Berlin Universities Publishing

University library of Freie Universität Berlin; university library of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; university library of Technische Universität Berlin; medical library of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Consortium · Germany

• https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/index.html
• koordination@berlin-universities-publishing.de

Berlin Universities Publishing

https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/index.html

Christina Riesenweber, BerlinUP coordinator
Email: koordination@berlin-universities-publishing.de

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Berlin Universities Publishing (BerlinUP) is an academic, non-commercial Open Access publisher for all disciplinary foci of the Berlin research landscape. Publishing with BerlinUP does not require a high level of funding for individual scientists or research projects. BerlinUP deliberately sets itself apart from profit-oriented, commercial publishers and strives for a publication model that is free of charge for authors and readers in the sense of Diamond Open Access.

• Publishing activities began: 2022
• Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: German; English; others

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Organization (e.g., non-profit association, library consortia) that provides or supports library publishing activities on behalf of its library members
• Advisory/editorial board: Yes
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 6
• Individual people: 7
• Funding sources: Grants; library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Journals
• Monographs

Highlights

Partners

• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

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Policies

Adopted Policies:
COPE OASPA UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals German Research Council European Research Council AG Universitätsverlage Association of European University Presses