Can't save records from library database AND saved records are incorrect

jahardin

Hello all,

I just upgraded to beta 2.0b6.3 and I am no longer able to save records from my University of Illinois catalog database. Either no blue book appears in the Firefox location bar OR if a book does appear and I try to save to my library, an empty red outlined box appears in the zotero pane and nothing is saved. This catalog database is using Voyager 2. There are no error messages reported. This catalog database is the same database I have been using for more than a year without problems.

I also noticed last week that no book icon appears in the firefox location bar when using a Voyager library maintained by the National Park Service.

Finally, when I save items from Amazon.com and other recognized repositories, the publisher and place information either is not saved or is saved in the wrong fields. I'm becoming wary of using Zotero beta with all of these new bugs.

Please let me know if I can provide further information to try and track down what the problem is with my Zotero.

Best,
Jennifer

jahardin

Bump - is there anyone out there who can speak to this issue or direct me another forum discussion, if necessary?

Thanks,
Jennifer

dstillman

It looks like the translator for Voyager 7 (which is what library.illinois.edu is running) was missing from Zotero 2.0 for some reason. I've added it via the repository, so Zotero clients should auto-update within 24 hours, or you can update manually by clicking Update Now in the General pane of the Zotero prefs. However, the translator wasn't working for me on the University of Illinois catalog when I checked a couple days ago. Unfortunately the catalog is down at the moment, so I can't test it. However, the alternative VuFind interface, which Zotero has a translator for, appears to work. When the main catalog is back up, we can see if something needs to be fixed.

The National Park Service uses the standard Voyager translator and works fine for me. Please provide example URLs that aren't working for you.

Amazon doesn't provide the place of publication, and never has.

If you have other specific examples of things not working, please provide URLs.

jahardin

Thank you so much for the response.

I tried the NPS library site again this morning and it is now working for me - THANK YOU! Previously, there was either no icon in the address bar OR no place information was transferred.

I do know that Amazon.com doesn't include place information, which is why I try to rely on the University of Illinois and Illinois (I-Share) consortium catalogs. However, the VuFind information downloads incorrectly placing extra characters in fields and also putting place information in the publisher field and no information at all in the place field. Both publisher and place are provided in VuFind. Here is a link where I have had this problem:

http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Record/uiu_685433

As to the University of Illinois catalog, nothing is translating. When I tried to update my translators, I got the "up to date" message. Here is a link to a record in the catalog that I tried to save to my Zotero library and just received the empty red box:

https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=196&recCount=10&recPointer=2&bibId=4141732&searchType=7

I'm wondering if I have something corrupt in my Zotero program...

Thank you for your help on this. Please do let me know if you discover anything else that may explain why I am having so many issues.

All the best,

Jennifer

adamsmith

I can confirm issue number 1 (i.e. consistently wrong imports from vufind
here's another example
http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf/Record/uiu_3370902
interestingly (and also as a nice workaround for you)
if you import from the search results (by clicking the folder and then checking the items to import) the import works fine, e.g. here:
http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf/Search/Home?lookfor=thelen&type=all&start_over=1&submit=Find
or here for the Bourdieu
http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/Search/Home?lookfor=a+social+critique+of+the+judgement&type=all&start_over=1&submit=Find
(though this one doesn't import a place, but at least it get Harvard U Press correctly)

The link for issue number 2 is broken for me, so I can't check for that.

dstillman

However, the VuFind information downloads incorrectly placing extra characters in fields and also putting place information in the publisher field and no information at all in the place field.

Report this to them. They're providing incorrect COinS data on the article pages. The COinS data on the search results pages is correct, as adamsmith notes.

As to the University of Illinois catalog, nothing is translating.

We'll fix this. It's something particular the site is doing and doesn't have anything to do with Zotero 2.0, as Zotero 1.0 fails too. Ticket created.

dowens

I can confirm that it isn't a Zotero 2.0 issue, having tried it with v. 1 as well. Aside from testing, is there anything one can do? I'm not sure I have time to learn the minimal JavaScript to help with coding, but perhaps in the future...

Bionatsci

@ dowens

If you are talking in general terms, rather than just about this specific issue see:

http://www.zotero.org/getinvolved/

dstillman

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/7536/voyagerwebvoyage-library-catalog/#Item_12