Add Link to File in Group Libraries

tim.sockel

I read here: https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#linked_files that linked files can't be used in group libraries, because they are probably not available to all group members. Now, in my case, this is exactly what I want to achieve. I want to link the file, so that members of my group library see that the file to an entry exists. But only people working at the computer where the file is actually stored can open it.

I didn't really get if ZotFile does give an opportunity to do that or not. If not, is there a workaround for this?

adamsmith

Definitely nothing with Zotfile, which just doesn't work for groups, and at least I'm not aware of any other workaround

nicolas.lienart

I support this suggestion to make Zotero support linked files within group library.
In my case people can download a copy of the PDF file and add annotations on it that would not be shared across the group.
Zotero should just warn about the fact that linked files "are probably not available to all group members".