On Apr 15, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Derick Fay wrote: >> > > I wonder if there are simpler solutions. > > How often are you going to type in the full bibliographic record on > the iPhone keyboard while wandering in the stacks? If not, presumably > you'll still need to look it up & it will be easier to add the whole > BibTeX record at once, won't it? I just keep a note "Add to BibDesk" > on my iPhone & periodically add the items noted there. (There are > other alternatives to iPhone app. vs. little slip of paper :) ).
Well, you are right. But it does happen rather often in my case, in fact, that I see something while browsing, and you are right that it would be good enough to just write down the author and title and then look it up using the LOC search or something similar in BD. The biggest problem for me are articles from before 1960 or so, which I often find in a bound volume with something else I am looking for, but can't be looked up anywhere because it's not indexed anywhere. I do have a little notebook that I carry around, and I write down things like this there, so I know that I can usually go back to find something I have recently looked up. But I do end up with lots of notes like "Simpson 1959 [call no.]" that I cannot connect with anything at all . . . if I could I would enter in more info right then and not lose it. > > For viewing and e-mailing records I have a web page formatted with the > iPhone template (see the BibDesk wiki). Adding an add function to the > top of this that would gather input in a form then compose an e-mail > with the BibTeX for a new record would not be difficult. A syncing > Applescript could check for new e-mails from the template (presumably > with a special subject line or something) & add the new records to > BibDesk, and automatically generate a new version of the page and > upload it to a server. > I was thinking of just having a text editor on the iPhone with a blank BibTeX record, that I could use to fill in information, and then save a copy, and email myself the copy, and drag and drop the reference from the email into BD when I got the chance. > Editing is trickier, I think, unless one wants to venture into the new > Safari database functionality... > > Derick > > > >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:14:00 -0400 >> From: "Adam M. Goldstein" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] iphone app >> To: For general discussion about using BibDesk >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes >> >> I would want it to be able to add references to my main BD database, >> for instance, if I am wandering around in the stacks and see a bunch >> of books I want to remember, or if I see an article I want to mark >> down; or, if I am looking up call no info to go find something, and I >> want to add that information to a record, rather than write it down >> on >> a little slip of paper, which I am probably going to lose anyhow; and >> I would want to be able to search my references and look at them (the >> references) much for the same reasons---to find something when I am >> away from my computer. >> >> The iPhone can be used to read papers on, but it's almost not worth >> the effort. >> >> I think searching and editing records is the key. >> >> Adam >> >> On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Michael McCracken wrote: >> >>> This is an honest question, because I don't own an iPhone: >>> >>> What would you want a BibDesk iPhone app to do? >>> >>> I just now looked at the Papers for iphone app, and I guess they >>> think >>> you'll want to search, organize and read your papers on your iPhone. >>> Perhaps. Is the screen really adequate for reading scientific >>> papers? >>> >>> I can see the appeal of not printing out a bunch of papers but still >>> being able to read on a train (they say the beach, and I say they >>> are >>> missing the point of the beach)... >>> >>> But, as others have mentioned, there's a resources problem in >>> getting >>> something like this done. >>> >>> -mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------ Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS -- [email protected] [email protected] http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein -- (914) 637-2717 -- Dept of Philosophy Iona College 715 North Avenue New Rochelle NY 10801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
