By popular demand, we have now extended the deadline for proposals to May 6th!

The deadline for submission of proposals to the PKP Scholarly Publishing 2013 conference, taking place August 19-21 in Mexico City, Mexico, has been extended to May 6 . Please consider submitting a presentation proposal, attending the event, and sharing this message with any colleagues who you think might be interested in participating.

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are pleased to announce the first confirmed speakers for the Fourth PKP International Scholarly Publishing Conference, which will be held from August 19-21, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico.

We would like to take a moment to introduce you to the new PKP Newsletter, which you will find here: PKP Newsletter January 2013

One of our resolutions for 2013 is to keep our partners, sponsors, and the whole PKP community up to date on not only software developments, but also on innovative research projects, planned presentations and workshops, upcoming project developments, and our sustainability program, and other interesting PKP news items.

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are pleased to announce the Fourth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, which will be held from August 19 - 21, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico.

The newest Public Knowledge Project (PKP) software module, the Open Monograph Press (OMP) 1.0 (Beta), was released on September 17th, 2012. As part of OMP’s release strategy, PKP is working closely with several early adopters who are using OMP in a production environment and who will provide feedback on their experiences with the software. The Early Adopter Initiative is a very important part of ensuring the successful release and adoption of the OMP software.

Please join us for a free webcast on Friday, September 28 from 9am to 10am Pacific Time, featuring presentations by John Willinsky on the current state of affairs for PKP, Alec Smecher on OJS developments, and Juan Pablo Alperin on OMP, including a brief demonstration and overview of this latest application in the PKP suite of open source publishing software.

Webcast Live Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/publicknowledgeproject

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is very pleased to announce the 1.0 (Beta) release of Open Monograph Press (OMP). OMP is an open source software platform for managing the editorial workflow required to see monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions through internal and external review, editing, cataloguing, production, and publication. OMP will operate, as well, as a press website with catalog, distribution, and sales capacities.

We recently launched our new sponsorship program at the PKP 2011 Conference in Berlin. This program will help to ensure the ongoing progress and development of all of our software, including OJS, OCS, OHS, and OMP. We'd very much appreciate your participation!

We've created a new Facebook page for the Public Knowledge Project. You can "Like" us, post a comment and let us know what you are up to, add a photo, or otherwise just say "hi"! We'll use this to send out news items or notifications once in a while, but we won't overwhelm you :-)