diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c20e3ee9370..9439f8962c6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
         "matthiasmullie/minify": "1.3.75",
         "monolog/monolog": "^3.9",
         "mpdf/mpdf": "v8.2.6",
+        "natlibfi/finna-xml": "1.6.0",
         "paytrail/paytrail-php-sdk": "2.7.5",
         "pear/archive_tar": "^1.4",
         "phing/phing": "3.1.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index f90e527b78d..ca8ae1ea9bb 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "a87c640baf64e1091768c0d37659e4ea",
+    "content-hash": "74d81eb28a9e22c439933bf0d049d919",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "ahand/mobileesp",
@@ -7328,6 +7328,60 @@
             ],
             "time": "2025-08-01T08:46:24+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "natlibfi/finna-xml",
+            "version": "1.6.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/NatLibFi/finna-xml.git",
+                "reference": "1213fce9d4690029d17bbfde9f71bdc50c357db4"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/NatLibFi/finna-xml/zipball/1213fce9d4690029d17bbfde9f71bdc50c357db4",
+                "reference": "1213fce9d4690029d17bbfde9f71bdc50c357db4",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.2"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "3.89.2",
+                "phing/phing": "3.1.1",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "2.1.32",
+                "phpunit/php-code-coverage": "^11",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "11.5.50",
+                "rector/rector": "2.2.7",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "4.0.1"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "FinnaXml\\": "src/FinnaXml"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Ere Maijala",
+                    "email": "ere.maijala@helsinki.fi"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Yet another XML parser, reader and writer for diverse records with and without namespaces.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "dom",
+                "parser",
+                "xml"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/NatLibFi/finna-xml/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/NatLibFi/finna-xml/tree/v1.6.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2026-02-03T13:15:21+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "nette/schema",
             "version": "v1.3.3",
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/Feature/LocaleSupportTrait.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/Feature/LocaleSupportTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88e16b63aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/Feature/LocaleSupportTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Functions for locale-specific processing in record drivers.
+ *
+ * PHP version 8
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) The National Library of Finland 2026.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  RecordDrivers
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:plugins:record_drivers Wiki
+ */
+
+namespace VuFind\RecordDriver\Feature;
+
+/**
+ * Functions for locale-specific processing in record drivers.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  RecordDrivers
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:plugins:record_drivers Wiki
+ */
+trait LocaleSupportTrait
+{
+    /**
+     * Pick correct results from locale-specific results with fallback to all results.
+     *
+     * @param array        $localeResults Result(s) keyed by locale
+     * @param array|string $allResults    All results
+     *
+     * @return array|string
+     */
+    protected function getLocaleSpecificResults(array $localeResults, array|string $allResults): array|string
+    {
+        if (null === $this->localeSettings) {
+            return $allResults;
+        }
+        $userLocale = $this->localeSettings->getUserLocale();
+        if (null !== ($results = $this->getBestLocaleMatch($userLocale, $localeResults))) {
+            return $results;
+        }
+        // Check for match in default and fallback locales:
+        $locales = [$this->localeSettings->getDefaultLocale(), ...$this->localeSettings->getFallbackLocales()];
+        foreach ($locales as $locale) {
+            if (null !== ($results = $this->getBestLocaleMatch($locale, $localeResults))) {
+                return $results;
+            }
+        }
+        // Could not find anything else, so return all:
+        return $allResults;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pick best match for a locale from the results.
+     *
+     * @param string $locale        Locale
+     * @param array  $localeResults Result(s) keyed by locale
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    protected function getBestLocaleMatch(string $locale, array $localeResults): mixed
+    {
+        [$language] = explode('-', $locale);
+        if ($results = $localeResults[$locale] ?? $localeResults[$language] ?? null) {
+            return $results;
+        }
+
+        // Check for matching language in locale-specific results:
+        [$language] = explode('-', $locale);
+        foreach ($localeResults as $resultLocale => $results) {
+            [$resultLanguage] = explode('-', $resultLocale);
+            if ($resultLanguage === $language) {
+                return $results;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/Feature/XmlTrait.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/Feature/XmlTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c2c18ef078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/Feature/XmlTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Functions for reading XML records.
+ *
+ * PHP version 8
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) The National Library of Finland 2026.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  RecordDrivers
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:plugins:record_drivers Wiki
+ */
+
+namespace VuFind\RecordDriver\Feature;
+
+use FinnaXml\XmlDoc;
+
+/**
+ * Functions for reading XML records.
+ *
+ * Assumption: raw XML data can be found in $this->fields['fullrecord'].
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  RecordDrivers
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:plugins:record_drivers Wiki
+ */
+trait XmlTrait
+{
+    /**
+     * The XML namespace.
+     *
+     * Note: this is a property instead of a constant to make use of it in strings cleaner.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected string $xmlNs = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/';
+
+    /**
+     * XML class to use.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected string $xmlClass = \FinnaXml\XmlDoc::class;
+
+    /**
+     * XML instance. Access only via getXmlReader() as this is initialized lazily.
+     *
+     * @var XmlDoc
+     */
+    protected ?XmlDoc $lazyXmlReader = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Get access to the XML object.
+     *
+     * @return XmlDoc
+     */
+    public function getXmlReader(): XmlDoc
+    {
+        if (null === $this->lazyXmlReader) {
+            $this->lazyXmlReader = new $this->xmlClass();
+            $this->lazyXmlReader->parse($this->fields['fullrecord']);
+        }
+
+        return $this->lazyXmlReader;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get lang attribute from xml namespace with fallback to default namespace.
+     *
+     * @param array $node XmlDoc node
+     *
+     * @return ?string
+     */
+    protected function getLangAttr(array $node): ?string
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXmlReader();
+        return $xml->attr($node, '{{$this->xmlNs}}lang') ?? $xml->attr($node, 'lang');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/PluginManager.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/PluginManager.php
index e18fd93767b..665d98ee3bb 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/PluginManager.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/PluginManager.php
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class PluginManager extends \VuFind\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager
         'solrmarc' => SolrMarc::class,
         'solrmarcremote' => SolrMarcRemote::class,
         'solroverdrive' => SolrOverdrive::class,
+        'solrqdc' => SolrQdc::class,
         'solrreserves' => SolrReserves::class,
         'solrweb' => SolrWeb::class,
         'summon' => Summon::class,
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ class PluginManager extends \VuFind\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager
         SolrMarc::class => SolrDefaultFactory::class,
         SolrMarcRemote::class => SolrDefaultFactory::class,
         SolrOverdrive::class => SolrOverdriveFactory::class,
+        SolrQdc::class => SolrDefaultFactory::class,
         SolrReserves::class => SolrDefaultWithoutSearchServiceFactory::class,
         SolrWeb::class => SolrWebFactory::class,
         Summon::class => SummonFactory::class,
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/SolrQdc.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/SolrQdc.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..233f8a2b8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/RecordDriver/SolrQdc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Model for "Qualified Dublin Core" (using the DCMI Metadata Terms) records in Solr.
+ *
+ * PHP version 8
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) The National Library of Finland 2026.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  RecordDrivers
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:plugins:record_drivers Wiki
+ */
+
+namespace VuFind\RecordDriver;
+
+use VuFind\I18n\Locale\LocaleSettingsAwareInterface;
+use VuFind\I18n\Locale\LocaleSettingsAwareTrait;
+use VuFind\RecordDriver\Feature\LocaleSupportTrait;
+use VuFind\RecordDriver\Feature\XmlTrait;
+
+/**
+ * Model for "Qualified Dublin Core" (using the DCMI Metadata Terms) records in Solr.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  RecordDrivers
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:plugins:record_drivers Wiki
+ */
+class SolrQdc extends SolrDefault implements LocaleSettingsAwareInterface
+{
+    use LocaleSettingsAwareTrait;
+    use LocaleSupportTrait;
+    use XmlTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * Dublin Core XML namespace
+     *
+     * Note: this is a property instead of a constant to make use of it in strings cleaner.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected string $dcNs = 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/';
+
+    /**
+     * Dublin Core Terms vocabulary namespace
+     *
+     * Note: this is a property instead of a constant to make use of it in strings cleaner.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected string $dcTermsNs = 'http://purl.org/dc/terms/';
+
+    /**
+     * Get the abstract notes.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getAbstractNotes(): array
+    {
+        $allAbstracts = [];
+        $localeAbstracts = [];
+        $xml = $this->getXmlReader();
+        foreach ($this->getDcTermsElements('abstract') as $node) {
+            $abstract = $xml->value($node);
+            if ($lang = $this->getLangAttr($node)) {
+                $localeAbstracts[$lang][] = $abstract;
+            }
+            $allAbstracts[] = $abstract;
+        }
+
+        return $this->getLocaleSpecificResults($localeAbstracts, $allAbstracts);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get elements from the terms or elements namespaces with fallback to default namespace.
+     *
+     * @param string $nodeName   Node name
+     * @param bool   $valuesOnly Return only values?
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getElements(string $nodeName, bool $valuesOnly = false): array
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXmlReader();
+        // Prefer elements in the terms namespace:
+        $method = $valuesOnly ? 'allValues' : 'all';
+        return $this->getDcTermsElements($nodeName, $valuesOnly)
+            ?: $xml->$method(path: "{{$this->dcNs}}$nodeName");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get elements from the DcTerms namespace with fallback to default namespace.
+     *
+     * @param string $nodeName   Node name
+     * @param bool   $valuesOnly Return only values?
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getDcTermsElements(string $nodeName, bool $valuesOnly = false): array
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXmlReader();
+        $method = $valuesOnly ? 'allValues' : 'all';
+        return $xml->$method(path: "{{$this->dcTermsNs}}$nodeName") ?: $xml->$method(path: $nodeName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/qdc/qdc.xml b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/qdc/qdc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fd029c83c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/qdc/qdc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<dcterms:qualifieddc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
+  <dc:title lang="-">Test</dc:title>
+  <dcterms:abstract lang="fi">Abstrakti suomeksi.</dcterms:abstract>
+  <dcterms:abstract lang="en">Abstract in English.</dcterms:abstract>
+  <dcterms:abstract lang="en">Another abstract in English.</dcterms:abstract>
+</dcterms:qualifieddc>
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/RecordDriver/SolrQdcTest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/RecordDriver/SolrQdcTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d664e53f2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/RecordDriver/SolrQdcTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * SolrQdc Record Driver Test Class
+ *
+ * PHP version 8
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) The National Library of Finland 2026.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  Tests
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:testing:unit_tests Wiki
+ */
+
+namespace VuFindTest\RecordDriver;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use VuFind\I18n\Locale\LocaleSettings;
+use VuFind\RecordDriver\SolrQdc;
+
+/**
+ * SolrQdc Record Driver Test Class
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  Tests
+ * @author   Ere Maijala <ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org/wiki/development:testing:unit_tests Wiki
+ */
+class SolrQdcTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    use \VuFindTest\Feature\FixtureTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider for testMethods.
+     *
+     * @return \Iterator
+     */
+    public static function methodsProvider(): \Iterator
+    {
+        yield 'en' => [
+            'getAbstractNotes',
+            'en',
+            'en',
+            [],
+            [
+                'Abstract in English.',
+                'Another abstract in English.',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        yield 'fi' => [
+            'getAbstractNotes',
+            'fi',
+            'fi',
+            [],
+            [
+                'Abstrakti suomeksi.',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        yield 'sv with en-gb as fallback' => [
+            'getAbstractNotes',
+            'sv',
+            'sv',
+            ['en-gb', 'fi'],
+            [
+                'Abstract in English.',
+                'Another abstract in English.',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        yield 'sv with en as default' => [
+            'getAbstractNotes',
+            'sv',
+            'en',
+            ['fi'],
+            [
+                'Abstract in English.',
+                'Another abstract in English.',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        yield 'sv with fi as default' => [
+            'getAbstractNotes',
+            'sv',
+            'fi',
+            ['en'],
+            [
+                'Abstrakti suomeksi.',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        yield 'no fallback' => [
+            'getAbstractNotes',
+            'sv',
+            'sv',
+            [],
+            [
+                'Abstrakti suomeksi.',
+                'Abstract in English.',
+                'Another abstract in English.',
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test driver methods that return locale-specific data.
+     *
+     * @param string $method            Method
+     * @param string $language          Language
+     * @param string $defaultLanguage   Default language
+     * @param array  $fallbackLanguages Fallback languages
+     * @param mixed  $expected          Expected result
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    #[DataProvider('methodsProvider')]
+    public function testLocaleSpecificMethods(
+        string $method,
+        string $language,
+        string $defaultLanguage,
+        array $fallbackLanguages,
+        mixed $expected
+    ): void {
+        $driver = $this->getDriver($language, $defaultLanguage, $fallbackLanguages);
+        $this->assertSame(
+            $expected,
+            $driver->$method()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a record driver.
+     *
+     * @param string  $language          Language
+     * @param string  $defaultLanguage   Default language
+     * @param array   $fallbackLanguages Fallback languages
+     * @param ?string $fixture           Metadata fixture
+     *
+     * @return SolrQdc
+     */
+    protected function getDriver(
+        string $language,
+        string $defaultLanguage,
+        array $fallbackLanguages,
+        ?string $fixture = 'qdc/qdc.xml'
+    ): SolrQdc {
+        $fixture = $this->getFixture($fixture);
+        $record = new SolrQdc();
+        $record->setRawData(['id' => '12345', 'fullrecord' => $fixture]);
+
+        $localeSettings = $this->createMock(LocaleSettings::class);
+        $localeSettings
+            ->method('getUserLocale')
+            ->willReturn($language);
+        $localeSettings
+            ->method('getDefaultLocale')
+            ->willReturn($defaultLanguage);
+        $localeSettings
+            ->method('getFallbackLocales')
+            ->willReturn($fallbackLanguages);
+        $record->setLocaleSettings($localeSettings);
+
+        return $record;
+    }
+}