Open access publishing in the "Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen" (DBT)

The "Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen (DBT)" is the institutional repository and publication server of the University of Erfurt and also a Thuringian cooperation project. The Electronic Text Center (ETC) offers you as a member of the University of Erfurt the opportunity to publish your work open access in the DBT. There are two available options:

  • an open access publication as a first release publication
  • an already published work that you publish on the Green Open Access path as a second release publication. Please verify in this case if the right to an additional open access publication, e.g. in an institutional repository, is explicitly included in the publication contract with the publisher.

What content can be published in the DBT?

  • Thesis: The publication of thesis (bachelor's, master's, diploma and master's thesis) is subject to the approval of the supervisor and the thesis needs to be graded "gut" (good) or above. The superviser approves the submission of the thesis in electronic form by signing the appendix to the publication contract.
  • Dissertations and postdoctoral thesis:  for further details on how to publish please refer to the our Dissertation acceptance page.
  • Scientific articles: Scientific articles can be published as a first or second publication. Members and affiliates of the University of Erfurt are entitled to publish their scientific research results in DBT open access if those works were created during their employment at the University of Erfurt .
  • Films and videos: please note the information on the publication of films/videos on the pages of the DBT Information on the publication of videos

How to register your publication

  • Workflow

For detailed information on the submission procedure for publishing your work in the Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen (DBT), please refer to our step-by-step guide

  • Registration

Please register your work to be published in the DBT. Use our [GER] registration form

  • Publication contract

The publication contract[GER] serves as the basis for the publication in the DBT.

  • Format requirements

The format requirement for publishing your electronic qualification thesis in the DBT is PDF/A format. You can find information on creating PDF/A files in our instructions

Licensing for your publication in the DBT

If you want to publish your scientific text in DBT open access, you should define usage rights for your document. You have two options for this:

  • All rights reserved. This means that the contents of your document can only be read.
  • Creative Commons licenses. The so-called CC licenses are standardized license agreements with the help of which you can compile the usage rights for your content like in a modular system. For more information on CC licenses, see our webpage Copyright and open access

Contact

Martina Schlütter
Electronic Text Center ETC
(Erfurt University Library)
Universitätsbibliothek (UB) / Raum 151
+49 361 737-5857
etc@uni-erfurt.de

Useful links

Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen

Registration form[GER]

Publishing contract [GER]