Innovative Interfaces Polaris OPAC....

ChristopherGwyn
The OPAC at the library I work at is not at all Zotero-friendly. The url is http://www.clan.lib.nv.us/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=53.1033.0.0.1 Apparently it is an installation of the Innovative Interfaces "Polaris".... I am new at this library and will need to be very persuasive in order to get these changes made....and the simpler it is to make them the easier it will be.... So, what do I need to find out, and where can I get that information, in order to get the NSLA OPAC to be Zotero-friendly?
  • adamsmith
    we have an open ticket for Polaris catalog translator:
    https://github.com/zotero/translators/issues/657
    I can't promise when we get to that, though. Could be weeks, could be years.
    If you or someone at work has some javaScript skills, you could do this yourself and make it available to all Zotero users. We'd be happy to help if you run into trouble.

    I doubt there is an easy way to make a Polaris catalog Zotero ready otherwise, though you can have a look at https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/exposing_metadata and then ask the vendor or a relevant forum/listserv (the one that's by far the most likely option here is COinS. There's practically no chance any of the other options are available).
  • ChristopherGwyn
    Thank you. I do not - at this moment - have any javaScript skills of any sort....but acquiring them, or finding some willing person with them, is not known to be impossible.... I shall continue poking at this!
  • aurimas
    We added support for Polaris. You can update your translators via Preferences -> General -> Update Now, restart your browser, and give it a go.

    Let us know if you run into any issues.
  • ChristopherGwyn
    The first time I tried it in Firefox it did not work, after I closed and reopened Firefox a second time it worked, and seems to work just fine!

    When I tried it using Zotero Standalone and Google Chrome all I have been able to do is a 'Zotero Snapshot', which saves only the name of the website and the link to that particular title.

    So, vast significant improvement for which I am very grateful....but not yet ubiquitously perfect. Thank you very much for doing this!

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