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I, Librarian - open-source version of a PDF managing SaaS.

5.11.0

7 months ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

New

  • small UI changes

Bug fixes

  • PDF viewer UTF-8 text extraction bug fixed
  • Pubmed and Crossref import improvements
  • improved security of supplementary file handling

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.10.4

11 months ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

Security vulnerabilities

  • stored XSS in dashboard was fixed by commit 187e5ff4f413047fb522a9ab24c3c42555d7cfe7
  • reflected XSS in advanced search was fixed by commit 3f2c64768a70fc0d529bc29d47bc706ecf26314e

responsibly reported by @7a6163

Bug fixes

  • improved compatibility with PHP 8.2
  • misc. small improvements, and obscure bug fixes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.10.3

1 year ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.4+.

Bug fixes

  • co-authors with the same name bug fix #87
  • advanced search with OR boolean glue bug fix
  • PDF viewer case insensitive search bug fix
  • misc. small improvements, and code changes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.4+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 20.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 20.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.4+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.4+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.10.1

1 year ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

New

  • users, in addition to admins, can delete items
  • users, in addition to admins, can search and delete duplicated items
  • added import panel to dashboard
  • removed stats panel from dashboard
  • all files for uploads can be selected by drag and drop
  • URL links added to item summary list
  • citation key can be updated with a button click in Item summary #72
  • misc. small improvements

Bug fixes

  • Bibtex import bug fix #66
  • PHP 8.1 compatibility bug fixes #68
  • misc. bug fix #71
  • advanced search bug #76
  • misc. smaller bug fixes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.9.3

2 years ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

  • manual upload bug fix #63

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.9.2

2 years ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

  • offline export bug fix #58

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.9.1

2 years ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

  • PDF viewer image cropping bug fix

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.9.0

2 years ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

New

  • better quality PDF rendering in Webkit browsers
  • items can be displayed in a new table view

Bug fixes

  • PHP8 bug fix #56

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.8.0

3 years ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

New

  • a list of titles in the single item view helps to quickly switch between items in the current list
  • added filtering based on the publication type
  • added option to re-scan PDF for a DOI in Item summary
  • added tagging to Internet search workflow
  • improved tag filtering
  • improved PDF viewer search, multiple word searches now highlight phrases as in other PDF viewers
  • added note and search result indicators in the PDF viewer
  • added option for underlined highlights in the PDF viewer
  • added option for various keyword separators during manual import
  • added option to export to Bibtex without abstracts
  • Latex single letter capitalization protection
  • LDAP case-insensitive login

Bug fixes

  • integer out of range on 32-bit platforms bug fix #53
  • duplicated keyword import bug fix
  • unsupported files not deleted from data folder
  • prevent sign-in before CSRF token is loaded
  • client URL scheme not detected when using reverse proxy
  • fixed incorrect PDF page rendering when MediaBox or CropBox had negative coordinates
  • fixed incorrect PDF page rendering when CropBox was smaller then MediaBox

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

5.7.2

3 years ago

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

  • fixed a bug where export was limited to 999 items on some platforms #51

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+) Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+) Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable) 64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.