Following the implementation of an OA repository of research that is also being used as a citation database of institutional research output, discussions with stakeholders have emphasised the importance of ready access to bibliographic information and/or citation metrics. Web of Science (WoS) allows users from subscribed institutions to search several citation indices, including one for conference proceedings.

The Web of Science Web Services API uses standard transport protocols, such as HTTP, and message formats, such as SOAP and XML, to facilitate the exchange of data between Web of Knowledge and a custom application. Using the API, therefore, it should be possible to formulate a query or queries to extract bibliographic information either directly into intraLibrary itself, or a separate database, and process the resulting data in order to automatically notify repository staff / research administrators when new research associated with Leeds Met has appeared in Web of Science. Potentially the technology could also be implemented to provide academic authors with citation information on their published articles.

In addition, the problems associated with populating Open Access repositories of research with appropriate full text versions of published research articles are well documented and several potential use cases have emerged - see use cases for details.