diff --git a/libbmc/bibtex.py b/libbmc/bibtex.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47024c9
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+++ b/libbmc/bibtex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+"""
+This file contains functions to deal with Bibtex files and edit them.
+"""
+import bibtexparser
+import re
+
+from codecs import open
+from libbmc import tools
+
+
+default_papers_filename_mask = "{first}_{last}-{journal}-{year}{arxiv_version}"
+default_books_filename_mask = "{authors} - {title}"
+
+
+def dict2BibTeX(data):
+    """
+    Convert a single BibTeX entry dict to a BibTeX string.
+
+    :param data: A dict representing BibTeX entry, as the ones from \
+            ``bibtexparser`` output.
+    :return: A formatted BibTeX string.
+    """
+    """Convert a single bibtex entry dict to bibtex string"""
+    bibtex = '@' + data['ENTRYTYPE'] + '{' + data['ID'] + ",\n"
+
+    for field in [i for i in sorted(data) if i not in ['ENTRYTYPE', 'ID']]:
+        bibtex += "\t" + field + "={" + data[field] + "},\n"
+    bibtex += "}\n"
+    return bibtex
+
+
+def write(filename, data):
+    """
+    Create a new BibTeX file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file to write.
+    :param data: A list of dict representing BibTeX entries, as the ones from \
+            ``bibtexparser`` output.
+    """
+    bibtex = "\n".join([dict2BibTeX(i) for i in data])
+    with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
+        fh.write(bibtex)
+
+
+def append(filename, data):
+    """
+    Append some entries to a bibtex file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file to edit.
+    :param data: A list of dict representing BibTeX entries, as the ones from \
+            ``bibtexparser`` output.
+    """
+    with open(filename, 'a', encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        fh.write("\n".join([dict2BibTeX(i) for i in data]))
+
+
+def edit(filename, identifier, data):
+    """
+    Update an entry in a BibTeX file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file to edit.
+    :param identifier: The id of the entry to update, in the BibTeX file.
+    :param data: A dict associating fields and updated values. Fields present \
+            in the BibTeX file but not in this dict will be kept as is.
+    """
+    # Get current bibtex
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        bibtex = bibtexparser.load(fh)
+    bibtex = bibtex.entries_dict
+
+    # Update it
+    for k in data:
+        bibtex[identifier][k] = data[k]
+
+    # Write the resulting BibTeX
+    write(filename, bibtex)
+
+
+def replace(filename, identifier, data):
+    """
+    Replace an entry in a BibTeX file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file to edit.
+    :param identifier: The id of the entry to replace, in the BibTeX file.
+    :param data: A dict representing a BibTeX entry, as the one from \
+            ``bibtexparser`` output.
+    """
+    # Get current bibtex
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        bibtex = bibtexparser.load(fh)
+    bibtex = bibtex.entries_dict
+
+    # Update the bibtex
+    bibtex[identifier] = data
+
+    # Write the resulting BibTeX
+    write(filename, bibtex)
+
+
+def delete(filename, identifier):
+    """
+    Delete an entry in a BibTeX file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file to edit.
+    :param identifier: The id of the entry to delete, in the BibTeX file.
+    """
+    # Get current bibtex
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        bibtex = bibtexparser.load(fh)
+    bibtex = bibtex.entries_dict
+
+    # Delete the bibtex entry
+    del(bibtex[identifier])
+
+    # Write the resulting BibTeX
+    write(filename, bibtex)
+
+
+def get(filename, ignore_fields=[]):
+    """
+    Get an entry from a BibTeX file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file.
+    :param identifier: An optional id of the entry to fetch, in the BibTeX \
+            file.
+    :param ignore_fields: An optional list of fields to strip from the BibTeX \
+            file.
+
+    :returns: A list of ``bibtexparser`` dicts representing the fetched \
+            entries.
+    """
+    # Open bibtex file
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        bibtex = bibtexparser.load(fh)
+    bibtex = bibtex.entries_dict
+
+    # Clean the entry dict if necessary
+    bibtex = [{k: entry[k] for k in entry if k not in ignore_fields}
+              for entry in bibtex]
+
+    return bibtex
+
+
+def get_entry(filename, identifier, ignore_fields=[]):
+    """
+    Get an entry from a BibTeX file.
+
+    :param filename: The name of the BibTeX file.
+    :param identifier: An id of the entry to fetch, in the BibTeX file.
+    :param ignore_fields: An optional list of fields to strip from the BibTeX \
+            file.
+
+    :returns: A ``bibtexparser`` dict representing the fetched entry. \
+            ``None`` if entry was not found.
+    """
+    # Open bibtex file
+    with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        bibtex = bibtexparser.load(fh)
+    bibtex = bibtex.entries_dict
+
+    try:
+        # Try to fetch the matching entry dict
+        entry = bibtex[identifier]
+    except KeyError:
+        # If none found, return None
+        return None
+
+    # Clean the entry dict if necessary
+    entry = {k: entry[k] for k in entry if k not in ignore_fields}
+
+    return entry
+
+
+def to_filename(bibtex, mask=default_papers_filename_mask):
+    """
+    Convert a bibtex entry to a formatted filename according to a given mask.
+
+    :param bibtex: A dict representing a BibTeX entry, as the one from \
+            ``bibtexparser`` output.
+    :param mask: A Python format string.
+
+    :returns: A formatted filename.
+    """
+    authors = re.split(' and ', bibtex['author'])
+
+    filename = mask
+    filename = filename.format(journal=bibtex.get("journal", default=""))
+    filename = filename.format(title=bibtex.get("title", default=""))
+    filename = filename.format(year=bibtex.get("year", default=""))
+
+    filename = filename.format(first=authors[0].split(',')[0].strip())
+    filename = filename.format(last=authors[-1].split(',')[0].strip())
+    filename = filename.format(authors=", ".join(
+        [i.split(',')[0].strip() for i in authors]))
+
+    arxiv_version = ""
+    if "eprint" in bibtex:
+        arxiv_version = '-' + bibtex['eprint'][bibtex['eprint'].rfind('v'):]
+    filename = filename.format(arxiv_version=arxiv_version)
+
+    return tools.slugify(filename)
diff --git a/libbmc/tools.py b/libbmc/tools.py
index 2116c06..0163796 100644
--- a/libbmc/tools.py
+++ b/libbmc/tools.py
@@ -77,3 +77,27 @@ def remove_URLs(text):
     :returns: The text without URLs.
     """
     return clean_whitespaces(URL_REGEX.sub("", text))
+
+
+_slugify_strip_re = re.compile(r'[^\w\s-]')
+_slugify_hyphenate_re = re.compile(r'[\s]+')
+
+
+def slugify(value):
+    """
+    Normalizes string, converts to lowercase, removes non-alpha characters,
+    and converts spaces to hyphens to have nice filenames.
+
+    From Django's "django/template/defaultfilters.py".
+    """
+    import unicodedata
+    try:
+        unicode_type = unicode
+    except NameError:
+        unicode_type = str
+    if not isinstance(value, unicode_type):
+        value = unicode_type(value)
+    value = (unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value).
+             encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii'))
+    value = unicode_type(_slugify_strip_re.sub('', value).strip())
+    return _slugify_hyphenate_re.sub('_', value)