Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Unibz Library

Academic Library · Italy

• https://bupress.unibz.it
• universitypress@unibz.it

bu,press

https://bupress.unibz.it

Gerda Winkler
Phone: 0039-0471-012332
Email: universitypress@unibz.it

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
bu,press' mission is to assist researchers of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano when it comes to publishing their research findings, thereby focusing on the quality and on open, science-friendly access to its publications. The plurilingual catalog reflects the University’s multilingual context and currently counts more than one hundred titles in German, Italian, English, and Latin.

• Publishing activities began: 2005
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English; German; Italian; Latin

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: Yes
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.8
• Individual people: 4
• Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Monographs

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Individual faculty
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Only work with internal partners
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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Policies

Adopted Policies:
AG Universitätsverlage; AEUP