Save the date! The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the Fifth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will take place August 12-14, 2015 at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing and the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab / Digital Humanities Summer Institute, the […]
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Annual Report 2013 available
Concurrent with the PKP Annual General Meeting, which takes place tomorrow October 3rd in Burnaby, Canada, PKP has published its annual report for 2013. The report includes updates for all our areas of activity: such as software development, research, and community involvement.
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PKP Roundup – September 29
Curious what the PKP team has been working on this week? The PKP Roundup gives quick updates on our latest software (and other) developments. PKP Development Sprint: Following on our very successful first development sprint in March 2014, this week PKP developers will once more gather with many of our partners to work intensively on […]
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OJS 2.4.5 has been released!
You will find the release notes here, but some of the more exciting new features are: OJS now supports automatic CrossRef deposits. With this new version of OJS comes an updated “2.0” release of the CrossRef plugin, adding new functionality and features; such as automatic deposits. This plugin will see continued refinement and improvement as […]
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Introducing the Developers blog
Hello all, This is the first of what will hopefully become a series of posts about the technical aspects of PKP software, including tips and tricks for developers and system administrators. We hope it will be useful to anyone maintaining or customizing an OJS installation or interested in contributing. You will find all the developer […]
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PKP Roundup – September 12
After a short hiatus while we were working hard on finishing up OJS 2.4.5, the PKP Roundup is back with news on our latest software developments. OJS Stable line (2.4.x): OJS 2.4.5 will be available Monday September 15, so stay tuned. More information on what is included in this particular release will be available then.
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PKP Roundup – August 8
Curious what the PKP team has been working on this week? The PKP Roundup gives quick updates on our latest software developments. OJS Stable line (2.4.x): Work continues on finishing up OJS 2.4.5. Translations have started and bug fixes should be completed by the end of next week. The translations should be completed by August 22, […]
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Applications for OpenCon now available
Applications for OpenCon, an international conference on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data specifically for students and early career researchers are now available: http://www.opencon2014.org/apply The event will bring together students and early career researchers from across the world to learn about the issues, develop critical skills, and return home ready to catalyze action toward a more […]
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SAJLIS: increased manuscript submissions with OJS
Since adopting an open access, online-only format in 2012, with its workflow managed via OJS , the South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science (SAJLIS) has enjoyed almost a doubling of manuscript submissions. From receiving sixteen and fifteen manuscripts in the first and second semesters of 2013 respectively, the first half of 2014 saw close to […]
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Beyond open access: Sharing research-derived knowledge with society
PKP’s founder and director John Willinsky was recently interviewed by Editage Insights, a one-stop, cross-discipline learning and knowledge-sharing portal for academics, researchers, journals, and research publication professionals. In the first part of the Skype-based video interview, John discusses the changes and challenges in academic communication and talks about public knowledge as an idea that goes […]
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