Please post some links to library catalogs using this system. If we can get a set of different libraries we can think about abstracting a translator that can work across them.
Just a head start for anybody who takes on writing a translator for this. Encore sits on top of a "Classic Catalog" and gets info from it. I checked 5 of the Encore catalogs mentioned in the ticket and all of them linked from the Encore display of a title to the classic catalog display. Also, all of the catalogs worked with Zotero in their classic form, though you might need to click on the MARC link first. So a translator that found Encore could look for the classic catalog and get info from there. Of course, we users can do the same until an Encore Translator is created.
For a new library search system, Encore seems pretty weak when it comes to integration... Some of the Encore installations have Refworks integration, but not all of them. The approach of going to the Classic Catalog and getting MARC data works, but the underlying catalogs vary too much for a translator for all Encore systems to do that automatically.
If possible, some Encore libraries should contact their reps at the company to ask for metadata export. Otherwise, the basic data is presented fairly consistently on the result pages-- I can make a translator in a few weeks or so when I have more time.
rschellenberg (and others) - update your translators (general tab of Zotero prefs).
Encore libraries should have started working last week - I committed a translator on October 23. I tried with the Fresno catalog, e.g. here:
http://encore.fresno.edu/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1260269__Sargentina__P0%2C5__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
and that works fine for me.
Any problems please provide specific links.
http://encore.luther.edu/iii/encore/app
http://discover.lib.msu.edu/iii/encore/app
http://encore.unl.edu/iii/encore/app
Thanks!
CUHK's Library
http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/screens/cat2.html
HKU's Library
http://encore.hku.hk/iii/encore/Home,$Search.form.sdirect?formids=target&lang=eng&suite=def&reservedids=lang,suite&target=
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
http://encore.sim.ucm.es
http://encore.lib.gla.ac.uk/iii/encore/home?lang=eng
http://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/
thx
Think of it as a "don't forget" note for program developers.
thx
http://library.uri.edu/
http://sallypro.sandiego.edu/iii/encore/home?lang=eng
If possible, some Encore libraries should contact their reps at the company to ask for metadata export. Otherwise, the basic data is presented fairly consistently on the result pages-- I can make a translator in a few weeks or so when I have more time.
Encore libraries should have started working last week - I committed a translator on October 23. I tried with the Fresno catalog, e.g. here:
http://encore.fresno.edu/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1260269__Sargentina__P0%2C5__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=cobalt
and that works fine for me.
Any problems please provide specific links.