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PKP Turin 2024 Sprint notes: OMP

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OMP Working group at PKP Turin 2024 Sprint

The OMP summary from the PKP Turin Sprint, hosted by the CRAFT-OA project in October 2024, is now available.

Sprints involve PKP community members joining diverse groups to work on PKP software and support. In October, the CRAFT-OA project and the University of Turin hosted eight working groups at the PKP Turin Sprint. This is a summary of one such group’s work.

Abstract

Interest in open book publishing is growing, especially among library publishers and small presses. The community is making choices on which programs to use for publishing books. The Public Knowledge Project intends to ensure that Open Monograph Press (OMP) is a viable platform for publishing open books; however, the community identifies that it has not received focused development attention in several years.

PKP’s OMP Coordinator is researching to understand the open book publishing landscape, identify opportunities for OMP improvements, and develop a list of recommendations. The work of this group will inform this research and result in significant improvements to OMP in upcoming versions.

Working Group members

Background

Interest in open book publishing, especially among library publishers and small university presses, is growing. OMP has not had focused development attention in several years. It is important to hear from interested community members about the current state of OMP and what they would like to see in the future.

Goals

  • Review the OMP Workflow step by step and identify problems.
  • Review and identify problems with the presenting side of OMP

Results

  • Key takeaways of the workflow review:
    • OJS changes sometimes create changes in OMP that are not ideal for book publishers
    • Need for single chapter submission by a chapter author, which can then be integrated into an edited volume with multiple authors
    • Expedited submission is more common in the book world, so more than just a QuickSubmit plugin – the possibility to hide the workflow view for submissions and bring the Quicksubmit route more to the surface
    • The publication format phase is too complicated for anything other than a single PDF book file.
    • Chapter files should be handled separately from the Publication Formats and the ability to add/remove Chapter files from the Chapter Form.
    • Should settings for OA press or online-only press remove all options for payments or printing, to streamline/focus the workflow?
  • Key takeaways of presentation review
    • You can use the web deposit form for now; a new version is coming soon, including a demo
    • A plugin (or deeper OMP integration) would be ideal
    • Some individual efforts are happening; PKP could help coordinate (talk to Luis at Crossref)
    • Ensure broad content types are included – chapters, dissertations, etc.
    • Ensure handling of multilingual metadata
    • Springer has been a good example of delivering Crossref XML via API, but not as rich as it could be; let’s make OMP metadata richer
    • DeGr uses book XML; bits XML — Springer may use the same standards
    • Often missing affiliation field
    • See Crossref Participation Reports
    • Will the OJS upgrade force an update of Crossref data, as more fields are now required? If done separately, many will not do so.
    • Ability to add abstracts and chapters

Next Steps

Incorporating findings into the research being conducted by PKP to accumulate opportunities for future OMP development.

Thank you

We once again thank the Sprint host institutions, and all participants for their valuable contributions to the PKP user community. Special thanks to the CRAFT-OA Project and the University of Turin for their support and partnerships.