Having Problems Importing with Worldcat Discovery SBTS

jford766 · December 2, 2020

I am currently having problems importing data with the worldcat discovery system used at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Here is my debug ID#: D1093563633

Here is the URL: https://sbts.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=reading+backwards+AND+hays&scope=wz:430&sortKey=BEST_MATCH&clusterResults=off#/oclc/871062806

The message simply reads "A error has occurred while saving this item. Please see troubleshooting for help."

dstillman · December 4, 2020

Translation using WorldCat Discovery Service failed:
HTTP GET https://sbts.on.worldcat.org/share/citation.ris?oclcNumber=871062806&databaseIds=638 failed with status code 500

This is an error from WorldCat. You'll need to report this to your IT department or to WorldCat. You'll likely get the same error trying to export a RIS file directly from the WorldCat site.

This is a fairly common problem, unfortunately — see another report yesterday. (I don't think it's limited to non-English versions of WorldCat, though, as @adamsmith suggests there.)