Collaborating & Sharing Through Groups
Groups allow you to collaborate with other Zotero users through a shared Library. For a new group, one group member will initiate setting up a group and send an email invitation for other users to join.
- Create your Zotero group
- Go to Zotero.org and select the Groups tab in the header.
- Click on Create a New Group
- Choose a name for your group and select a Group Type
- Zotero has three group types
- Public, Open group: anyone online can view and join your group
- Public, Closed group: anyone online can view your group, but needs an invitation from a group admin to join the group
- Private Membership: an invitation from a group admin is required to view and join the group.
- Click on Create Group button
- A new page will appear for you to select your Group Settings
- Save settings
- Select your Group settings
- To set your group settings, click on the Group’s name, and on the following page, click Group Settings
- Note that if you select group file storage, the group library’s storage will pull from the group owner’s storage space (the person who created the group)
- Invite group members
- On the Group Settings page, select Member Settings
- To invite members, click on Send More Invitations
- Once your group is created, there will be a corresponding Group Folder in your Zotero Library.
- You may need to close and reopen Zotero for it to appear.
- There are three roles for users in groups: regular members, administrators, and group owners.
- Administrators can change a group's public/private status, members' roles, and group library settings.
- Group owners have all the same privileges as administrators, but can also delete the group or transfer ownership to another member.
- Users must log in to the zotero.org website to join a group.
- Add references to your group collections (folders).
- This works just like other Zotero folders—drag your references from your Library and place them into the Group Library
