Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 24, 2020. A recording of this event is now available and includes both the presentation slides and audio.
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OPERAS Diamond Open Access Study
Is your journal free of charge to both readers and authors? Does it follow the “diamond model?” If yes, OPERAS needs your help!
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2019 PKP Annual Report Released
We are pleased to present our 2019 annual report to the community. This year, we look back at our top stories from the 2019-2020 fiscal year while exploring what being open means to this project: open access, open source, open infrastructure. We also reflect on how our dedicated community has made, and keeps us, open.
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DIG Report – Spring 2020
Over the past few months, PKP’s Documentation Interest Group (DIG) has been largely focused on two key areas: updates to documentation for Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3.2 and translation workflows. Our thanks to documentation sprinters and contributors for their ongoing work and support.
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You are invited! PKP 2020 AGM
The Public Knowledge Project’s (PKP) 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held Friday, July 24, 2020 from 12:00PM-1:00PM PDT. This is a free, online event open to everyone.
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OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.2.1 Release
It’s time to upgrade! PKP is pleased to announce the release of OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.2.1. With this release, Open Preprint Systems (OPS) is officially out of beta, joining Open Journal Systems (OJS) and Open Monograph Press (OMP) in our regular release and support cycle.
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Is Your Journal Accessible? Working With Community to Make OJS Open for All
In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), PKP’s newly formed Accessibility Interest Group shares an update on what PKP is doing to improve the accessibility of Open Journal Systems – and what authors, editors and publishers need to know to do their part as well.
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The Road to Preprints (Part 3): Metadata Matters
In our third and final post in our “Road to Preprints” series, we’re chatting with PKP Associate Director of Research Juan Pablo Alperin to learn more about the Preprint Uptake and Use Project, a joint research initiative between ASAPBIo and the ScholCommLab that turned disappointing data into a metadata mission.
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We’re Hiring: Managing Director
Earlier this year, PKP Managing Director Kevin Stranack moved to Prince George, British Columbia, Canada – 770km due north of PKP’s administrative home at Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library in Burnaby (near Vancouver). While he’s leaving behind some big shoes to fill, we’re thrilled to report he’s not leaving PKP altogether. Here, from Kevin, is […]
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Lessons Learned and Next Steps: PKP Preservation Network Report
Having a reliable digital preservation strategy is recommended best practice in scholarly publishing. The PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) was created to meet this need, but regrettably, has yet to work reliably in OJS 3 environments. Accordingly, we have not yet launched OJS 3 support. We recognize the inconvenience this has created for journals and […]
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