Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

KIT Library

Academic Library · Germany

• https://www.ksp.kit.edu/
• info@ksp.kit.edu

KIT Scientific Publishing

https://www.ksp.kit.edu/

Dr. Arne Upmeier, Head of KIT Library
Email: arne.upmeier@kit.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
We are the scientific publisher of the KIT and publish quality-checked publications of our research institution. The publishing house is located in the department for publication services of the KIT library

• Publishing activities began: 2003
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English; German; Spanish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 6
• Individual people: 9
• Funding sources: Author fees, Library operating budget, Sales revenue

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Journals
• Monographs

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  We offer integrated services together with the central repository KITopen.
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  
• 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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