Coalition Publica is launching a call for applications for scholarly journals wishing to be disseminated on the Érudit platform (erudit.org) as of January 2023. The journal should submit its application before Sunday, April 24, 2022 . Applications received after this date may be evaluated for the following year.

In our third “Feature Friday” installment, we take a look at new features in OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3 helping to make our software truly open. At PKP, we believe openness is about sharing freely (without cost) and sharing widely (without barriers). But what happens when what we think is open isn’t open to all? When your software cannot be fully experienced by assistive technologies, or when it uses exclusionary terminology?

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is pleased to introduce Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), PKP’s newest Development Partner.  A new Cooperation Agreement welcomes PKP’s first Development Partner outside of North America.

Did you know? Open Journal Systems (OJS) is currently being translated into 52 different languages.

Are you a journal manager or editor using Open Journal Systems (OJS)? Are there improvements you’d like to see to help you manage statistics, editorial workflow, or other tasks? If yes, the PKP Technical Committee wants to hear from you!  The PKP Technical Committee (TC) was formalized in 2013 and includes representatives from each of PKP’s Development Partners, as well as several members from the community.

Earlier this week we announced the release of OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3. To kickoff “Feature Fridays” in February, here are some of the most significant changes to the editorial workflow that managers, editors, authors, and reviewers can look forward to. The first thing you’ll notice in OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3 are changes to the user dashboard/editorial backend. These updates simplify and streamline the user experience.

Our latest release package, 3.3, has arrived! Check out what’s new in Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open Preprint Systems (OPS). Downloads are now available.

While many of us would rather not look back at 2020, it hasn’t been all bad. Check out the great work our staff and global community accomplished. Some of our plans (like in-person sprints) were paused in 2020, but that didn’t stop our software users, contributors, and staff from working together online. In no particular order, here are 20 links representing 2020, including headlines, new documentation, and other updates.

It has been a year since PKP was announced as one of three open infrastructures to receive endorsement by the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). In this update, we share our latest SCOSS news including thanks to those organizations and consortia who pledged support in 2020.

PKP announces today that OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3 will be released in the first quarter of 2021 (January – March). Release candidates are now available for testing and a feature freeze is in effect until then to complete translations, documentation, and plugin development. In preparation for 3.3, PKP invites OJS, OMP, and OPS users to test our release candidate packages.

Downloads are now available for OJS/OMP/OPS 3.2.1-2. This is a bugfix release that corrects a number of issues and adds translation updates and security improvements.  To download, please see our software pages as follows: OJS 3.2.1-2 OMP 3.2.1-2 OPS 3.2.1-2 A list of bugs corrected in this release are available from the PKP GitHub Repository at https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/milestone/45?closed=1. Coming soon!