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Replace OCLC API-based "Cite" feature with our own version of "Cite"
Background: We currently use an OCLC API-based service for our "Cite" feature. OCLC informed us that as of September 2025 this api will be available only as part of their full discovery api package. We do not want to pay for that package for cite alone. So we need a new solution.
In planning, Steve and Sarah did some searching for another API-based cite service that would provide similar coverage. We could not find anything. It appears that we'll need to create our own. We had a homegrown "Cite" service before we used the OCLC API, but it's been more than a decade. Chris has indicated that there isn't anything of use in the old code. It seems better to start fresh.
Citation styles to provide APA (7th edition), Chicago (18th edition), MLA (9th edition)
We currently provide Turabian, but we can couple it with Chicago. A review of what we display to the user shows an identical citation for both Chicago and Turabian. Also I've seen evidence in several peer-library catalogs that they couple these two styles.
Citation styles we can stop providing Harvard. Given it's closeness to Chicago/Turabian, we may be able to drop this one as well. It's been hard to find a definitive system online for Harvard. I'm checking with Reference librarians, but I'm recommending we drop this style going forward. I'll update the ticket if that needs to change.
Citation styles to look into providing AMA is very popular in the sciences and in medical journals. I'm reaching out to key subject librarians to see if this is something we need to look into providing.
