[Papyrus-L] Searchable bibliographies on the wire

[Raisa Deber]

If you're talking about your department (rather than on the web per  
se), you can put Papyrus itself, an instruction file, and the .bb  
files.  People so wishing can install Papyrus on their own machine,  
and search the bibliography.  (It may also be possible to search from  
the server, but we don't do it that way because we don't know how to  
manage multiple users.)   In my own research group, we've rebranded  
Papyrus as a WIKI, and suggested that users can separate two  
functions - the searchable bibliography database, and the ability to  
text extract.  We have one master file, which we maintain centrally.   
All corrections, additions, etc. go there.  On a regular basis (in  
our case, at the end of the day), we create backup files, and post  
the bb files to the departmental server.  Anyone wanting to use it  
copies the bb files to their hard drive, and restores from backup.

This means that people wishing to use Endnote (or any other reference  
manager) can generate output files and automatically input the  
relevant references into Endnote.  We suggest using keywords (in our  
case, RESEARCHER-WHOEVER and PROJECT-WHATEVER) if people want to  
create subsets rather than transferring over the entire bibliography  
(we're now over 18,000 references).  We also use the papyrus number  
to label electronic copies of the files, which are also on the server  
(separated into CAN CIRC and RESTRICTED directories to ensure we  
respect copyright).

I've got a "how to" manual, if you're interested; email me.
Now, if you want the general public to be able to search the web  
site, this won't do it.
Hope this helps.
Raisa Deber
On 19-Sep-08, at 10:45 AM, Christopher K. Starr wrote:


> Dear Friends,

>

> Here is a question that some of you have undoubtedly already  

> resolved: How do I go about putting a Papyrus-generated  

> bibliography on my department's webpage in searchable form?  I have  

> two specialized bibliographies, one amounting to about 280 and the  

> other to about 1600 references.  Each of them is probably far  

> better than what anyone else has generated in those particular  

> areas, so it makes sense to put them up there for everyone.  Simply  

> putting it up as a word-processed bibliography would be very easy,  

> but at least in the case of the longer bibliography it would be of  

> rather limited use.  I admit that I am at best semi-literate in  

> these things, a competent Papyrus user but nearly clueless at  

> putting anything on the wire.  I admit that I haven't examined the  

> company's site with this question in mind, so it may be that  

> instructions are already there (if I could make any sense of them).

>

> If any of you who has already had occasion to learn how to do this  

> would like to take me under her/his wing and instruct me over the  

> next month or so, much obliged.  That is, however, a tall order, so  

> I will be happy with whatever advice I can get.

>

> Please note that I am about to go over to Tobago for the next six  

> days -- it's not what you think; I will be in the woods, collecting  

> bugs, and not lounging on the beach -- during which I will be out  

> of electronic contact.  I mention this in case anyone responds  

> swiftly and then wonders why I stay silent.

>

> Regards,

> Chris

>

> Christopher K. Starr

> Dep't of Life Sciences

> University of the West Indies

> St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

> http://www.sta.uwi.edu/fsa/lifesciences/

>

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Raisa Deber, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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