⚙️ Hi Systems Administrators working with OJS! Ready to bring a world of improved #metadata, #discoverability, user experience and workflow to journals using OJS?

Then you might be ready for OJS 3.5. Join us and @crossref for this webinar June 17, made for you, with step-by-step guidance:

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PKP & Crossref | How to upgrade to OJS 3.5: For Systems Administrators

Calling all OJS system administrators! Join us for a step-by-step walkthrough of the process of upgrading from OJS 3.x to 3.5.

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Anyone can build a platform now. Almost nobody can get people to find it.

I want to start this post with an admission that's a little uncomfortable, which is that the platform I built specifically to help other people solve their distribution problem is itself struggling with exactly the same distribution problem I built it to solve. ClaudeFolio is live, the submissions feature works, the upvoting works, the design is clean, and the rules are exactly the rules I wanted them to be. The only thing missing is the part where lots of people know it exists. And that part, as I'm learning the hard way, is the part that actually matters...

Naseej has joined the DataCite Registered Service Provider Program, the first provider from the Middle East. Through Medad, Naseej supports DOI registration workflows that help institutions improve metadata quality, interoperability & discoverability. Learn more on our blog: https://doi.org/10.5438/cp4k-mp67

#DataCite #Naseej #DOI #Metadata #ResearchInfrastructure #OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #PersistentIdentifiers #ResearchData #Interoperability #Discoverability #OpenResearch #PID

huh, going to have to check this out, may be a new way to get posts discovered or seen from small servers too. It feels like something between guppy groups and a fedibuzz relay.

Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub https://activitypub.blog/2026/04/02/discover-more-of-the-fediverse-with-tags-pub/

#ActivityPub, #Discoverability, #Fediverse, #Tags, #WordPress

Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub

Hashtag discovery in the Fediverse is limited by which servers yours knows about. tags.pub, a global hashtag server by the Social Web Foundation, fills that gap. It collects public posts and redist…

ActivityPub for WordPress
@JessTheUnstill @abraxas3d Best description I've heard (from this toot: https://mastodon.green/@CiaraNi/116390949725857530) is things here go fungal rather than viral, popping up for likes and retoots months by or years later, especially if you use hashtags newcomers can search / talk about niche interests
#Discoverability #Fungal
Ciara (@[email protected])

@[email protected] I love that this happens. Agreed: the Fediverse is both quirky and lovely. When someone replies to or boosts one of my toots months or years later, I recall someone saying that things don't 'go viral' here, but 'go fungal' or 'go mycelial', growing slowly over time. Sometimes I'll see a great pinned toot or connect with a new mutual and see an old toot on their timeline that I boost. I do worry it might look like stalking, but it's just incidental and coincidental.

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🔬 #MakingScienceVisible – why #Communication is crucial today 🗣️

This is exactly where #ScienceRelations comes in:

A structured form of #publicrelations for #scientists – with the goal of
📈 increasing #visibility
🔍 improving #discoverability
🤝 Create #transparency

In an age of growing #information overload, it is becoming increasingly important to communicate #research clearly, accessibly, and effectively.

Learn more: https://philosophies.de/index.php/science-relation/

Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub

Hashtag discovery in the Fediverse is limited by which servers yours knows about. tags.pub, a global hashtag server by the Social Web Foundation, fills that gap. It collects public posts and redistributes them by hashtag, so your content reaches people across the network. It works out of the box on WordPress.com. Self-hosted sites can connect by adding a relay in the ActivityPub settings. The project is open source, privacy-conscious, and respects opt-outs.

https://activitypub.blog/2026/04/02/discover-more-of-the-fediverse-with-tags-pub/

#Design #Findings
What is your site’s AI chatbot for? · Why users have little reason to use it https://ilo.im/16bk3y

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#Research #AI #Chatbots #Discoverability #Search #Website #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

What Is Your Site's AI Chatbot for? Users Can't Tell

Users see little reason to use site AI chatbots. To prove their value, chatbots must solve problems that existing site features don't.

Nielsen Norman Group