The objective of the 'Distributed Network for Publishing Services' project (BUA DNPS) is to cooperatively build consulting and service facilities for academic publishing and expand interconnected open-access publishing infrastructures based on distributed areas of expertise. This project is funded by the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) and is a collaboration between the Medical Library of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the University Libraries of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin.