New on CTAN: biblatex-abs-annote
biblatex-abs-annote v0.1.1 is a new biblatex supplement for producing annotated bibliographies. For each entry it renders, beneath the citation, the abstract and a user-written annotation drawn from standard biblatex fields (annote is accepted as a synonym for annotation); either field may be omitted per entry without special handling. The package composes with any biblatex style by patching the sixteen standard drivers, and all label, font, indent, and spacing choices are customizable. biblatex-abs-annote is the LaTeX component of the cross-format ab-annotate toolchain (GitHub: cwimpy/ab-annotate), which provides the same behavior for Typst and Quarto from a shared .bib file. Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex-abs-annote The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-abs-annote/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Vincent Goulet
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biblatex-abs-annote – Annotated bibliographies with abstracts and annotations for BibLaTeX
The package extends any BibLaTeX style with an annotated-bibliography presentation: below each reference it renders the entry's abstract and the user's annotation, both drawn from standard BibLaTeX fields (abstract, and annotation or annote). Either field may be omitted on a per-entry basis, so the same bibliography can mix plain and annotated citations freely. The package patches the sixteen standard BibLaTeX drivers via xpatch, so it composes with any bibliography style that uses the standard driver names (authoryear, apa, numeric, chicago-authordate, etc.). All visual aspects (e.g., labels, fonts, indentation, and spacing) are controlled by redefinable commands and lengths. The package is the LaTeX component of the cross-format ab-annotate toolchain, which shares the same .bib conventions with companion packages for Typst and Quarto.
| Paket | biblatex-abs-annote |
| Version | 0.1.1 2026-04-19 |
| Copyright | 2026 Cameron Wimpy |
| Betreuer | Cameron Wimpy |