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Zotero

Digital Scholar
United States of America
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Mission

Digital Scholar is dedicated to launching, supporting, and sustaining critical open-source infrastructure for the digital humanities through responsible stewardship and ethical business practices. In doing so, DS is devoted to defending the right of the public to obtain, develop, and distribute free and open source software, and to supporting FOSS projects as they pursue sustainability.

Technical Attributes

Maintenance Status

Actively Maintained

Open Code Repository

Implemented
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Technical Documentation

Implemented
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Code License

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Open API

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Technical Attribute Statements

Technology Readiness Level

  • Actual system proven in operational environment

Code Licenses Used

  • GNU General Public License (GPL)

Standards

Metadata

  • Dublin Core
  • JSON
  • MARC
  • MARC XML
  • MODS
  • RDF
  • REST
  • RIS

Persistent Identifier

  • OpenURL

Hosting Options

  • Through solution only

Integrations

  • arXiv
  • bioRxiv
  • medrXiv
  • OpenEdition

Community Engagement

Code of Conduct

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Community Engagement

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Community Statements

User Contribution Pathways

  • Contribute funds
  • Contribute to code
  • Contribute to documentation

Community Engagement Activities

  • Blogs
  • Mailing lists and discussion forums (including Slack)
  • Social media
  • Staff roles with responsibility for community engagement

Policies & Governance

Governance Summary

Zotero is a hosted project of Digital Scholar, a non-stock corporation in the United States that follows 501(c)3 guidelines in its operations.

Policies

Bylaws

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Commitment to Equity & Inclusion

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Privacy Policy

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Web Accessibility Statement

Implemented
Applies to Solution
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Governance Records

In Progress

Governance Structure & Processes

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Transparent Pricing and Cost Expectations

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Policy Statements

Board Structure

  • Advisory board or steering committee

Board Level

  • Provider

Community Governance

  • Ad hoc

Additional Information

Organizational History

Zotero was initially launched in 2006 from the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. In 2009 the nonprofit corporation Digital Scholar was founded to operate Zotero's business model and to continue developing Zotero's platforms and services independently. Digital Scholar is a non-stock corporation that follows 501c3 guidelines in its operations.

Organizational Structure

Business or Ownership Model

Fiscal sponsorship (non-profit)

Current Affiliations

No affiliations

Funding

Primary Funding Source

  • Program service revenue

Funding Needs

Zotero has been independent and sustainable since 2013, through proceeds from responsibly-priced add-on services.
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