Public Knowledge Project

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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

Websitehttps://pkp.sfu.ca/
Open Journal Systemshttps://pkp.sfu.ca/software/ojs/
PKP Community Forumhttps://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/
PKP Docs Hubhttps://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/

Structured Citations coming in OJS 3.6

Are you using OJS for scholarly publishing? Join us January 14th to learn about this exciting new feature -- structured citations!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pkp-webinar-structured-citations-in-ojs-36-tickets-1976978404627?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1

#OpenJournalSystems #ScholarlyPublishing #StructuredCitations

PKP Webinar: Structured Citations in OJS 3.6

Join us to learn about a new Structured Citations feature in OJS 3.6.

Eventbrite

“The field of scientific communication is in some ways tremendously conservative. When you introduce any innovation, you need to immediately show that it has advantages, that you will gain in prestige, visibility and impact.”

In Katina Magazine , SciELO co-founder Abel Packer discusses the past, present and future of the pioneering platform, which holds the world’s largest collection of Latin American scholarly articles.

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/how-collective-action-shaped-open-access-latin-america

#OpenAccess #LibraryScience #ScholComm

How Collective Action Shaped Open Access in Latin America

SciELO—Scientific Electronic Library Online—has been operating for 28 years. In this interview, co-founder Abel Packer discusses the past, present, and future of the pioneering open access publishing platform and aggregator.

Katina Magazine | Annual Reviews

RE: https://blog.tib.eu/2025/12/16/das-tib-av-portal-im-jahr-2025/

Das TIB AV-Portal ist unsere #OpenAccess-Plattform für wissenschaftliche Videos und Audios.
Das dazugehörige Scrum-Team hat 2025 wieder zahlreiche Verbesserungen umgesetzt. @TIB_AVPortal-Product Owner #SvenStrobel gibt hier einen Überblick: https://blog.tib.eu/2025/12/16/das-tib-av-portal-im-jahr-2025

🛠️ 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

PKP Development News Update Webinar: December 15 2025 - Public Knowledge Project

You are invited to join PKP's free and open Development News Update Webinar on Monday December 15th, 8 AM PST.

Public Knowledge Project

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@tullney/115667096920408185

On October 15th, 2025, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB, the German National Library of Science and Technology) @tibhannover, announced the PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS) Deutschland Consortium 2026 – 2028.

This #FOSS is a keystone in everything open -- join in!

Learn about why this consortium matters for sustaining OJS together, how this national consortium helps sustain an international #OpenInfrastructure, why join the consortium, and what comes next.

#OpenJournalSystems #Metadata

RE: https://mastodon.online/@craftoa/115683776934835750

@craftoa and PKP have been working together to improve #OpenInfrastructure #ScholarlyPublishing software features that lend to open access. A big thank you to CRAFT-OA for all your support and amazing work!

Check out their blog post to learn more about enhancements in #OpenJournalSystems 3.5 and 3.6 ⤵️

#FOSS #ScholComm #OpenAccess

📣 Our friends at the #ScholCommLab have published a preprint, "The Drain of #ScientificPublishing", and are calling for #research communities, funders, governments, and #universities to "re-communalise publishing to serve #science not the market"

PKP supports this call, and works to develop and maintain free open software for independent scholarly publishing.

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.04820

#ScholComm #AcademicChatter #FOSS #BetterPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #IndependentPublishing #OpenAccess

📰 PKP's community newsletter Archipelago Issue 8 is out -- check out these features!

📌 Inclusive global publishing: PKP Documentation and #Multilingualism Specialist Emma Uhl

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/inclusive-publishing-interview-emma/

📌 Advancing #OpenPublishing: Feature highlights from three years of @craftoa

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/craft-oa-3-years/

📌 Sustaining open infrastructure together: A warm thanks to @tibhannover

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/sustaining-open-infrastructure-together-a-warm-thanks-to-tib/

📌 PKP update on #OpenInfrastructure #accessibility work

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/27/accessibility-update-2025/

⚙️ 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/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PublicKnowledgeProject/115590081222718446

Hi all, just a quick reminder to folks in #OpenAccess, #OpenInfrastructure, #OpenPublishing, #ScholComm, and #ScholarlyPublishing communities that registration for our new, unique PKP SFU Open Publishing courses are open until December 12, 2025.

Secure your spot soon! ⤵️

@sfuscience @sfu @ResearchOrgs @DOAJ @ORCID_Org @scielo @sparc @crossref

#AcademicChatter #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #PublicKnowledge