supporting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
- What makes FOSS different?
- Using the Zotero Forum effectively
- Zotero and the Competition
- Zotero's main competitors
- Supporting Zotero alongside other Software
- Migrating to and from Zotero from other Software
###3:40–5:00 Working###
##Friday November 21## ###3:40–5:00 Editing Styles###
- A brief introduction to the Citation Style Language (CSL)
- The structure of a CSL citation style
- Editing our own CSL styles with the Columbia University/Mendeley Visual Editor.
###9–10:00 Getting to Know Zotero Users###
- Who benefits from using Zotero?
- How would they use Zotero?
- How can we reach them?
###10:10–11:40 Writing Translators using the Framework###
- Understanding different translator types
- Xpaths and Website Structure
- Writing our own "scraper" translator using framework
###11:45–12:45 Teaching Zotero###
- What should we teach?
- How do we promote Zotero sessions?
- Tips, tricks, and experiences
###Lunch break 12:45–1:45###
###1:45–3:15 The Zotero Universe###
- Zotero's components and how they relate
- Beyond Zotero Central
- Plugins (Zotfile, Quicklook, Papermachine and more)
- Multilingual Zotero
###3:20–4:30 Supporting Zotero###
- Basic DIY troubleshooting in Zotero
- Supporting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
- What makes FOSS different?
- Using the Zotero Forum effectively
- Zotero and the Competition
- Zotero's main competitors
- Supporting Zotero alongside other Software
- Migrating to and from Zotero from other Software
###4:30–5:00 Wrapping up, feedback, staying in touch###