Import documents folder
New Feature: Zotero looks as what I need to manage my collection of papers. However I have already a collection of papers stored as PDF in folder tree, per category. In order to start using Zotero I need first to import my existing papers I organized for years. For this it would be of great help an import functionality that parses all papers, read title/authors, search the web for the full Bib, and create new items in Zotero with the same structure. Would this be doable any time soon?
If you want, you can make collections in Zotero to mimic your existing file structure. Personally, I use tags instead of collections for topics/categories and reserve collections to organize items associated with specific projects.
https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-folder-import
The related discussion is here:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/81329/create-zotero-library-using-disk-directory-structure