Here's a patch to fix the problem with all Israeli universities (or at least every one that I checked). Please put it into the repository if it doesn't break anything:

p.s.
It seems to me like the variable nonstandard and all references to it can be safely removed, but I didn't want to touch them.


--- old_aleph.js 2009-05-01 19:56:34.000000000 +0300
+++ new_aleph.js 2009-05-13 08:42:11.476875000 +0300
@@ -80,9 +80,13 @@
if (prefix == 'x') return namespace; else return null;
} : null;
var nonstandard = false;
+ var th = false;
var xpath;
if (newDoc.evaluate('//*[tr[td/text()="LDR"]]/tr[td[2]]', newDoc, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext()) {
xpath = '//*[tr[td/text()="LDR"]]/tr[td[2]]';
+ } else if (newDoc.evaluate('//*[tr[th/text()="LDR"]]/tr[td[1]]', newDoc, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext()) {
+ xpath = '//*[tr[th/text()="LDR"]]/tr[td[1]]';
+ th = true;
} else if (newDoc.evaluate('//tr[2]//table[2]//tr', newDoc, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext()) {
xpath = '//tr[2]//table[2]//tr[td[2]]';
nonstandard = true;
@@ -97,14 +101,18 @@
var elmt;
var record = new marc.record();
while(elmt = elmts.iterateNext()) {
- if (nonstandard) {
- var field = Zotero.Utilities.superCleanString(newDoc.evaluate('./td[1]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent);
- } else {
- var field = Zotero.Utilities.superCleanString(newDoc.evaluate('./TD[1]/text()[1]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().nodeValue);
- }
- var field = Zotero.Utilities.superCleanString(newDoc.evaluate('./td[1]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent);
+ if (th) {
+ var field = Zotero.Utilities.superCleanString(newDoc.evaluate('./th', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent);
+ } else {
+ var field = Zotero.Utilities.superCleanString(newDoc.evaluate('./td[1]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent);
+ }
if(field) {
- var value = newDoc.evaluate('./TD[2]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent; //.split(/\n/)[1];
+ var value;
+ if (th) {
+ value = newDoc.evaluate('./TD[1]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent; //.split(/\n/)[1];
+ } else {
+ value = newDoc.evaluate('./TD[2]', elmt, nsResolver, XPathResult.ANY_TYPE, null).iterateNext().textContent; //.split(/\n/)[1];
+ }
if (value.split(/\n/)[1]) value = Zotero.Utilities.trimInternal(value.split(/\n/)[1]);
Zotero.debug(field + " : " + value);
if(field == "LDR") {


It would be easier for you to just replace the translator file. Here's the entire patched file:
http://pastebin.com/m51174fbe

The steps you'll need to do (for Zotero 1.5/2.0):
1. Download it and save it somewhere as "Library Catalog (Aleph).js"
2. Locate your data directory (Zotero Prefrences -> Advanced -> Show Data Directory)
3. Replace the aleph file there with the new one.
4. Restart Firefox and pray. :)

In case it doesn't work, you might need to replace the translator file source which is stored as an obscured nnn.js inside a ZIP file in the Zotero extension folder.

In my case it's in:
{Firefox profile dir}\extensions\zotero@chnm.gmu.edu\translator.zip
And Aleph is 151.js (but it used to be 146.js just a few days ago... :/)

Another thing: I think the translator gets deleted every time Zotero updates their translators (which is very often), so the best solution is to just wait until my patch gets incorporated. :)

well I upgraded to zotero 2.04
and did what you saud...

didn't work ...

aleph is still a problem

all the links are not working anymore. do you know when the patch would get accepted into the code?

it's OK now....