PKP thanks Sikt, OJS Deutschland, and the Max Planck Digital Library for supporting open, community-governed scholarly publishing infrastructure.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59350/86wnr-hst84
The Public Knowledge Project starts 2026 by welcoming three important members to the growing number of contributors that support its operations. PKP relies on its community of contributors to strengthen and grow its ongoing maintenance and development. Financial and in-kind contributions from members enhance and direct software development, educational initiatives, and research programs. Today, we are proud to recognize several recent contributions that exemplify this shared commitment and help ensure the long-term sustainability of PKP’s open source platforms.
Across Europe, institutions and consortia are stepping forward to invest in PKP not just as software users, but as active members of shared scholarly infrastructure.
Community-Led Support in Norway
We are deeply grateful to Sikt (the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research) and six Norwegian institutions (Nord University, Oslo Metropolitan University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, University of Inland Norway, University of Oslo, and the University of Stavanger) for their coordinated support through PKP membership contributions.
This milestone reflects years of collaboration among Norwegian librarians and publishing professionals who rely on PKP software in their daily work and who actively advocate for open, scholar-led publishing. Their collective engagement highlights the power of community networks in sustaining shared infrastructure and strengthening local publishing ecosystems. With more than 70 active journals in Norway using Open Journal Systems (OJS), this support reinforces PKP’s growing relevance in the Nordic region and beyond.
A Strong Start for the OJS Deutschland Consortium
We also celebrate the successful launch of the OJS Deutschland Consortium, a group of 14 German institutions that have committed to supporting PKP from 2026 through 2028. By coming together in a national consortium, these institutions demonstrate how collective investment can provide stable, long-term support for open source scholarly publishing infrastructure.
This multi-year commitment strengthens PKP’s sustainability while affirming the value of OJS as critical infrastructure for non-commercial, community-governed journal publishing. It also serves as a powerful model for how institutions can collaborate to support open knowledge at scale.
Partnership with the Max Planck Digital Library
PKP is equally grateful for the new multi-year support from the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), extending from 2026 through 2028. As a key provider of publishing and research services for the Max Planck Society’s 85 institutes, MPDL plays a leading role in advancing open access and sustainable scholarly communication.
Their contribution directly supports the ongoing development and maintenance of OJS, as well as PKP’s broader suite of tools, including Open Monograph Press (OMP) and Open Preprint Systems (OPS). This partnership also enables continued work on multilingual support, indexing improvements, documentation, and educational initiatives, benefiting scholar-led publishing communities.
Thank You for Supporting Open Infrastructure
Together, these contributions represent more than financial support. They reflect a shared belief that scholarly infrastructure is a public good that thrives through collaboration, trust, and long-term community investment. We are sincerely thankful to all the institutions, librarians, researchers, and advocates who make this work possible.
Join the PKP Community as a Contributor
If your institution relies on PKP software or believes in the importance of open, community-governed scholarly infrastructure, we invite you to become a PKP contributor.
Your support helps ensure that open scholarly publishing remains accessible, sustainable, and driven by the global research community.
