PKP is pleased to be holding the 2017 sprint in Montreal, immediately preceding the PKP Conference, co-hosted with Érudit at the University of Montreal. The format will be, as always, in an unconference style, and we invite you to propose topics of interest that you would be willing to lead during the sprint. On the […]
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Information Paywalls and Information Rights: The Link Between News Story and Research Article
Lauren Maggio, Laura Moorhead, Juan Alperin, and I recently blogged a small study on the relationship between health journalism and biomedical research in the digital age of growing open access to research. We scraped those news stories in 2016 that had “cancer” in their headlines and included a link to a research article. The good […]
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Conference 2017 countdown
The Sixth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference is in less than one month, and we couldn’t be more excited. If you’ve already registered, we’re looking forward to seeing you soon. If you haven’t yet registered, it’s not too late! We still have a few available spaces: click to register now. Still undecided? There are […]
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Recommended Webinars for Learning About Publishing
Finding in-person publishing classes can be a challenge, as is fitting them into your busy schedule. Fortunately, a number of organizations make recordings of their webinars freely available. Take a look at some of these valuable offerings: Crossref https://www.crossref.org/webinars/ Library Publishing Coalition https://www.librarypublishing.org/resources/webinars Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association https://oaspa.org/information-resources/oaspa-webinars/ PKP (watch for more later this […]
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Wrapping up another round of UX testing
Thanks again to Sonya Betz of the University of Alberta Libraries for leading another valuable round of UX testing for OJS 3 — and of course to all of our volunteer testers for taking the time to help us improve our software for everyone. In this latest round, we focused on some new developments to […]
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PKP 2017 – 2021 Strategy
As part of our ongoing strategic planning process, we’re pleased to release our 2017 – 2021 Strategy. This document has been in development for the past 6 months, going through an extensive process of community consultation and revision. It will serve as a guide in the creation of our detailed work plans and continually remind […]
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PKP 2016-17 Annual Report to the Community
We’re pleased to release this year’s Annual Report to the Community, which provides a brief overview of our activities and financial information for the past year. We hope you will find it valuable, and we welcome your comments or feedback. Special thanks to Tony Lu, the SFU Library’s outstanding graphic designer, for his work in […]
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PKP Virtual AGM – Recording
If you weren’t able to make the PKP Annual General Meeting, don’t despair! You can view the recording here.
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PKP Virtual AGM: Open to All
The PKP 2017 Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 15 from 9am – 11am Pacific Time. It is a free, open meeting, so everyone is welcome to attend. To register, please fill in this brief form. A link to the online event will be sent to you in advance of the meeting. […]
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Join us for the PKP Conference Book/Documentation Sprint
The upcoming sprint at the PKP conference in Montréal on August 2 and 3 will also include a “Documentation sprint.” The documentation sprint will have two focuses: one focus will include participants working to finalize a new edition of the Getting Found, Staying Found guide. This will include doing some updates, revisions, and expansion to […]
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