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PKP is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial scholarly publishing via free open software — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
1/ Catching up on reading and resources over the holidays? Check out this thread to help populate your catch up time!

PKP's Founder John Willinsky authored "Copyright’s Broken Promise: How to Restore the Law’s Ability to Promote the Progress of Science" #OpenAccess: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Copyright's Broken Promise: How to Restore the Law's Ability to Promote the Progress of Science
A comprehensive proposal for reforming copyright law to ensure sustainable public access to research and scholarship.Open access is widely supported by res
direct.mit.edu
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) has extended the deadline for in-person and a limited number remote proposals for the 2026 Library Publishing Forum to January 5, 2026: librarypublishing.org/program/
Program | Library Publishing Coalition
librarypublishing.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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A new version of Coalition Publica's Canadian scholarly journal dataset now available on doi.org/10.5683/SP3/..., including latest FRQ support data and new journals. @borealisdata.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @erudit.org
Revues savantes canadiennes/Canadian scholarly journals
Métadonnées des revues savantes canadiennes, y compris des revues actives et des revues ayant cessé la publication. Pour être incluses, les revues ...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🛠️ Are you supporting or using OJS, OMP, or OPS for #ScholarlyPublishing, and curious about developments? Come join us to learn what we're working on!

Monday December 15th, 8 AM PST, online, free and open: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/24/d...

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
PKP Development News Update Webinar: December 15 2025 - Public Knowledge Project
You are invited to join PKP's free and open Development News Update Webinar on Monday December 15th, 8 AM PST.
pkp.sfu.ca
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Do you know about the @almasiproject.bsky.social Ambassadors Program?

"We’re looking for passionate researchers, librarians, and community leaders to become ALMASI Ambassadors and help us shape and communicate the value of #DiamondOA."

Apply by January 15th!

almasiproject.org/almasi-ambas...
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you @almasiproject.bsky.social for this webinar to connect with the ALMASI (Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit #OpenAccess Publishing Services Internationally) community and the discussion on why #DiamondOpenAccess matters for reclaiming knowledge!

Learn more about ALMASI: almasiproject.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🎓 Want to learn about today's technologies and infrastructures for open #ScholarlyPublishing?

Open to all -- register by December 12th for your spot in this unique course -- PUB 604: Technologies and Infrastructures!

www.sfu.ca/publishing/m...

#ScholComm #OpenAccess #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
PUB 604: Technologies and Infrastructure for Academic Publishing
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December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
📣 Our friends at the #ScholCommLab have published a preprint, "The Drain of #ScientificPublishing", and are calling for #research communities, funders, governments, and #universities to "re-communalise publishing to serve #science not the market"

doi.org/10.48550/arX...

#ScholComm #AcademicSky
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
📰 PKP's community newsletter, Archipelago Issue 8, came out at the end of November -- check out this feature!

📌 Regional feature: Canada’s leadership in diamond open access

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/28/r...

#DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #CanadianPublishing #AcademicSky
Regional Feature: Canada’s Leadership in Diamond Open Access - Public Knowledge Project
Canada is positioned as a leader in diamond open access with a strong foundation, investment in open infrastructure, unique funding models, wide-spread adoption of Open Journal Systems (OJS), and a fo...
pkp.sfu.ca
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
⚙️ Is it time to update your OJS, OMP, or OPS installation?

New updates for 3.3 (LTS), 3.4 and 3.5 are available, including bug fixes and security improvements.

⚙️ Get 3.3.0-22 (LTS), 3.4.0-10, or 3.5.0-2:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/15/k...

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
Memo: Keeping your OJS Installation Secure - Public Knowledge Project
Is it time for you to update your Open Journal Systems (OJS) installation? Find out in this post from PKP.
pkp.sfu.ca
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"This new release of OJS (3.5) improves the backend experience of the site, making publishing operations easier and increasing the overall security of the software."

Thank you for sharing, and for updating, @archimedeict.bsky.social. We hope you will enjoy 3.5 :D

#OpenJournalSystems #OJS
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hi all, just a quick reminder to folks in #OpenAccess, #OpenInfrastructure, #OpenPublishing, #ScholComm, and #ScholarlyPublishing communities that registration for our new, unique PKP @sfupublishing.bsky.social Open Publishing courses are open until December 12, 2025.

Secure your spot soon! ⤵️
Are you a researcher, editor, journal manager, librarian, or scholarly communications professional looking to develop your skills? Are you interested in learning more about the values, influences, technologies, and standards shaping today’s scholarly publishing ecosystem?

Our courses are for you! 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
En tant que partenaire de #CoalitionPublica, nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous le rapport annuel @erudit.org !

As a partner in #CoalitionPublica with us, we are pleased to share @erudit.org's Annual Report!

#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #CanadianPublishing #AcademicSky

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→ Rapport annuel 2024-2025 📊

L’équipe d’Érudit est fière de vous présenter le rapport de ses activités pour la dernière année!

Découvrez l’évolution de notre organisation, nos derniers projets et nos développements technologiques:
👉 apropos.erudit.org/rapport-annu...
#CoalitionPublica #libreaccès
Rapport annuel 2024-2025
Découvrez l'évolution de notre collection, nos derniers projets et nos développements technologiques dans notre rapport annuel 2024-2025.
apropos.erudit.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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⚙️ Join us for a PKP Software Development Update Webinar on Monday December 15th at 8 AM PST!

* Roadmap update, open #PeerReview, #DOIs, #citations & more

Can't make it? Register anyway for the recording!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/24/d...

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
PKP Development News Update Webinar: December 15 2025 - Public Knowledge Project
You are invited to join PKP's free and open Development News Update Webinar on Monday December 15th, 8 AM PST.
pkp.sfu.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Are you a researcher, editor, journal manager, librarian, or scholarly communications professional looking to develop your skills? Are you interested in learning more about the values, influences, technologies, and standards shaping today’s scholarly publishing ecosystem?

Our courses are for you! 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#CollaborationNotCompetition! Toby Steiner and Zoe Wake Hyde (@radishpress.bsky.social) here at #Munin2025 talking about the ongoing collaborations between @thoth-metadata.bsky.social and @pkp.sfu.ca / #OpenMonographPress, showcasing the potential of open data workflows
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Kami mengundang Anda ke webinar tentang Plug-in OJS!

Pelajari cara mengoptimalkan metadata jurnal Anda dan menyimpannya di Crossref agar lebih mudah diakses dan ditemukan. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/2617627758703/WN_5MHGQCSwS7qGpnnGz73KXw
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Join us on 2 December for a practical webinar on the OJS plug-in and metadata quality. We'll cover installation, configuration, metadata deposit, and how to evaluate your metadata using Participation Reports. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/7917633902163/WN_ixm9QC2XQkicUAK3XZLXSA
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
👋 "Moving beyond closed silos: liberating workflows based on open metadata to bring about an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for #OpenAccess books and chapters"

Toby Steiner @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, Zoe Wake Hyde @pkp.sfu.ca Nov 19 #Munin2025

Stream: site.uit.no/muninconf/pr...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Pleased to join "Strategies for publishers to make scholarly #metadata openly available" #Munin2025

w/ Bianca Kramer @barcelonadori.bsky.social, Colleen Campbell @mpdl.mpg.de, Dominic Mitchell @doaj.bsky.social, Anne Gentil-Beccot EONR, and Mike Nason @pkp.sfu.ca

septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SC...
🚀 Munin Conference 2025 is LIVE at UiT! 🌟 Exciting discussions on making scholarly metadata openly available underway. Join the conversation! 📝📊 #Munin2025 #OpenScience #ScholarlyPublishing #Tromsø #Norway
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Beautiful shot, @qornik.bsky.social!

PKP is pleased to be at #Munin2025. Check out all the awesome abstracts: septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SC...

Looking forward to connecting!
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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📣 Call for Proposals deadline EXTENSION to November 25, 2025

Submit your proposal for a short talk at the Canada Student Journal Forum! The form is quick & easy to fill out. You can change your abstract closer to the event if you need to!

guides.library.utoronto.ca/student_jour...

#SJForum2026
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🎓 Do you work with Canada #StudentJournals? The Canada Student Journal Forum happening the week of February 17 2026 @canadasjf.bsky.social might be the perfect opportunity to share with #StudentEditors!

The Call for Proposals is open until November 18 2025: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/04/c...

#AcademicSky
Canada Student Journal Forum Call for Proposals now Open - Public Knowledge Project
The Student Journal Forum Call for Proposals is now open to Canadian students involved with or interested in student journal publishing.
pkp.sfu.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚀 Ready to launch into the future of #OpenPublishing and endless opportunities? Your cutting edge professional development chance is here!

PKP + SFU are offering 3 new courses that will help set you up for success in today's growing #ScholarlyPublishing world:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...
Register Now for PKP + SFU Open Publishing Courses! - Public Knowledge Project
Registration is open for PKP + SFU Open Publishing courses. Check this post to meet the instructors. Welcome to the future of Open Publishing!
pkp.sfu.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM