PKP Blog

New Article: "Creating a library service for scholarly open access journals"
October 22, 2009

A great example of a library using OJS to offer wider services to their users. From the introduction:

In 2008 the University of Bergen Library started a project for supporting independent open access journals at the University of Bergen.1 The service was aimed at already existing journals that wanted to convert to an open access model, and to research groups that planned to establish a new electronic journal with open content.

PKP Quick Study: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
October 21, 2009

We've just posted another interview in our PKP Quick Studies series. These interviews are conducted with outstanding members of the PKP community. This month, we sent the questionnaire off to Dr. Mahmoud Saghaei, of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, in Iran. You can read his responses here.

Open Access Week Special: All Software 2 for the price of 1!
October 18, 2009

To celebrate Open Access Week 2009 the Public Knowledge Project is pleased to offer all of our software at 2 for the price of one! Download now to take advantage of this special* offer!

New OJS Area Studies Journals
October 15, 2009

The German Institute of Global and Area Studies and the University of Hamburg have launched the GIGA Journal Family, which includes these 4 journals:

More OCS 2.3 Testers Needed
October 13, 2009

The PKP Development Team is testing OCS (2.3), and would like to invite any interested volunteers to test the software.

If you would like to install a test version locally, please follow these instructions to access the files via CVS.

If you would prefer to use our test installation, let us know, and we will create an account for you.

Any bugs should be reported directly into our Bugzilla testing system.

New SPARC guide reviews income models for supporting open-access journals
October 13, 2009

“Income models for Open Access: An overview of current practice” examines the use of supply-side revenue streams (such as article processing fees, advertising) and demand-side models (including versioning, use-triggered fees). The guide provides an overview of income models currently in use to support open-access journals, including a description of each model along with examples of journals currently employing it.

OJS - Its not just for journals anymore
October 8, 2009

I was recently asked about alternative uses of OJS and decided to hunt around to see what I could find. The results were quite interesting, with OJS being used in a number of unexpected ways. Here are some examples:

1. Student journal: http://www.librarystudentjournal.org/
2. Teaching tool: http://ejournal.vudat.msu.edu/
3. Book archive: http://journals.sfu.ca/coactionbks/

OJS 2.3 Released
October 7, 2009

The PKP Development Team is pleased to announce the release of OJS 2.3.0.

OHP and OJS helping philosophy go OA
October 5, 2009

For Immediate Release, October 5, 2009

Contact: Sigi Jöttkandt: sigij 'at' openhumanitiespress.org
Open Humanities Press

PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL CONVERTS TO OA, JOINS OPEN HUMANITIES PRESS – Filozofski vestnik International, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Philosophy, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of the Arts and Sciences, has converted to open access and become part of the Open Humanities Press collective.

PKP Quick Study: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
September 28, 2009

We're pleased to announce the beginning of a new series hosted on this site: PKP Quick Studies, ongoing short interviews with outstanding members of the PKP community.

We start the series off with Marc Bria Ramírez of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, who has contributed an OJS plugin and translation (Catalan) to the PKP community, and who has also been a very helpful member to the forum.

PKP is hiring!
September 11, 2009

Interested in working with us? The Public Knowledge Project is currently looking for a skilled and committed software developer to join our team. If this sounds like you, take a look at the job posting and let us know.

OJS now available in Basque (Euskara)
September 10, 2009

Many thanks to Aitor Cuartango and the University of the Basque Country for translating OJS into Basque.

You can see all of the many translations of OJS on our OJS Languages page.

OCS 2.3 Testers Needed
September 3, 2009

The PKP Development Team is ready to begin the testing of OCS (2.3), and would like to invite any interested volunteers to test the software.

If you would like to install a test version locally, please follow these instructions to access the files via CVS.

If you would prefer to use our test installation, let us know, and we will create an account for you.

Any bugs should be reported directly into our Bugzilla testing system.

Presentation: Dr. John Willinsky - “The Public Revolution in Scholarly Communication"
August 31, 2009

On the occasion of this university awarding an honorary Doctor of Laws being to John Willinsky at Fall Convocation, the Simon Fraser University Library is pleased to host a special presentation by this innovator in scholarly communication (see attached).

Thursday, October 8, 2009
10am - 11am

Thesis Defence Room
Room 2020, 2nd floor
W.A.C. Bennett Library
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC

Free drop-in admission

PAGEPress launches 20 OA journals using OJS
August 17, 2009

The Italian publisher PAGEPress has launched 20 new open access, peer-reviewed medical and biological journals using OJS.

OJS 2.3 Testers Needed
July 22, 2009

We have started testing the next release of OJS (2.3), and would like to invite any interested volunteers in helping out.

If you'd like an early look at this new release, and would like to contribute to the Public Knowledge Project, please contact Kevin for more information.

Thanks!

The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy now available online using OJS!
July 17, 2009

The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (CJHP) has now been made available online using OJS. Working with Multimed Inc., the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists is pleased to be able to offer all current issues of the CJHP online.

PKP Conference Live Streaming
July 3, 2009

If you can't make it to the PKP Conference in person, you will be able to watch selected sessions online. We will be live streaming content on Wednesday night for John's keynote and throughout Thursday and Friday. For more information on the sessions, see the conference program.

Room 1900 Webcast:

http://www.lidc.sfu.ca/broadcast

OJS now available in Danish!
July 7, 2009

Thanks to the great work of research librarian Niels Erik Frederiksen, we now have a full 2.2.2 translation of Open Journal Systems in Danish! An example of this translation can be seen here, and the translation itself can be downloaded from the Danish language page.

Many thanks to Niels Erik for this wonderful contribution!

Charlesworth Group launches new open access OJS journal
July 7, 2009

The Charlesworth Group has announced the launch of a new, peer-reviewed journal using OJS -- the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES).

JAMES is the only journal devoted to modeling Earth systems. JAMES maintains high standards of formal peer review, and provides authors the opportunity to participate in an interactive discussion forum. JAMES is committed to removing publication barriers and offers high quality publication services at minimal cost.