# Librario

> Librario is a library management system for engineering offices, companies and research teams. It catalogues publications, standards and attached PDFs, offers full-text search and lends physical copies. AI assistants connect through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

This index lists Librario's public English documentation. Every link points to a Markdown version of a page. Append `.md` to any English documentation URL to get the same Markdown, or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

German counterparts exist for the documentation. Replace `/en/` with `/de/` in the path and keep the slug, which is the same German slug in both languages: `/en/<slug>` becomes `/de/<slug>`. Append `.md` for the Markdown version here too.

The documentation describes how Librario works. It does not contain the records of any library. Read live records through the MCP server instead, and use the `get_documentation` MCP tool to fetch these pages from within an assistant.

## Evaluate Librario

- [Cloud library software for companies](https://www.librario.de/en.md): What Librario is and which problems it solves for corporate libraries, engineering firms and research teams.
- [AI Integration](https://www.librario.de/en/funktionen/ki-integration.md): How AI assistants research a library through the MCP server and what they are allowed to see.
- [Trust Center: Security & Data Protection](https://www.librario.de/en/trust.md): Where Librario processes data and which contract and security documents are available for procurement.
- [Comparisons](https://www.librario.de/en/vergleiche.md): How Librario works alongside Citavi, EndNote and BibTeX rather than replacing a reference manager.
- [Pricing](https://www.librario.de/en/preise.md): Which plans Librario offers, what each includes, how the free trial and billing work, and when a custom plan fits.

## Start using Librario

- [Documentation](https://www.librario.de/en/docs.md): Browse the English Librario guides and learn how AI assistants can read this documentation.
- [Borrowing hard copies](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/grundlagen/leihexemplare-ausleihen.md): How a user borrows and returns a physical copy of a publication.
- [Getting started](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/erste-schritte.md): How to get from signing up to a working library with your team invited.
- [Searching for publications](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/grundlagen/publikationen-durchsuchen.md): How to search the library, filter results and find a publication or standard.
- [Managing collections](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/grundlagen/sammlungen-verwalten.md): How to group publications into collections and manage who can see and edit them.

## Understand the data model

- [Data model](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/grundlagen/datenmodell.md): Which records Librario keeps, how publications, files and copies relate, and what identifiers are called in the web app, MCP and REST API.
- [Publication types](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/publikationstypen.md): Which publication types Librario knows and when to use each.
- [Bibliographic fields](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/felder-referenz.md): Which bibliographic fields a publication has and what each one holds.
- [User roles and permissions](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/administration/rollen.md): What basic access, librarian and administrator may each do.
- [Grouping publications](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/best-practices/publikationen-gruppieren.md): Which field groups related publications: original title, parent publication or series.

## Workflows and best practices

- [Task management](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/aufgabenverwaltung.md): How quality reviews, loan requests, error reports and recurring work are coordinated as tasks.
- [The Kanban board](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/aufgabenverwaltung/kanban-board.md): How the Kanban board organises tasks in columns, filters and notifications.
- [Task types](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/aufgabenverwaltung/aufgabentypen.md): Which task types exist, which ones the daily scan creates automatically and how they behave.
- [Recurring tasks](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/aufgabenverwaltung/wiederkehrende-aufgaben.md): How to define routine work once so Librario creates the concrete tasks on schedule.
- [Importing publications](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/importieren.md): Which ways exist to import publications and how to track the status of an import.
- [Importing PDF files](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/importieren/pdf-importieren.md): How to import PDF files and have Librario catalogue them automatically.
- [Cataloguing publications manually](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/importieren/manuell-katalogisieren.md): How to catalogue a publication by hand when an import is not possible.
- [Best practices for library management](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/bibliothekswesen/best-practices.md): Which practices keep a library well maintained: cataloguing, workflows, rollout and migration.
- [User management](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/administration/benutzerverwaltung.md): How an administrator invites, edits and removes user accounts.

## Integrate and automate

- [Guide for AI agents](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/integration/ki-agenten-leitfaden.md): How an AI assistant should use Librario over MCP: documentation versus holdings, searching, citing and reading hits correctly.
- [Connect AI assistants (MCP)](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/integration/mcp.md): Connect Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants to a Librario library over MCP with one OAuth sign-in.
- [REST API](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/integration/api.md): How to integrate and automate library processes through the REST API and which version to use.
- [OAuth clients for integrations](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/integration/oauth.md): When a connector needs an OAuth client and how an administrator creates, rotates and revokes it.
- [Single sign-on with Microsoft](https://www.librario.de/en/docs/integration/sso-mit-microsoft.md): What single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID does for an organisation and where the setup guide is.

## Optional

- [Glossary](https://www.librario.de/en/glossar.md): What the library and cloud terms used across Librario mean.