The Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) is funding a memory expansion for the reference management program Zotero. This means that all Zotero users at the TUHH now have access to unlimited storage space.
Implementation of the memory extension for Zotero
The official Zotero statement on memory expansion is:
Any Zotero user with a qualifying email address associated with their account will now see that they have Unlimited storage provided by your organization in their storage settings on zotero.org. If any of your users registered with a different email address, they can add their institutional address to their account when theyโre logged in at https://www.zotero.org/settings/account.
Zotero notice
This memory expansion is the result of individual feedback from TUHH researchers and the results of โSurvey on reference management at the TUHHโ. In addition, a needs survey on the topic of memory expansion for Zotero was conducted, which was distributed to TUHH professors and academic staff by e-mail from March 8 to 13, 2024. Within a short period of time, the survey received 146 complete responses.
Some results of the survey:
- 94 TUHH members already use Zotero;
- 37 TUHH members are planning to use it in the future;
- 122 TUHH members see a need to expand the storage capacity of Zotero.
These results make it clear that the paid Zotero storage is an important aspect of scientific work for researchers at the TUHH.

More about Zotero
Zotero is an open source software for reference management that has been supported at the TUHH since 2012 by various consulting services. By default, Zotero offers unlimited storage for metadata, while the file storage (e.g. for PDF full texts and screenshots) is limited to 300 MB. In addition to using the official Zotero storage, it is also possible to expand the storage using the TUHH cloud.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the TUB’s reference management team!
Links
- Einstieg in die Literaturverwaltung โ Zotero in 7 Schritten (German tutorial)
- Mehr Zeit fรผr die Forschung: Schritt-fรผr-Schritt-Anleitung fรผr den PDF-Reader und Notizeneditor von Zotero 6 (German tutorial)
- Den einen oder keinen: Zitationsstile โanalysierenโ und in Zotero hinzufรผgen (German tutorial)
- Texte besser verstehen mit KI-โCopilotโ? Workflow und Gedanken zur Kombination von Zotero und SciSpace (German tutorial)
- Mehr Speicher fรผr Literaturverwaltung: Zotero mit der TUHH-Cloud verbinden (German tutorial)
- Literaturverwaltung fรผr unterwegs: Zotero auf dem iPad nutzen (German tutorial)
- Kleine Tricks, groรe Wirkung? 13 Tipps fรผr die Arbeit mit Zotero (German tutorial)
- Zotero Feeds: Bei Journals, Webseiten und Blogs immer auf dem Laufenden bleiben (German tutorial)
Questions? We will be happy to advise you on reference management
Email: literaturverwaltung@tuhh.de.

Detlev Bieler
Telephone: +49 40 42878 3288

Florian Hagen
Telephone: +49 40 42878 3003

Alexander Unteutsch
Telephone: +49 40 42878 2855
You are also welcome to use our open online consultation hours via Zoom (identification code: 503035; meeting ID: 832 9724 8626) for questions regarding literature management (Fridays from 09:00 to 09:30).