Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

University Library of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Academic Library · Germany

FAU University Press

https://www.university-press.fau.de/

Markus Putnings, Senior Librarian, Publishing Manager
Phone: +49-9131-8527835
Email: university-press@fau.de

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The University Library of Erlangen-Nürnberg manages the open access publishing house FAU University Press on behalf of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and its Open Science Policy (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5602559). The aim is to publish and disseminate selected publications by members of the university quickly and cost-effectively in open access and optionally also in print. The publishing portfolio covers the entire spectrum of disciplines taught at FAU.

Publishing activities began: 2011
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: German; English; other

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: Yes
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 4
Individual people: 6
Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing, Library materials budget, Library operating budget, Sales revenue

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Expansive digital publications
Journals
Monographs

Journal Publishing:

Currently inactive or archived: 1

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 43
Peer-reviewed: 43
Required fee to enable Open Access: 43

Highlights

Top Publications:

Sources of Solidarity. A Short Introduction to the Foundations of Human Rights (book)
Researching Academic Freedom. Guidelines and Sample Case Studies (book)
Invasive Computing (book)
Learning and Teaching EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Relations. An Open Educational Resource (book)
The Cooccurrence of Linguistic Structures (book)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Humanities
Engineering and materials sciences
Law
Social sciences
Informatics

Partners

Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
The library-administered institutional repository OPEN FAU (https://open.fau.de/home) is used for FAU University Press publications. FAU University Press works are published there as full texts, they are assigned with a DOI and digitally archived for the long term.
Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: FAU accepts only monographic works by members of FAU, i.e. such works are welcome to be referred to us.
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No