SIRSIDynix Symphony 3.3.1

chbishop
Indiana University recently upgraded to a new version of SIRSI. The displays in the online catalog looks very different and Zotero is no longer able to translate them. Version 2.0 doesn't show the icon at all. The catalog is used by eight campuses across the state of Indiana. Mississippi State University also uses this version of SIRSI. Here is a link to the catalog http://www.iucat.iu.edu/

Is there any chance of an updated translator for SIRSI Dynix, Symphony 3.3.1?
  • ajlyon
    SIRSI support in Zotero needs some serious work -- the tracking ticket is https://www.zotero.org/trac/ticket/381 , but that doesn't do much but highlight to importance of a fix.

    Thanks for pointing this out-- the translator will be reworked to support the new version, but it may take some effort and time.
  • chbishop
    We have many dedicated Zotero users at Indiana University. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any assistance. We can do testing and possibly help with coding.

    Also, to see a structured MARC record in the Indiana University catalog, click the "Change Display" link at the top of the record and select "Yes" for Unformatted Display, http://bit.ly/bBY55K.
  • eamoone
    the Emory catalog EUCLID -- powered by Sirsi, was just upgraded and the Zotero translator only half works now -- no icon in the address bar when viewing a page of results. However, if you click to view an individual item, the icon appears. Has there been anything done to fix this?

    EUCLID: www.library.emory.edu

    Thanks!!!
  • ajlyon
    This is one of the library catalogs that I need to sit down and work on, but I've been putting it off for some time. I would be very happy to see someone else (like our friends at Indiana?) explore this and fix up the translator.

    Otherwise, I'll try to set aside a day for long-delayed translator fixes at some point in the coming weeks, since a few have caught up with me in the past 8 months or so.
  • eamoone
    That would be great as currently we have two catalog interfaces and zotero only works with single item view of ONE of the two catalogs. Yikes! We have a lot of zotero users here too.
    thanks.
  • ajlyon
    If you have a lot of Zotero users, you may want to speak with your tech team about helping out on the translators or embedding Zotero-readable metadata in your pages (like COinS), so that we can make some progress. These translators are not that hard to write, and anyone with experience customizing OPACs can probably write or fix one in their sleep. They're just simple JavaScript.

    So please feel free to encourage your in-house people to see about helping out-- we're a project run by and for scholars, and I'm sure they'd do at least as well at fixing the translator as would yours truly, a literature grad student halfway across the globe.

    Not that I mind handling these beasts-- I enjoy fixing them. But I would love to see more people explore maintaining them.
  • whikloj
    We had someone bring this to our attention after our switch from SirsiDynix's Web2 to eLibrary web catalogue.

    This is my quick and dirty 1 hour hack to fix it. I will be doing some more work to fine tune it, but I was able to get references to Zotero.

    You have to be comfortable to edit the eLibrary Page Files. If you don't know what these are, then I suggest asking SD why their next generation catalogue has removed the citation information.

    In html_head_tabbed.h around line 85 between this

    <SIRSI_Conditional IF NOT Session="LANG_WRITE_DIR^">
    <SIRSI_Conditional IF Session="LANG_WRITE_DIR^1">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<SIRSI_Data Environ="THEME_RIGHT_TO_LEFT" NORTL>" type="text/css" />> </SIRSI_Conditional>
    </SIRSI_Conditional>


    and this


    </head>



    I added this.


    <SIRSI_Conditional IF Session="STATE^5">
    <SIRSI_Include File="DC_metadata.h">
    </SIRSI_Conditional>


    for reference State #5 is View Item

    Then I added a new file called DC_metadata.h

    <link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" />
    <SIRSI_Conditional IF DC_Exists="IB">
    <meta name="DC.title" content="<SIRSI_Data DC="IB">" />
    </SIRSI_Conditional>
    <SIRSI_Conditional IF DC_Exists="IA">
    <meta name="DC.creator" content=">SIRSI_Data DC="IA">" />
    </SIRSI_Conditional>
    <SIRSI_Conditional IF DC_Exists="Ju">
    <meta name="DC.publisher" content="<SIRSI_Data DC="Ju">" />
    </SIRSI_Conditional>
    <SIRSI_Conditional IF DC_Exists="Jv">
    <meta name="DC.date.issued" content="<SIRSI_Data DC="Jv">" />
    </SIRSI_Conditional>



    This worked, but the DOIs on many of our records fail to transfer and seem to be the first choice for Zotero. But if you right click and choose embedded metadata it imports fine.
  • adamsmith
    edited February 2, 2012
    Zotero will support Sirsi eLibrary soon.
  • cure2209
    Has Zotero completed this work with Sirsi Dynix e-Library? Can data be imported from Sd to Zotero?
    Regards Chris
  • adamsmith
    in general yes. Let us know if you have any trouble, Sirsi implementations may vary.
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