⚙️ Hi all, you are invited to the next PKP Development News Update Webinar, May 25th, 8 AM PT!

Topics and speakers:

⚙️ Production Workflow (Alec Smecher; Jarda Kotěšovec)

⚙️ Published Manuscript Under Review workflow (Erik Hanson)

⚙️ Media Gallery (Erik Hanson)

Details and registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pkps-development-news-webinar-may-2026-tickets-1975856513019?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Hope to meet you there!

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #FOSS #ScholarlyPublishing

@DOAJ @ResearchOrgs @crossref @SCOSSfunding @investinopen @tibhannover

🚀 PKP is pleased to announce the release of OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0-4:

https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-5-0-4-released/98135

We work hard to keep our software secure; please make sure to stay up to date!

This release has not yet been designated for Long-Term Support (LTS). This may happen in the upcoming weeks; please watch for an announcement and designation on the download page.

Thanks to our incredible communities who make these releases possible!

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #FOSS

🙌 PKP invites you to join its AGM, Wednesday, May 27, 8 AM PDT

Learn about what PKP has been doing as well as what the future holds: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/02/19/pkp-2026-agm-registration/

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It’s time to sprint!

🚀 The PKP Sprint will take place on May 18 and 19, 2026, alongside the OPERAS and SCIROS conference in Warsaw, Poland!

Sprints are key events bringing together PKP with global communities to advance #OpenJournalSystems, #OpenMonographPress and #OpenPreprintSystems.

We look forward to connecting in person once again. Spots are limited!

Please check PKP’s News Blog for details plus registration page:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/03/06/register-for-pkp-warsaw-sprint-2026/

#FOSS #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure

The @copim #CopimConference is well under way, bringing together communities interested in and building the future of community-led #OpenAccess books.

Catch PKP's OMP Coordinator Zoe Wake Hyde on "Where are the new scholar-led #OpenAccess presses & how can we support their emergence?" panel with Lucy Barnes (Chair), Julien McHardy and Niki Rhyner, February 27, 13:30 GMT!

Check out the program: https://copim.pub/join-us-for-the-copim-conference-2026-exploring-the-future-of-community-led-open-access-books/#conference-programme

#OpenMonographPress #OpenBooks #OpenPublishing #AcademicChatter

👋 Hi #CopimConference @copim community!

PKP's Strategic Business Development Advisor Mark Huskisson - @markhusk - is on site.

Mark is available to connect and discuss #OpenAccess, publishing models, funding, community drivers, PKP software like #OpenMonographPress (OMP) and more.

Please feel free to connect in person, here on Mastodon, or email him: [email protected]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject/115980619055888490

Reminder: please join us for the upcoming PKP Development News webinar!

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems

🛠️ Upcoming PKP Development News webinar -- February 23, 2026, 8 AM Pacific Time!

Topics
- Roadmap update
- Body text editor
- PubMed Central deposits
- JATS
- Peer review

If you can't make it, register anyway and get the recording.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pkps-development-news-webinar-february-2026-tickets-1975856243212

(or email commpkp[at]sfu[dot]ca subject: Feb Dev webinar registration)

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Are you using #OpenMonographPress (OMP) to publish scholarly books, #monographs or other long-form works?

Join our Community Call with Zoe Wake Hyde @zwhnz to contribute to the future of OMP!

January 29, 8 AM PT

If you haven't signed up for invites, email zwhyde[at]sfu[dot]ca or sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/4zcv52jb

#OABooks

Dear #ScholarlyPublishing communities, who all here is using #OpenMonographPress (OMP) to publish #OpenAccess books, long-form manuscripts, textbooks, or for a fresh take on #OpenBook publishing?

OMP users, we also invite you to showcase your instance at OMP Fest! The Call for Proposals is open until January 16, 2026.

Your showcase will not only highlight your work, but will bring communities together and set examples for other OMP users.

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/12/10/omp-fest/

#AcademicChatter