Library Publishing Directory

Technical University of Munich

University Library of the Technical University of Munich

Academic Library · Germany

TUM.University Press

https://www.ub.tum.de/en/tumuniversitypress

Dr. Katharina Markgraf, Head of TUM.University Press
Phone: +49 89-289-28192
Email: tumuniversitypress@tum.de

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
As the publishing arm of the Technical University of Munich, TUM.University Press supports TUM members in publishing their research results. The range of publications is based on TUM's canon of subjects and reflects the diversity of research, teaching and history at TUM. TUM.University Press is a not-for-profit service of the University Library. It provides advice to authors and ensures that publications are uniform and visually attractive. The range of publications includes journals, dissertations, conference proceedings and textbooks from all disciplines represented at TUM. In line with the needs of the scientific community, books can be published both digitally and in print as print-on-demand or production run. Open Access publication provides readers worldwide with unrestricted access to the work; print titles can be obtained from both traditional bookshops and online booksellers. This facilitates broad visibility and citation of publications for the international research community.
  • Publishing activities began: 2018
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most
  • Publishing Languages: German; English; Arabic; Chinese

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.9
  • Individual people: 7
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Grey literature
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Open educational resources


Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 5
  • Peer-reviewed: 5

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Measured Building Survey (textbook)
  • State of Design (edited volume)
  • Circular Economy (proceedings)
  • Der Gasbehälter als Bautypus (thesis)
  • Rank Codes (textbook)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Architecture
  • History of the institution

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
    We cooperate with the repository mediaTUM and publish all our Open-Access-publications there.
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
    Sometimes chairs or the president's office publish on their own, we are not involved.
  • 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)
  • Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Publications of scientists from the Technical Universitiy of Munich; publications concerning the history of the Technical University of Munich.
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • images
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • locally developed software
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Additional Services:
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • copyediting
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
  • In-house

Policies

  • TUM Open Access Policy: https://www.ub.tum.de/en/open-access-policy

    • Additional Information

    Last Year:
    We established an Open Journal Systems platform to publish journals. Furthermore, we restructured our publishing portfolio to better fit the needs of the authors.
    Future Plans:
    We want to make our publications more visible in various databases.