As the Zotero team diligently works on implementing a variety of exciting new features, we are proud to report that there are now over one hundred institutions recommending Zotero to their users. Some institutions, like MIT, have developed their own web tutorials on using Zotero, and others, like Rice University’s Fondren Library, are offering Zotero workshops for students and faculty. If we have missed your institution’s recommendation of Zotero or you would like help in developing a workshop or web tutorial for your users, please feel free to contact campus-reps[at}zotero.org. And if your institution does not yet recommend Zotero or offer Zotero instruction, please consider sending a note about how much you love Zotero to your favorite librarian or IT staff member.

We are excited to announce the launch of Zotero 1.5 Sync Preview, which introduces a powerful slate of new features, including:

• Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers. For example, sync your PC at work with your Mac laptop and your Linux desktop at home.
• Free automatic backup of your library data on Zotero’s servers.
• Support for thousands of existing Endnote’s export styles. While the CSL styles utilized by Zotero are a much more robust and powerful long-term solution for styling references, we are happy to offer users the ability to use Endnote styles where there are currently no available CSLs.
• A new style manager allowing you to add and delete CSLs and legacy style formats.
• Preliminary support for local sharing of collections through ZeroConf on OS X. Other platforms and full support to come with the final release of Zotero 1.5.

This major milestone for the project requires Firefox 3, so before you try it out be sure to upgrade Firefox as well.

We are excited to announce the release of Zotero 1.0.6. The 1.0.6 launch coincides with the launch of Firefox 3 and marks the first fully supported version of Zotero for Firefox 3.

Zotero 1.0.6 makes it easier than ever to integrate notes from your Zotero library into your writing work flow. You can now drag-and-drop notes into any text field on your system. In addition to this enhancement, the release comes with over a dozen new translators, including translators for the Boston Globe and the National Library of Australia, and enhancements to many existing translators. Zotero 1.0.6 also includes a number of bug fixes, addressing translator errors, report sorting, and word processor communication errors, among other issues. Finally, Zotero is now fully functional in Finnish, Slovak and Thai, bringing the total number of languages Zotero runs in to 34.

Take a look at the changelog for a complete list of changes.

We are excited to announce the release of Zotero 1.0.4. This release offers UI improvements, enhancements to word processor integration, and stronger support for campus proxy systems, along with a number of other features and bug fixes. See the changelog for the full list of changes.

One of the most exciting new features in 1.0.4 is compatibility with Firefox 3. Feel free to give Zotero a test on Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1! Please note, however, that we can only offer full support for the final release of Firefox 3.0, which is expected to be released by the end of June 2008. With this qualification, early adopters of Firefox 3 are encouraged to use Zotero and report any problems they encounter in the forums.

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 and earlier have known incompatibilities with Zotero and are not recommended.