[WEB4LIB] Z39.50 and EndNote

[David Goodman]

What our users like best about Endnote is its seemless integration into word
processing programs, Microsoft Word in particular; it appears on the menus.
Would this be available in your proposed network version? Would the program be
available after users disconnected, while they were working on their papers? 

Kyle Harriss wrote:
> 
>                                         10/26/1998
> Web4Lib Folks,
> 
> I have a rather specific question, so here's the short
> version - hit delete unless the topic is of interest:
> 
>    Looking for seamless way to pull bib records
> 
>      - into personal bibliographic databases
>        (Procite, EndNote)
> 
>      - from online bibliographic databases
>        (Ovid, FirstSearch, etc.)
> 
>      - while validating users for these services
>        (services provided under contract)
> 
>      - and while keeping our passwords for these
>        online databases secure.
> 
> If you are still with me on this, would you take a look
> at the idea outlined below?
> 
>     1. EndNote already has the ability to connect to
>        z39.50 hosts and perform boolean searches..
>        and save either all or selected results directly
>        into an EndNote database.
> 
>        It can also be loaded on a network server with
>        the parameters for specific hosts preconfigured.
>        (The parameters are stored in "connection files")
> 
>        Unfortunately, if the host requires a password,
>        the user (conceivably any of our 7000+ students)
>        can view the password and share it with others.
>        Anywhere in the world.   Large scale use of
>        our passwords by unauthorized persons would
>        wreak havoc with our contracts.
> 
>     2. I'm on the verge of asking Niles Software to create
>        a version of their software targeted for site licenses,
>        with these features..
> 
>        - The creator of a "connection file" can check a box
>          to specify that the password should never be displayed
>          to users, and should be encrypted.
> 
>        - The encryption of the password would be based on
>          the domain-level IP address of the computer on which
>          the connection file was created.  (i.e. 129.212)
> 
>        - Endnote software could only use an encrypted connection
>          file if the computer on which it is running is within
>          the same IP domain.  (Our on campus users, and users
>          connecting through our campus modem pool would be able
>          to use our connection files.)
> 
> Sound workable?  Reasonable?  From your experience at your site,
> would the software publisher find any demand for this feature?
> (Or would I be asking the publisher to add features that no one
> else cares about?)
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David Goodman 
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