Software: I, Librarian, free software to build PDF library, is available

Martin Kucej • June 26, 2009
Software: I, Librarian, free software to build PDF library, is available
This is to announce that a stable version of I, Librarian, a free application to build web-based library of scientific PDF articles is available for download.

I, Librarian is a feature-rich application that can be used to:

Build either personal or shared (laboratory, departmental) PDF library

Store up to a 100,000 fully annotated PDF files

Batch upload all your existing PDF collection (works well with PubMed stored literature only)

Perform diacritics-neutral searches for words and phrases in reference data

Search for words in PDF full text

Search and seamlessly import data from PubMed, PubMed Central, NASA ADS, arXiv, and HighWire Press

Seamlessly record metadata from PubMed, NASA ADS, arXiv and CrossRef, if PDF contains a DOI or an arXiv ID

Import references from various files, including Endnote, ISI Web of Science, and RIS files from more than a dozen supported web services (Science Direct, Scopus, JSTOR, IEEE Xplore, and more...)

Store attached files, like supplementary data or full resolution figures

Attach personal notes

Access all stored data and PDF files through WWW

Export records into RIS, Endnote, BibTex, CSV and plain text files

Organize your PDFs into multiple categories

Create multiple collaborative projects

Create collaborative groups for a project and discuss your progress using the built-in chat

And more

I, Librarian is a cross-platform application written in PHP, which requires a web server and PHP5 interpreter with built-in SQLite database. Windows installer containing all prerequisites is available.

AVAILABILITY:
I, Librarian for Windows and Linux can be downloaded here: http://bioinformatics.org/librarian

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