- Not yet familiar with PDF/A? Information on what those are can be found here.
- Would you like to create a PDF/A-compliant file? Here you will find practical handouts for Word, LaTeX, InDesign, etc.
- Are you having problems creating PDF/A-compliant files? Here we have compiled some causes of error messages when validating with the preflight tool in Adobe Acrobat Professional.
- Archive-compliant format versions are PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b (ISO 19005-1:2005) as well as PDF/A-2a and PDF/A-2b (ISO 19005-2:2011).
- Use the SLUB PDF/A Validator to test whether your PDF documents meet the requirements of the SLUB archive.
Electronic publication
With electronic publication, a PDF version of your dissertation or habilitation thesis is made openly available worldwide and your knowledge is thus shared without borders.
In this case, publication takes place via the document and publication server Qucosa - according to the principle of open access.
Your work as an electronic document in PDF/A file format
The deposit license - Publication Agreement for publishing on Qucosa
You can select a deposit license using the form - simply fill it out here and sign it.
Within the deposit license you select the usage conditions for your work (Creative Commons License or Copyright
In addition, the appropriate number of printed and bound copies of your written work
Here you will find the specific requirements of your faculty.
Three steps to electronic publication
- Register your document on Qucosa using the input wizard (e.g. title, abstract, keywords, names of reviewers) and upload your PDF/A file
- Fill out and sign the deposit license (PDF).
- Hand in the printed copies and the deposit license at the SLUB. Either: In person at the SLUB Central Library at the service desk (circulation and information) during service hours Or: Send by post to: Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB), Hochschulschriftenstelle, Zellescher Weg 18, 01069 Dresden.
Please hand in the printed copies for doctoral theses at the Faculty of Medicine Dresden to the Fiedlerstraße/Medicine Library at Fiedlerstr. 27, Haus 40, 01307 Dresden.
This is how it continues
We will send the confirmation of your submission to your doctoral office by e-mail shortly after checking the submitted data and copies for formal completeness and conformity.
University Publications Office SLUB Dresden
Zellescher Weg 18
01069 Dresden
Your contact: Ines Schott
Phone: +49 351 4677-356
E-mail: hochschulschriften[at]slub-dresden.de
Your contact: Jana Zauper
Phone: +49 351 4677-916
E-mail: hochschulschriften[at]slub-dresden.de
For inquiries regarding the publication of theses at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, please use the following contact:
Rahel Rockstroh
Phone: +49 351 4677-968
E-mail: dissertationen.medizin[at]slub-dresden.de