diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 74bb10bfed..2f74dd6cb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@
     "pem": "1.12.3",
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.10",
     "rxjs": "5.4.3",
-    "shave": "^2.1.3",
-    "text-overflow-clamp": "^1.0.0",
     "ts-md5": "1.2.2",
     "webfontloader": "1.6.28",
     "zone.js": "0.8.18"
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.scss b/src/app/app.component.scss
index 29be537891..00a3e56121 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/app.component.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 @import '../styles/variables.scss';
-@import '../styles/mixins.scss';
 @import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss';
 @import "../../node_modules/font-awesome/scss/font-awesome.scss";
 
@@ -32,7 +31,3 @@ body {
   margin-top: $content-spacing;
   margin-bottom: $content-spacing;
 }
-
-.clamp-3 {
-  @include clamp(3);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/app.reducer.ts b/src/app/app.reducer.ts
index 72b29519de..117710e3c0 100644
--- a/src/app/app.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.reducer.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   filterReducer,
   SearchFiltersState
 } from './+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.reducer';
+import { truncatableReducer, TruncatablesState } from './shared/truncatable/truncatable.reducer';
 
 export interface AppState {
   router: fromRouter.RouterReducerState;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export interface AppState {
   header: HeaderState;
   searchSidebar: SearchSidebarState;
   searchFilter: SearchFiltersState;
+  truncatable: TruncatablesState;
 }
 
 export const appReducers: ActionReducerMap<AppState> = {
@@ -25,5 +27,6 @@ export const appReducers: ActionReducerMap<AppState> = {
   hostWindow: hostWindowReducer,
   header: headerReducer,
   searchSidebar: sidebarReducer,
-  searchFilter: filterReducer
+  searchFilter: filterReducer,
+  truncatable: truncatableReducer
 };
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts
index d734940496..eac76c519e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { MemoizedSelector, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from './response-cache.reducer';
-import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ResponseCacheRemoveAction, ResponseCacheAddAction } from './response-cache.actions';
 import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
index b1af777bcb..4e5d890b89 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     (<span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher" [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.publisher')">, </span><span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date" [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.date.issued')"></span>)
   </span>
     <div *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-list-abstract">
-        <div class="clamp-3" [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.description.abstract')"></div>
+        <ds-truncatable [id]="dso.id" [minLines]="3" [maxLines]="15" [content]="getFirstValue('dc.description.abstract')"></ds-truncatable>
     </div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 89df25a38e..0a20938f5d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { NgxPaginationModule } from 'ngx-pagination';
 import { EnumKeysPipe } from './utils/enum-keys-pipe';
 import { FileSizePipe } from './utils/file-size-pipe';
 import { SafeUrlPipe } from './utils/safe-url-pipe';
-import { TruncatePipe } from './utils/truncate.pipe';
 
 import { CollectionListElementComponent } from '../object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component';
 import { ComcolPageContentComponent } from './comcol-page-content/comcol-page-content.component';
@@ -31,8 +30,9 @@ import { SearchFormComponent } from './search-form/search-form.component';
 import { WrapperListElementComponent } from '../object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component';
 import { ViewModeSwitchComponent } from './view-mode-switch/view-mode-switch.component';
 import { VarDirective } from './utils/var.directive';
-import { ShaveDirective } from './utils/shave.directive';
-
+import { TruncatePipe } from './utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { TruncatableComponent } from './truncatable/truncatable.component';
+import { TruncatableService } from './truncatable/truncatable.service';
 
 const MODULES = [
   // Do NOT include UniversalModule, HttpModule, or JsonpModule here
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   ThumbnailComponent,
   WrapperListElementComponent,
   ViewModeSwitchComponent,
+  TruncatableComponent
 ];
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
@@ -77,9 +78,12 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   SearchResultListElementComponent
 ];
 
+const PROVIDERS = [
+  TruncatableService
+];
+
 const DIRECTIVES = [
-  VarDirective,
-  ShaveDirective
+  VarDirective
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -93,6 +97,9 @@ const DIRECTIVES = [
     ...ENTRY_COMPONENTS,
     ...DIRECTIVES
   ],
+  providers: [
+    ...PROVIDERS
+  ],
   exports: [
     ...MODULES,
     ...PIPES,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.actions.ts b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc9a7e2258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { type } from '../ngrx/type';
+
+/**
+ * For each action type in an action group, make a simple
+ * enum object for all of this group's action types.
+ *
+ * The 'type' utility function coerces strings into string
+ * literal types and runs a simple check to guarantee all
+ * action types in the application are unique.
+ */
+export const TruncatableActionTypes = {
+  TOGGLE: type('dspace/truncatable/TOGGLE'),
+};
+
+export class TruncatableAction implements Action {
+  id: string;
+  type;
+  constructor(name: string) {
+    this.id = name;
+  }
+}
+
+/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
+export class TruncatableToggleAction extends TruncatableAction {
+  type = TruncatableActionTypes.TOGGLE;
+}
+
+/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.html b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf03d73eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div class="clamp-{{lines}}" [innerHTML]="content" (click)="toggleCollapse()"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.scss b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b68bfd1d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+@import '../../../styles/_variables.scss';
+@import '../../../styles/_mixins.scss';
+
+@mixin clamp($lines) {
+    max-height: $lines * $line-height-base * $font-size-base;
+    position: relative;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    line-height: $line-height-base;
+    overflow-wrap: break-word;
+
+    &:after {
+        content: "...";
+        color: $link-color;
+        text-align: right;
+        position: absolute;
+        padding-right: 15px;
+        top: ($lines - 1) * $line-height-base * $font-size-base;
+        right: 0;
+        width: 30%;
+        min-width: 75px;
+        max-width: 150px;
+        height: $line-height-base * $font-size-base;
+        background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), $body-bg 50%);
+    }
+
+
+}
+.clamp-1 {
+@include clamp(1);
+}
+.clamp-2 {
+ @include clamp(2);
+ }
+.clamp-3 {
+@include clamp(3);
+}
+.clamp-15 {
+@include clamp(15);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.ts b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88185140ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import {
+  Component, Input
+} from '@angular/core';
+import { TruncatableService } from './truncatable.service';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-truncatable',
+  templateUrl: './truncatable.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./truncatable.component.scss']
+})
+export class TruncatableComponent {
+  @Input() minLines: number;
+  @Input() maxLines: number;
+  @Input() initialExpand = false;
+  @Input() id: string;
+  @Input() content;
+  private lines: number;
+
+  public constructor(private service: TruncatableService) {
+
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    if (this.initialExpand) {
+      this.service.toggle(this.id);
+    }
+    this.setLines();
+  }
+
+  public toggleCollapse() {
+    this.service.toggle(this.id);
+    this.setLines();
+  }
+
+  private setLines() {
+    if (this.service.isCollapsed(this.id)) {
+      this.lines = this.minLines;
+    } else {
+      this.lines = this.maxLines;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.reducer.ts b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.reducer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f48d92f49c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.reducer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { TruncatableAction, TruncatableActionTypes } from './truncatable.actions';
+
+export interface TruncatableState {
+  collapsed: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface TruncatablesState {
+  [id: string]: TruncatableState
+}
+
+const initialState: TruncatablesState = Object.create(null);
+
+export function truncatableReducer(state = initialState, action: TruncatableAction): TruncatablesState {
+
+  switch (action.type) {
+
+    case TruncatableActionTypes.TOGGLE: {
+      if (!state[action.id]) {
+        state[action.id] = {collapsed: false};
+      }
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        [action.id]: {
+          collapsed: !state[action.id].collapsed,
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    default: {
+      return state;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.service.ts b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2851a8a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { TruncatablesState, TruncatableState } from './truncatable.reducer';
+import { TruncatableToggleAction } from './truncatable.actions';
+import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+
+const truncatableStateSelector = (state: TruncatablesState) => state.truncatable;
+
+@Injectable()
+export class TruncatableService {
+
+  constructor(private store: Store<TruncatablesState>) {
+  }
+
+  isCollapsed(id: string): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.store.select(truncatableByIdSelector(id))
+      .map((object: TruncatableState) => {
+      console.log(object);
+        if (object) {
+          return object.collapsed;
+        } else {
+          return false;
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  public toggle(id: string): void {
+    this.store.dispatch(new TruncatableToggleAction(id));
+  }
+}
+
+function truncatableByIdSelector(id: string): MemoizedSelector<TruncatablesState, TruncatableState> {
+  return keySelector<TruncatableState>(id);
+}
+
+export function keySelector<T>(key: string): MemoizedSelector<TruncatablesState, T> {
+  return createSelector(truncatableStateSelector, (state: TruncatableState) => {
+    console.log(state, 'test');
+
+    if (hasValue(state)) {
+      return state[key];
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/utils/shave.directive.ts b/src/app/shared/utils/shave.directive.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index df37a9a8c5..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/utils/shave.directive.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  Directive, ElementRef, Inject, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy,
-  OnInit
-} from '@angular/core';
-import { default as shave } from 'shave';
-import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from '../window.service';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[dsShave]'
-})
-export class ShaveDirective implements OnDestroy, OnChanges {
-
-  @Input() shave: IShaveOptions = {};
-
-  @Input()
-  set shaveHeight(value) {
-    if (value > 0) {
-      console.log(value);
-      this._shaveHeight = value;
-    }
-  };
-
-  get shaveHeight() {
-    return this._shaveHeight;
-  }
-
-  private _shaveHeight = 72;
-  private sub;
-
-  constructor(private ele: ElementRef, @Inject(NativeWindowService) private _window: NativeWindowRef) {
-  }
-
-  ngOnChanges(): void {
-    if (this.shaveHeight > 0) {
-      this.runShave();
-    }
-    this.subscribeForResizeEvent();
-  }
-
-  subscribeForResizeEvent() {
-    const obs = Observable.fromEvent(this._window.nativeWindow, 'resize');
-    this.sub = obs.subscribe((e) => this.runShave());
-  }
-
-  private runShave() {
-    shave(this.ele.nativeElement, this.shaveHeight, this.shave);
-  }
-
-  ngOnDestroy(): void {
-    if (this.sub) {
-      this.sub.unsubscribe();
-    }
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/styles/_mixins.scss b/src/styles/_mixins.scss
index 6c773e34a3..564ffc7755 100644
--- a/src/styles/_mixins.scss
+++ b/src/styles/_mixins.scss
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
 @import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/functions.scss';
 @import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/mixins.scss';
-@import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/variables.scss';
-
-@mixin clamp($lines) {
-    max-height: $lines * $line-height-base * $font-size-base;
-    position: relative;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    line-height: $line-height-base;
-    overflow-wrap: break-word;
-
-    &:after {
-        content: "...";
-        color: $link-color;
-        text-align: right;
-        position: absolute;
-        padding-right: 15px;
-        top: ($lines - 1) * $line-height-base * $font-size-base;
-        right: 0;
-        width: 30%;
-        min-width: 75px;
-        max-width: 150px;
-        height: $line-height-base * $font-size-base;
-        background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), $body-bg 50%);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+@import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 53cd4a6b72..91b2a787e2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1942,10 +1942,6 @@ dom-serializer@0:
     domelementtype "~1.1.1"
     entities "~1.1.1"
 
-dom-walk@^0.1.0:
-  version "0.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-walk/-/dom-walk-0.1.1.tgz#672226dc74c8f799ad35307df936aba11acd6018"
-
 domain-browser@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domain-browser/-/domain-browser-1.1.7.tgz#867aa4b093faa05f1de08c06f4d7b21fdf8698bc"
@@ -2795,13 +2791,6 @@ glob@^7.0.0, glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.0.5, glob@^7.0.6, glob@^7.1.1, glob@^7.1.2, gl
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
-global@^4.3.1:
-  version "4.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global/-/global-4.3.2.tgz#e76989268a6c74c38908b1305b10fc0e394e9d0f"
-  dependencies:
-    min-document "^2.19.0"
-    process "~0.5.1"
-
 globals@^9.18.0:
   version "9.18.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/globals/-/globals-9.18.0.tgz#aa3896b3e69b487f17e31ed2143d69a8e30c2d8a"
@@ -4443,12 +4432,6 @@ mimic-fn@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mimic-fn/-/mimic-fn-1.1.0.tgz#e667783d92e89dbd342818b5230b9d62a672ad18"
 
-min-document@^2.19.0:
-  version "2.19.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/min-document/-/min-document-2.19.0.tgz#7bd282e3f5842ed295bb748cdd9f1ffa2c824685"
-  dependencies:
-    dom-walk "^0.1.0"
-
 minimalistic-assert@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimalistic-assert/-/minimalistic-assert-1.0.0.tgz#702be2dda6b37f4836bcb3f5db56641b64a1d3d3"
@@ -5798,10 +5781,6 @@ process@^0.11.0:
   version "0.11.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process/-/process-0.11.10.tgz#7332300e840161bda3e69a1d1d91a7d4bc16f182"
 
-process@~0.5.1:
-  version "0.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process/-/process-0.5.2.tgz#1638d8a8e34c2f440a91db95ab9aeb677fc185cf"
-
 progress@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-2.0.0.tgz#8a1be366bf8fc23db2bd23f10c6fe920b4389d1f"
@@ -6668,10 +6647,6 @@ shallow-clone@^0.1.2:
     lazy-cache "^0.2.3"
     mixin-object "^2.0.1"
 
-shave@^2.1.3:
-  version "2.1.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shave/-/shave-2.1.3.tgz#89c7df997d35a95bc31703c9150161bc98d3fa3b"
-
 shebang-command@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shebang-command/-/shebang-command-1.2.0.tgz#44aac65b695b03398968c39f363fee5deafdf1ea"
@@ -7165,12 +7140,6 @@ term-size@^1.2.0:
   dependencies:
     execa "^0.7.0"
 
-text-overflow-clamp@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-overflow-clamp/-/text-overflow-clamp-1.0.0.tgz#9327faec1b85bf0b293d8c8df32243cbee5c050e"
-  dependencies:
-    global "^4.3.1"
-
 throttleit@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/throttleit/-/throttleit-1.0.0.tgz#9e785836daf46743145a5984b6268d828528ac6c"