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!

The 2020 appeals court ruling in York University v. The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, declared York’s fair dealing guidelines, which attempted to set out the terms for fairly using articles and chapters in the university’s courses without paying royalty fees, to be other than fair to authors and publishers.

We’re celebrating World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD2020) with exciting news from PKP’s free digital preservation service, the PKP Preservation Network (PN). Plus, Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library’s Associate Dean of Libraries for Digital Strategy and PKP PN partner, sheds some light on our “dark archive” in a PKP exclusive interview.

PKP is pleased to announce the University of Alberta Library (UAL) has renewed their commitment as a major Development Partner.   PKP Development Partners represent the highest level of sustainer contribution, offering both significant in-kind and monetary support towards PKP’s operations.

Can’t find your Open Journal Systems (OJS) journal on Google Scholar? Check out the latest guide from PKP’s Documentation Interest Group (DIG) and learn how to ensure your articles are discoverable online. Google Scholar provides great exposure for journals everywhere.