🛠️ Are you supporting or using OJS, OMP, or OPS for #ScholarlyPublishing, and curious about developments? Come join us to learn what we're working on!
Monday December 15th, 8 AM PST, online, free and open: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/24/development-news-update-webinar-december/
#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
⚙️ Is it time to update your OJS, OMP, or OPS installation? New updates for 3.3 (LTS), 3.4 and 3.5 are available!
⚙️ 3.3.0-22, 3.4.0-10, and 3.5.0-2 were released late November, 2025
These maintenance releases collect many bugfixes and tweaks including security improvements.
We work hard to keep our software secure; please make sure to stay up to date.
Thanks everyone who helps make these releases possible!
#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/15/keep-your-ojs-installation-secure-with-updates/
⚙️ Join us for a PKP Software Development Update Webinar on Monday December 15th at 8 AM PST!
* Roadmap update, open #PeerReview, changes to #indexing, #DOIs and deposits, structured #citations, flexible workflow, the future of theming and more!
Can't make it? Register anyway for the recording!
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/24/development-news-update-webinar-december/
#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure
@ORCID_Org @crossref @ResearchOrgs @DOAJ @tibhannover @TIBopenpub @investinopen
▶️ Couldn't join PKP Development Associate Director Alec Smecher in the OJS 3.6 webinar? Here's the recording and slides on YouTube!
Preprints and continuous publication: Features for OJS 3.6 thanks to OSS ORE:
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenAccess #OpenPublishing #OpenInfrastructure #FOSS #OpenResearchEurope @EUCommission
⚙️ Reminder -- you're invited to the PKP Software Development News Update webinar Monday, September 15th, 8 AM Pacific!
Join us for the latest in exciting advancements for scholarly publishing:
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
⚙️ PKP Software Development Update Webinar -- Monday September 15th, 2025, 8 AM PDT
Topics and speakers:
⚙️ Searching, OpenSearch, faceting (Frascati) (Alec Smecher)
⚙️ Continuous publication (Alec Smecher)
⚙️ Journal Article Versions and preprint workflow in OJS (Alec Smecher)
⚙️ Public commenting (Erik Hanson)
⚙️ CRediT (Bozana Bokan)
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #FOSS #Frascati #CRediT
🚀 PKP announces the release of #OpenJournalSystems #OJS, #OpenMonographPress, and #OpenPreprintSystems version 3.5.0-1!
Thanks to our incredible community of coders, testers, documentation contributors, and financial contributors who make these releases possible.
Learn more: https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-5-0-1-released/96388
🚀 OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.3.0-21 and 3.4.0-9 released -- it's time to update!
Head over to the PKP Community Forum to learn more and join to get announcements like this one as soon as they are posted:
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-3-0-21-and-3-4-0-9-released/95887
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
🚨 PKP Development Alert – Article Production 🚨
New PKP News Blog post:
“Article production in PKP Software: Directions and plans”
🔍 Inside
🌱 Updates for 3.5 & 3.6
🌱 Benefits for cost, accessibility, models
🌱 Key insights for devs, editors & managers
💡 Why it matters
🌱 Easier contributions
🌱 Smoother publishing
🌱 Community-driven
🔗 Access: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/30/production-changes-plans/
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenInfrastructure #FOSS #OpenSource #SoftwareFreedom
🚀 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
📣 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
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
Have you checked out the latest PKP tech sessions?
Catch demos of #OpenJournalSystems and #Metabase business intelligence tools, as well as how to use the #OpenID plugin with OJS, #OpenMonographPress and #OpenPreprintSystems!
Access the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg358gdRUrDVkBczp0b815UxDtyqEc62r&si=7O4szrQP0Z0O2MTj
📢 Hello translators! PKP is currently seeking volunteers to help translate #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), #OpenMonographPress (OMP), and #OpenPreprintSystems (OPS) version 3.5.0 - you're invited!
Want some documentation to guide you? Check out PKP Docs Hub:
https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/translating-guide/en/translate-software
Ready to get started? Check Weblate, and register for an account if you don't already have one:
We appreciate all the work you've done to make OJS, OMP, and OPS multilingual - thank you!
⚙️ PKP is pleased to announce the release of Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open Preprint Systems (OPS) version 3.5.0rc2 (Release Candidate 2) -- for testing purposes (not for production).
PKP values community testing! We invite you to join in the testing process and help ensure that the final release of 3.5.0 is as reliable as possible.
Important notes about testing and feedback: https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-5-0rc2-released/95315
#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
⚙️ The recording of the PKP Development News Webinar held on February 18th, 2025, is available!
Roadmap Update: 3.3 LTS, 3.4.0, 3.5.0
OJS, OMP, OPS 3.5.0
Clarification on Long-Term Support (LTS)
OJS, OMP, OPS 3.6.0
@ResearchOrgs and Multiple Affiliations
Versions and Editor Integration
UI Plugin extensibility: Dashboard and Workflow
Metabase and Business Intelligence
Recording: https://youtu.be/Y_TgX7Ste-k?si=fHf-aImrU56G7iRO
#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
:underheart: Happy #ILovefs day, or week in our case 😊
We're still checking the hashtag & contributors out there!
PKP thanks hundreds of people & organizations helping to bring #FreeSoftware & #OpenAccess to global #ScholarlyPublishing with us over 25 years.
Thank you! #OpenJournalSystems, #OpenMonographPress & #OpenPreprintSystems are freely available for non-commercial journal, book & preprint publishing!
... We're still doing this every day, and always will!
🗓️ Save the date for the next PKP Sprint!
Organized in collaboration with the University of Oslo, the next sprint will take place June 2 - 3 2025, in Oslo, Norway.
The PKP sprint is open to developers, system admins, journal managers, librarians, user interface experts, and others involved in publishing.
If you use #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), #OpenMonographPress (OMP), or #OpenPreprintSystems (OPS) and have ideas to improve these systems, we invite you to join!
▶️ PKP Development News Update webinar recording now available!
Learn about PKP software versions 3.3 LTS (supported until January, 2026), 3.4, 3.5 (coming soon) and 3.6 (Open Research Europe, coming in 2026) -- and get updated releases, public roadmap, and find out how to contribute!
Check PKP's News Blog to get it all: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/12/17/pkp-development-news-webinar-recording-now-available/
#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenResearchEurope
Reminder: PKP invites communities to register for its Software Development Update webinar on December 16th, 2024, at 8 AM PST.
Topics
> #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS) / #OpenMonographPress (OMP) / #OpenPreprintSystems (OPS) version 3.5.0 preview and release timeline
> Typesetting workflow
> Tasks and Discussions
> Receiving emails in OJS
> Breaking the upload / download pattern with #WebDAV
> Pre-filling metadata automatically with #Grobid
Registration: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/11/28/pkp-software-development-update-registration-for-december-16-2024/
