Here are some quick notes on how BHL could use Mendeley as a "CiteBank". As a repository of bibliographic data If the goal is to assemble a "bibliography of life" then there are various ways this could be done. Taxon-specific bibliographies Create groups that are taxon-specific (or find existing groups in Mendeley.

This week saw the release of two tools from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, CiteBank and the BHL-Europe portal. Both have actually been quietly around for a while, but were only publicly announced last week.In developing a new tool there are several questions to ask. Does something already exist that meets my needs? If it doesn't exist, can I build it using an existing framework, or do I need to start from scratch?

One of my hobby horses is the disservice taxonomic databases do their users by not linking to original scientific literature.