Qucosa
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
Qucosa provides a free publication, discovery, and long-term archiving service for documents from science and business.
Target Customer
Authors and researchers seeking to publish and openly access their documents; libraries and institutions in Saxony that manage or support Open Access publishing.
Key Differentiator
URN-based persistent identifiers for citation, Open Access support, long-term archiving, worldwide availability of full texts, Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compatibility, and DINI-Ready status, all hosted by SLUB Dresden with triple redundancy storage at two locations.
Implementation Timeline
Not specified in the provided content
Pain Points
- 1Lack of free, open-access publication and discovery for scholarly and professional documents
- 2Need for reliable long-term stewardship and archiving of publications
- 3Need for persistent, citable identifiers and wide discoverability in catalogs and search engines
Key Features
- 1Free publication of documents
- 2Worldwide availability of full texts
- 3Citable via permanent URN (persistent identifier)
- 4Indexing and discovery in catalogs, directories, and search engines
- 5Open Access support and alignment with Open Access publishing practices
- 6Long-term archival preservation with guaranteed minimum availability (5 years)
- 7Structured bibliographic metadata and support for OAI (Open Archives Initiative)
- 8Multi-format support (text, multimedia) and a search/recherche module
- 9Threefold redundancy storage at two locations
Target Customer Industries
Decision Makers
- 1Open Access Officer (Open Access-Beauftragte)
- 2Director General (Generaldirektion) of the SLUB Dresden
Client Results
- 1Global availability of full texts
- 2Persistent, citable URLs via URN
- 3Discoverability in catalogs, directories, and search engines
- 4Long-term archival preservation
- 5Open Access support
- 6Minimum 5-year availability guarantee
- 7Redundant storage across multiple locations
Competitive Advantages
- 1Cost-free publication
- 2Persistent and citable identifiers (URN)
- 3Global accessibility and broad discoverability
- 4Long-term archival preservation with redundancy
- 5Open Access alignment and support
- 6OAI compatibility and metadata standards
- 7DINI-Ready implementation
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
Qucosa is the Saxon document and publication server that enables cost-free publication, discovery, and long-term archiving of documents from science and business, operated by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek â Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB).
Target Market
Authors and researchers in science and business; academic libraries and institutions in Saxony seeking Open Access publishing and long-term digital preservation
Unique Value Proposition
A free, Open Access publication and long-term archival platform with persistent URN citations, comprehensive discoverability, and robust preservation, backed by SLUB Dresden and DINI-Ready standards
Technical Requirements
DINI-Ready platform; OAI provider; URN-based persistent identifiers; metadata described with bibliographic structure; search module; triple redundancy storage at two locations; supports structured metadata and broad indexing
Pricing Model
Publicly stated as free to publish; no explicit pricing information provided in the content
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