Kallipos

Spec sheet

Purpose

KALLIPOS develops electronic textbooks, mainly for students and professors at Greek universities, and makes them freely available with open licenses through its digital repository.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Support

Users of the member registry and proposal-management service can submit a request to a dedicated support platform, and the Central Support Team says it will contact them as soon as possible.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Founded

2013Read 28 Sep 2026 · kallipos.gr

2026 work

The initiative’s 2026 extension lists large-scale updates, translations of existing textbooks, and EPUB3 editions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Access

Every book in the repository is freely available in its entirety for users to download.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Author submissions

Authors can submit a proposal through an open call or offer a finished book for free in digital format; proposals and books are evaluated by the Scientific Committee.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Authoring formats

The authoring page provides writing formats for 2026 in DOCX and lists InDesign and XeLaTeX resources.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Authoring resources

The authoring page provides writing formats, cover formats, material directories, logos, authoring instructions, and material-submission instructions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Authoring workflow

Authors submit proposals through open calls, and proposals are evaluated by the project's Scientific Coordination and Evaluation Committee with external evaluators.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Book formats

The site describes KALLIPOS e-books as viewable or editable in PDF, EPUB, LaTeX, and DocBook formats.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Editing and publication

The project workflow includes linguistic and technical editing before the manuscript is uploaded to the repository.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Editorial process

After a proposal is approved, the manuscript proceeds to linguistic and technical editing before upload to the repository.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Education

Most repository books are educational, and many are recommended by teachers for their courses.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Eligibility

The registry lists professors and lecturers, retired or emeritus professors, researchers, scientific and research associates, freelance scientists, and PhD and master's degree holders as eligible registrants.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Eligible users

The site lists professors, retired professors or professors emeriti, researchers, scientific and research associates, freelancers or scientists, and PhD and master’s degree holders as eligible to register.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Free access

Every book in the repository is freely available in its entirety for users to download.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Funding and governance

KALLIPOS is currently funded by Greece’s Public Investment Program through the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Identifiers

The FAQ says the books have ISBNs and EUDOXOS codes and are included in the relevant directories.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Project operators

The project is implemented by NTUA’s Research Committee in collaboration with the Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link).Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Registry

The project's web-based Registration and Administration Platform supports member and collaborator work, proposal administration, and evaluation workflows.Read 4 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Registry features

Registry operations include personal information entry, proposal management, evaluator assignment, evaluation monitoring, and submission of evaluation reports.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Registry requirements

Registration in the KALLIPOS Registry is required to undertake any role within the project.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Repository contents

Books are available in the repository as complete books or as independent chapters.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Web platform

The project’s Registration and Administration Platform is a web-based application for members and external collaborators to interact and do their work.Read 5 Oct 2026 · kallipos.gr

Where Specifiction places it

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