The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is committed to providing a user experience that is accessible to the widest possible audience. To achieve this, a new OJS Default Theme was developed by PKP for OJS 3.3 and higher, and was audited for accessibility barriers. PKP is actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of the […]
read more →Supreme Court of Canada Supports York University Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has issued an important decision in the longstanding dispute between the collective society Access Copyright and York University over paying royalties on course readings. Although the high court did not squarely address the practical effects of the ruling, it affirmed that Access Copyright’s tariffs are not mandatory and that fair […]
read more →PKP is testing the upcoming release of OJS 3.4
We would like to invite the community to help us with these tests. We have received 3 quick tests to help us assess their feasibility. Each link is an independent interface. Please test each link separately. Test 1 https://app.usabilityhub.com/do/df9024c8772b/2b4e 2 Test 2 https://app.usabilityhub.com/do/2834466c2e23/adee 1 Test 3 https://app.usabilityhub.com/do/50f0868aaec9/3551 2
read more →You are invited! PKP 2021 AGM
The Public Knowledge Project’s (PKP) 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held Friday, June 18, 2020 from 9:00AM-10:00AM PDT. This is a free, online event open to everyone.
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Celebrating the Steps Towards Accessibility in OJS
Today we celebrate the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and the progress that PKP and the OJS community have made towards making scholarly publishing more accessible – and thus open for all.
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PKP is Hiring! Communications Manager
UPDATE June 1 2021: The deadline for applications has passed, and applications are no longer accepted. PKP is currently seeking a talented, full-time Communications Manager to help with PKP’s wide-ranging communications efforts. This position will be responsible for ensuring a unified communications approach across PKP’s leadership and operations teams, and will also participate actively on […]
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Introducing “Getting Started in Library Publishing”: New courses in PKP School
Adapted from an email announcement from the Library Publishing Coalition, sent May 5, 2021. PKP is delighted to announce, in collaboration with the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC), the launch of a new series of courses in PKP School: Getting Started in Library Publishing. This four-course series is adapted from the LPC’s Library Publishing Curriculum, which […]
read more →Here we go! What’s planned for 3.4
Since the release of OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3, we’ve been hard at work planning our next major release. In this post, I’ll kick off our 3.4 development cycle by sharing our plans for the next six months, including major work on email notifications, DOIs, accessibility, and code modernization.
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Coalition Publica 2021 Call for Proposals – Big Data
Coalition Publica is pleased to announce the 2021 Call for Proposals – Big Data. Non-commercial research projects in the digital humanities are invited to apply for access to the largest digital research corpus of Canadian full text periodicals available.Â
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Building for Stability in OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3
This month we released OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3. These release packages were in development for nearly a year and represent a major step forward in our efforts to modernize the codebase and improve our release process. In this post, I’ll describe some of the key changes we’re making to the way we build software and how that […]
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