The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is a research and development initiative that is also a Core Facility of Simon Fraser University. We develop community-driven free and open software, as well as conduct research, to improve the quality and reach of non-commercial scholarly publishing for the global public good.
#ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm #OpenInfrastructure #ScholarlyIndependence #OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenMonographPress #FOSS #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
▶️ The PKP Development News webinar recording from June 16th is now available -- learn about PKP software versions 3.5 and 3.6, and get ready to upgrade!
* Roadmap Update - 3.5 Released!
* Dashboard Features
* Workflow Features
* Submission Wizard
* JATS XML
* ROR Integration
* Roadmap to 3.5.0 Long-Term Support (LTS)
* OJS, OMP, OPS 3.6 and more!
Be sure to check the YouTube description for the linked chapters, a slide deck with links, and additional resources.
🚀 PKP Releases OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5 -- user and community informed!
🔍 What’s new?
✔️ Redesigned editorial dashboard
✔️ New user invitation workflow
✔️ JATS XML preview
✔️ Interoperability advances
✔️ Multilingual publishing, and more!
Check the post:
🎯 Why upgrade now?
📥 Download the releases
📚 Learn what’s new
💬 How to share your feedback
👏 A huge thank you!
Explore and get resources: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/16/350-release-announcement/
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenAccess
Reminder: PKP AGM starts in about 15 minutes, at 9 AM PDT today! Register for your link if you haven't already -- hope to meet you there!
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/05/20/pkp-2025-agm-registration-open/
📣 PKP's Annual Report is here!
Rooted in our values — Community Engagement, Educational Initiatives, Open Infrastructure, Research and Advocacy, as well as Sustainability — this year’s report highlights how these principles guide our work.
📄 Explore: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/16/annual-report-2024-release/
With deep gratitude to our entire team and community — thank you for building the future of #ScholarlyPublishing with us.
#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
We're excited for the PKP Annual General Meeting! Join in Tuesday June 17th, 9 AM PDT / 10 AM MDT and CST / 11 AM CDT / 12 PM EDT
We've done so much together! We will celebrate our progress 🎉 and there will also be an open discussion and question answer time 💡
Please check out the agenda and register to join: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/05/20/pkp-2025-agm-registration-open/
If you don't want to use Eventbrite to register, please email commpkp[at]sfu.ca instead with the subject line "AGM registration"
Hi all,
Please join us at our next Development News Update webinar, June 16 8 AM PDT!
Topics to be discussed include:
* OJS/OMP/OPS 3.5.0 release + features
* Expanded tools for content organization with Categories
* Customizable reviewer recommendation
* Controlled vocabulary plugins
* Journal Article Versions and preprints in OJS
* Using email templates to extend workflow
Hope to meet you there!
Eventbrite registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pkps-development-news-webinar-june-2025-tickets-1221598517049?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Even💎 Diamond OA journals have to comply with GDPR. 🤔Tomorrow's webinar at 2pm (CEST) will address how PKP's publishing systems help publishers do that. 🛠️ Learn more and register: https://www.craft-oa.eu/coffee-lectures-1/
Did you try OJS, OMP, or OPS version 3.5.0rc2?
Reminder -- send your feedback on the PKP Community Forum!
Your contributions are central to the community-driven nature of PKP scholarly publishing software development and we thank you 🤝 ⤵️
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-5-0rc2-released/95315
@marcbria Marc, our team owes a lot to you. You always have such insightful inclusions and constructive inputs. We also learned something new from you all the time.
Your contributions were also unwavering. No matter what, we were able to do what we needed to do to advance open infrastructure, open research, and open science, with a collaborative attitude.
It's fair to say that PKP would be what it it is now without you!
You rock, and you will continue rocking it. Thank you, Marc!
Open Journal Systems version 3.5 is on its way! To help users get familiar with 3.5, we're creating a series of video resources.
In this video, 2 major changes are briefly presented and demonstrated: (1) redesign of submission interface, and (2) new user invitation process.
Check out this overview on YouTube! If you find this resource useful, please consider giving us a supportive comment, a like, and subscribe to get the latest; more is coming:
PKP software updates are here! Are you on 3.3 or 3.4? Check it out:
* #OpenJournalSystems 3.3.0-21 (Long-Term Support / LTS) and 3.4.0-9
* #OpenMonographPress 3.3.0-21 (LTS) and 3.4.0-9
* #OpenPreprintSystems 3.3.0-21 (LTS) and 3.4.0-9
Access (and better yet join) the PKP Community Forum to stay informed and get details:
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-3-0-21-and-3-4-0-9-released/95887
Thank you to all the #pkpOslo2025 participants for joining us and working hard to improve PKP software!
We also want to thank our local hosts, the University of Oslo for an amazing experience and a successful and productive sprint!
Thank you!
Last, but never least, the sixth working group of the second day of #pkpOslo2025 worked on OJS statistics
#pkpOslo2025 also had a working group dedicated to OMP, its submission form, and how we define books
On our second day, we also had a group working on a template plugin to enhance journal metadata
Our next group worked on identifying use cases for an API for published content and how to implement it effectively.
Continuing with the work started on day 1, this group worked on multilingualism, metadata, and machine translation
On day 2 of the #pkpOslo2025 sprint one of the working groups dedicated its day to a coding exercise that included work on the Publisher library, templates in different parts of the system, and adding links in TinyMCE
We're starting the second day of #pkpOslo2025!
Stay tuned to learn more about today's working groups and their projects.
The last group of the first day of the #pkpOslo2025 sprint worked on the document-centric workflow and explored the ways this can be improved.
