Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University Library

Academic Library · Germany

• https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/
• heiup@ub.uni-heidelberg.de

Heidelberg University Publishing

https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/

Anja Konopka, Editorial office and proofreading
Phone: +49 6221 54 2569
Email: konopka@ub.uni-heidelberg.de

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The mission of Heidelberg University Publishing is to provide open access to outstanding academic publications. We see the opportunities afforded by digital publishing as a way to advance the visibility of research output beyond the confines of academic disciplines. For us, this means that we publish open access, follow a consistent e-strategy, use innovative digital publication formats, and ensure quality through a peer review process (usually double blind).

• Publishing activities began: 2015
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: German, English, French, Italian

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: Yes
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 6
• Individual people: 14
• Students: Graduate student(s); undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Library operating budget; non-library campus budget; sales revenue; author fees

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Educational resources
• Journals
• Monographs
• Multimedia

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

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