Zotero Storage, Sync, and Group Library

AW.Yapa
Hi Folks, I have a couple of questions related project gonna work on. Would be grateful if someone who is experienced in a similar situation could assist me.

I am working on a project that ultimately wants to give access to all the reference materials online. Currently, I want to share reference materials only with a limited number of members.

I am happy to opt for the Zotero Storage Unlimited package ($120/year).

My questions;

1. If I create a group library, can I sync selected folders in "My Library" with "Group Library"

(Because I do not want to maintain two libraries)

2. When creating a Group Library, If I choose "Private Groups" at the beginning, later in the project can I change it to "Public, Closed Membership" or perhaps "Public, Open Membership"?

Would be really grateful if a similar experience could share. And how to do this.
  • adamsmith
    1. No, not currently. Improved interoperability between groups and personal library is planned, but there's no ETA for this and it's unclear if it's going to include something that works like a full sync.

    2. Yes, though note that public open membership groups don't allow attachments (Public, closed groups do, with attachments only accessible to group members).
  • peterozumurray
    I, too, was hoping to be able to have a Group Library that did at least a one-way pull-sync with the relevant My Library folder (as opposed to a full two-way sync, which I'm not sure I want anyway because I'm pretty protective of my own libraries).

    A step in this direction might be the ability to create an RSS feed for a given folder in My Library. Then the Group Library could follow that RSS feed.

    Is such functionality either planned or possible?

    Thank you!
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