Citero as a ServiceAn Extension of Citero, A Primo “Push To” Option

Hannan Butt

Background

• Primo Version– SP 3.1.4– 4+

• Java 1.6+• JRuby 1.7.4+ (Ruby 1.9.3)• node.js 0.10.26

OPENURL RESOLVER

RIS

BIBTEX

Solution

• One Stop Shop for all your Formats• Citero• Custom Java Library

– Citero Manages Metadata

• Primo “Push To” Plugin– Primo Data To Citero– Citero To Any Format– “Push To” Plugin to download new format

Citero

• CSF – Citero Standard Format– Under the hood only– Use key value pairs!

• JRuby wrapper• node.js wrapper

Solution?

• One Stop Shop for all your Formats– Different systems require different instances– Hard to manage all instances

• Custom Java Library– Problem for Non Java applications

• Primo “Push To” Plugin– Heavily dependent on Primo Installation

Solution!

• Citero as a Service• Runs by itself

– Full RESTful API– Load testing!

• Primo “Push To” Plugin– Primo Data To Citero as a Service– Citero as a Service To

• Any Format• Any Service

OPENURL RESOLVER

RIS

BIBTEX

Citero as a Service

Examples

• Formats– RIS– BibTeX

• Services– EasyBiB– Refworks

Links

• https://github.com/NYULibraries/citero• https://github.com/NYULibraries/

acts_as_citable• https://github.com/NYULibraries/ex_cite• https://github.com/NYULibraries/citero-nod

e• https://github.com/NYULibraries/citero

-express

Roadmap

• CSL– Over 6750 styles

• Next available format– EAD

• Rewrite in pure ruby– Java wrapper– node.js wrapper

• Testing!!

Thank You

Hannan Butt

Web Developer

NYU Division of Libraries

hannan@nyu.edu

Github: hab278