Publication Series

Authors of the University have the option of publishing their book as a digital open access version in the spirit of the Berlin declaration. The digital version is available worldwide and free of charge on the University publication server miami and enables wide distribution. On request, you will receive a print-ready file that you can use to order print copies from a publisher or print service provider of your choice.

The University and State Library explicitly recommends the publication of the associated digital research data and additional materials for the purpose of sustainable support of open access and open science.

The University and State Library of Münster publishes the following open access publication series.

Advantages of online publication

  • optimal visibility, distribution and findability via catalogues and search engines
  • electronically searchable
  • available independent of time and place
  • cheap and fast publication
  • citable via URNs (fixed internet addresses)
  • Long-term archiving
  • Notification to the "Verzeichnis lieferbarer Bücher" (VLB)

Advantages of the print publication

  • reader friendly print version
  • classically bound knowledge
  • archiving in libraries
  • good findability in bookstore and library catalogues
  • reviews of printed copies so far more frequent than of PDF files
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Wissenschaftliche Schriften der Universität Münster – University of Münster Academic Publications

Books by scientists or central institutions of the University, for example scientific monographs and anthologies, conference proceedings, dissertations (evaluated with at least "magna cum laude"), research reports, commemorative publications, publication series of institutes and other types of publications are included. The University and State Library of Münster reserves the right to select the publications.

Information on University of Münster Academic Publications
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Publication series and open access – What our authors say

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FID Benelux – open access publications

As part of the DFG-funded program Specialized Information Services, the University and State Library of Münster has been managing the Specialized Information Service Benelux / Low Countries Studies (FID Benelux) since the beginning of 2016. The FID Benelux strives to make as high a proportion as possible of subject-relevant scientific literature on the Benelux countries accessible online without restriction. To this end, the FID provides free open access publication services for e-journals and e-books to the scholarly community in the Benelux region (parallel print publication is possible). For the first or second publication of individual articles and documents, the Benelux-Doc repository can also be used.

Information on FID Benelux – open access publications
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all publications