How to Back up Scribe to Zotero

nsalomone

I'm one of those weirdos who far and away prefers Scribe to Zotero. However, I was told that you can back up Scribe to Zotero. That sounds like it would be way easier than my current back up plan.

My question is how do you do it? I know about the '&' bug. But, I'm trying to figure out the process of actually backing up my 400+ scribe notes to Zotero.

Can someone point me in the right direction, please?

--N

bwiernik

You will probably have better luck getting help from Scribe's forums or similar support.

Zotero can import a variety of formats (https://www.zotero.org/support/getting_stuff_into_your_library), so you will want to see what sort of export formats Scribe has.

adamsmith

(Scribe was in many ways Zotero's predecessor, also developed by CHNM -- back when RR was alive and not part of the center's name. I don't think there is any support for it anymore)

@nsalomone you've seen this? Does that not work? https://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scribe/scribetozotero.php

nsalomone

@Bwiernik - There isn't anything on the Scribe forums or else I would have been backing it up that way since I started using Scribe over a year ago... and thus would not be here.

@adamsmith - Unfortunately that did not work. But that's fine.. I'm only 6 years away from my terminal degree - and 4.5 years in. I have something that works. Unfortunately, it's just not Zotero - which is only unfortunate because it means I have to travel with my laptop EVERYWHERE.

At least I have a back up plan that has worked for over 500 note cards, pictures, and sources so far.

C'est la vie. Thank you for helping.

adamsmith

We can certainly try to help and see if we can get this to work, but "that did not work" isn't specific enough. What exactly happened?