my books come in as web pages in my zotero desktop app

ogary · 2025-08-25T22:05:19+00:00

I go to the LOC to look for a book to add to my collection:
https://search.catalog.loc.gov/instances/ef383833-3f77-586d-97d4-2da3ec44e92f?option=keyword&pageNumber=1&query=0826412769&recordsPerPage=25

I find the title and click on the web Zotero icon, the "add to Zotero" one, but instead of the citation coming in as a book citation as it's always done in the past, now it comes in as a web page and does not bring in any of the book information I need.

I've tried reinstalling Zotero but that didn't work. I've been using Zotero for over 10 yrs but this is the first time I see this hapenning. It's also hapenning on a colleague's comptuer where she also recently installed the Zotero desktop app. We both run Windows 11.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u647526/mu5wg1rbakbr69i4zts1.jpg

poettli · 2025-08-25T22:09:58+00:00

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See adamsmith response below

adamsmith · 2025-08-25T22:27:29+00:00

This one actually: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/125138/connector-parsing-library-of-congress-catalog-items

I have a partial fix for this under review

AbeJellinek · 2025-08-28T14:21:38+00:00

@ogary: We've added support for the new Library of Congress catalog. Your Zotero Connector should auto-update within a few minutes, or you can update translators manually from the Advanced pane of the Zotero settings.

ogary · 2025-08-28T16:46:03+00:00

Oh wow! I just tried it with a LOC book I'd added to my Zotero library yesterday and had to manually add all the components, authors, ISBNs, tags, permalink, etc. When I tried the same ISBN at the LOC just now the citation came in PERFECT!!!! It came in as it should, as a book, with all the correct information coming in correctly. THANK YOU!!! This is a HUGE help that you were able to fix this problem.

ogary · 2025-08-28T16:49:48+00:00

AND I didn't have to do anything manually, which is a good thing because I wouldn't know where to find the "Advanced pane of the Zotero settings" even though I've been a faithful user of Zotero for over 12 yrs now. :-)
All I did was open my Zotero desktop, go to the LOC, enter the ISBN there and when the book came up, clicked the Zotero browser plugin and, voila! the magic I've come to love about Zotero worked seamlessly once more and the citation for the book came into my desktop app perfectly in place. Thanks again.