The University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München provides institutional funding for Open Access publications in BioMed Central journals. BioMed Central is part of Springer Science + Business Media.
We welcome University Library Heidelberg as our new contributing institution. University Library Heidelberg is in charge of the Heidleberg University Open Access Publishing Fund.
Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) provides institutional funding for Open Access publications for researchers affiliated with the Max Planck Society. MPDL makes use of central agreements with Open Access publishers. It has now updated expenditures for Open Access articles in Springer Science + Business Media journals.
Göttingen State and University Library supports the publication of research findings in Open Access journals through its publication fund. The fund participates in the DFG Open-Access Publishing Programme.
The University Library of Free University Berlin has joined openapc.github.io and is now sharing its expenditures for publications in Open Access journals. The library is in charge of the central publication fund at Free University Berlin, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Duisburg-Essen University Library has updated its spreadsheet for 2014. The library is in charge of the central publication fund at University Duisburg-Essen, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
The Library Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein has joined openapc.github.io and is sharing its expenditures for Open Access publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Bamberg University Library is in charge of the central open access fund of the University of Bamberg. The fund covers article processing charges that arise from publishing in peer reviewed Open Access journals.
Leipzig University Library finances the publication of research findings in Open Access journals through its publication fund. The fund is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
In June 2014, universities and research institutions in Germany have started to explore how reporting on fee-based Open Access publishing can be made more transparent and reproducible across institutions. For the purpose of interoperation with international activities and projects, the initial repository on fees paid by German Universities and Research Institutions has now been moved to https://github.com/OpenAPC/