I, Librarian
 
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I, Librarian is a free tool to build a web-based annotated library of scientific PDF articles. It is suitable for individuals as well as for small collaborative groups, like science labs or departments. The software is free and installs in less then 5 minutes. Download here

Try I, Librarian, if you want a bibliography manager that is:
  • easy to install, configure, and maintain
  • fast
  • streamlined
  • easy to use

I, Librarian is a PDF manager or PDF organizer, which enables individual researchers or a small group of researchers to create an annotated virtual library of articles in portable document format (PDF). Users may build the virtual library together, and then browse and search articles by words or phrases. In other words, you will have instant access to the full text of the article, which you identified in seconds. By installing I, Librarian, you will build your local web site with a practical environment to work with your PDF files. In addition, you will gain an advanced tool to mine scientific literature from PubMed, PubMed Central, NASA ADS, arXiv, and HighWire Press.


Library structure:
a library structure

Back-end. I, Librarian is written in PHP and stores all PDF annotations in an SQLite database. There is no need for MySQL, so installation and backups are very easy.

News:
Aug-25-2010 A few new features in I, Librarian 2.1 The development of I, Librarian progressed quite a lot during this summer. The following screenshot shows a new feature that I named Omnitool...


May-03-2010 JSTOR search does not work, still beta. You may have noticed that I included JSTOR search into I, Librarian for the folks in social science and mathematics. Unfortunately, only a few days after the release of the 2.0.10, JSTOR changed their XML gateway...



Disclaimer
I, Librarian is free software licensed under GPLv3. The program is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. In no event can the author be liable to you for damages arising out of the use or inability to use this software.


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Credits. I, Librarian is powered by PHP, Apache, SQLite, Xpdf, jQuery and InstallJammer. Project hosting kindly provided by Bioinformatics.Org. The image used on top is from the painting "The Bookworm" by Carl Spitzweg, c. 1850, oil on canvas.