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Public Knowledge Project
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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
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Join in for 2 upcoming @eifl.bsky.social webinars on #OpenJournalSystems best practices & use cases!

First - Practical implementation of OJS at Revistes científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona (RCUB) & the University of Johannesburg Press

25 November 2025, 9:00 AM UTC

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OJS: Best Practices and Use Cases | EIFL
Join us for this webinar focusing on practical implementation of Open Journal Systems (OJS) at two university presses: the University of Johannesburg Press and the Revistes científiques de la Universi...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Thank you @eifl.bsky.social for hosting this incredible series of best practices with #OpenJournalSystems!

Access past recordings and slides: www.eifl.net/resources/ei...

Catch the latest recording and slides ⤵️
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Discover @sfu.ca's Research Facilities Showcase at Burnaby Campus on Nov 13 or Surrey Campus on Nov 19 – a VPRI Research Support Session Series!

As a Core Research Facility, PKP will be there. Come say hi if you're around!

www.sfu.ca/research/res...
Research Support Sessions
Stay-tuned for updates to the offerings. For more information, please contact Clare Zheng - cxz@sfu.ca.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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🎉 PKP has launched its 2026 - 2030 Strategic Plan!

Check out our mission, mission, values, and key priorities:

🔗 Get the full plan here: pkp.sfu.ca/2026-2030-st...

#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm
We're working toward a world where everyone can access and meaningfully contribute to open knowledge, for the benefit of all.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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@crossref.bsky.social shares: Express your interest now to join our next #Metadata Sprint in São Paulo

For meta-scientists, data scientists, librarians, research integrity experts, coders, engineers, and other open scholarly infrastructure enthusiasts and more...

www.crossref.org/events/metad...
Crossref Metadata Sprint - Crossref
Version en español | Versão em português Express your interest now to join our next Metadata Sprint in São Paulo We are excited to announce the upcoming Metadata Sprint in São Paulo, Brazil, which wil...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Have you been catching the hype around the Publication Facts Label #PFLabel? Curious to learn more?

* YouTube Video (3 min): youtu.be/Wj-S5yAebf4?...

* PFL Slide Deck: docs.google.com/presentation...

* PFL Information Page: pkp.sfu.ca/pfl-informat...

More: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/31/p...
This label will put your journal's research integrity in black and white - Public Knowledge Project
The Publication Facts Label is now freely available for the 34,000 journals using OJS (V. 3.3 – 3.5)
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November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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🎓 Get ready for the 2026 Canada Student Journal Forum @canadasjf.bsky.social!

Are you a student involved in or interested in student journals? Maybe you're a Librarian hosting a student journal?

Check out the #SJForum2026 Call for Proposals, open until November 18th

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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.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Are you in Toronto? You are invited to "How To Increase Integrity and Trust in #Research #Journals: The Publication Facts Label" (in person) with PKP Founder John Willinsky this Friday November 7th, 1 PM ET, U of T

13 seats left!

libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/3948000

#ScholCommCanada
How To Increase Integrity and Trust in Research Journals: The Publication Facts Label
The Scholarly Communications & Copyright Office at the University of Toronto Libraries is pleased to welcome John Willinksy, Khosla Family Professor Emeritus, Stanford University,...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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So pleased the partnership between PKP and SUP is providing alternative pathways for #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing -- check out the first article published by the project's first journal! ⤵️

#BetterPublishing #AcademicSky
stanfordpress.bsky.social Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 13d
The journal Reviews of Economic Literature has published its first article! You can read “It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community” now

@pkp.sfu.ca #ReadUP
It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community. | Reviews of Economic Literature
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November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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You're invited! @eifl.bsky.social webinar: How to manage OJS through containers – November 5 2025, 9 AM UTC

This free webinar is the 7th in the EIFL #OpenJournalSystems #BestPractices and Use Cases series.

Registration and links to the recordings of previous webinars: eifl.net/resources/ei...
EIFL webinar: OJS best practices and use cases 6 | EIFL
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November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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PKP released the Publication Facts Label for OJS 3.3–3.5, a transparency tool to strengthen journal integrity and reader trust.

Built as a plugin, it helps journals demonstrate their quality and accountability.

Learn more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/31/p...
#OpenAccess #OJS #MediaLiteracy #ScholarlyComms
This label will put your journal's research integrity in black and white - Public Knowledge Project
The Publication Facts Label is now freely available for the 34,000 journals using OJS (V. 3.3 – 3.5)
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October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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▶️ Couldn't join PKP Development Associate Director Alec Smecher in the OJS 3.6 webinar? Here's the recording and slides on YouTube!

Preprints and continuous publication: Features for OJS 3.6 thanks to OSS ORE: youtu.be/I3s-_IB4nQk

#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems
Preprints and continuous publication in OJS: Features for OJS 3.6 thanks to OSS ORE
YouTube video by Public Knowledge Project
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October 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Upcoming free webinar - #OpenPublishing professional development opportunity October 30 9 AM PT

Open around the world!

For journal editors, managers, educators, learners, and anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of community-led open publishing

www.eventbrite.ca/e/shaping-th...
Shaping the Future of Open Publishing: Introducing New Online Courses
Join us to learn about the Open Publishing Courses offered through PKP + SFU with registration open to non-credit students around the world.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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LAST CHANCE! Only a few days left to throw your hat in the ring for this amazing job opportunity at @pkp.sfu.ca . Come work with me!
juancommander.scholcommlab.ca Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · Sep 29
JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director
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October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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What's coming in #OpenJournalSystems OJS 3.6?

Join us tomorrow at 8 AM PT (free, online) to learn about continuous publication and journal article versioning in OJS 3.6:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/03/w...

Can't make it? Register anyway to get the recording, or get it later on YouTube!
Coming in OJS 3.6: Continuous publication and journal article versions - Public Knowledge Project
Join us October 28, 2025, 8 AM PDT, to learn about new features and enhancements coming with the OJS 3.6 release in 2026.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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🔊 Contributors sustain and grow essential work towards equitable future for #ScholarlyPublishing – support the #OpenInfrastructure you use

Become a PKP Development Partner, Financial Contributor, In-Kind Supporter, or Research Funder:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...

#OAWeek #OpenAccess
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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At the #OAWeek Indiana University Library Keynote, PKP's Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca shows how 'exclusive databases sustain the oligopoly of academic publishers' - hidden diversity shows up when considering more inclusive databases

The paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Old approaches no longer reflect reality and oligopoly persists only in exclusive databases from van Bellen S, Alperin JP, Larivière V (2025) Scholarly publishing’s hidden diversity: How exclusive databases sustain the oligopoly of academic publishers. PLoS One 20(6): e0327015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327015
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🔓 How communities power #OpenPublishing with PKP through translations: supporting a truly global community!

PKP Documentation & Multilingualism Specialist Emma Uhl on how "every translation is a seed of knowledge autonomy..." and how to get involved:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...

#OAWeek #OpenAccess
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Happening now! Stefanie Haustein and PKP's Juan Pablo Alperin of ScholCommLab are examining the influence of closed and open infrastructures and "consider how today’s choices shape who is recognized, rewarded, and included in the scholarly record of tomorrow." ⤵️

#OAWeek #OpenAccess
uottawabiblio.bsky.social Bibliothèque uOttawa Library @uottawabiblio.bsky.social · 27d
Just 1 week away! Join us, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca and @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca on Oct. 23 👇
uottawabiblio.bsky.social Bibliothèque uOttawa Library @uottawabiblio.bsky.social · Oct 7
#OpenAccessWeek (Oct 20–26) is coming! Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”

Join us on Oct 23, 1 – 2:30 p.m., with @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca & Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin to discuss equity and transparency in scholarly communication: www.uottawa.ca/library/even...

@uottawaarts.bsky.social @uottawa.ca
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#OAWeek Indiana University Library Keynote (free, online Oct 24, 12:30 PM ET): Who Owns Our Knowledge? Scholar-Led Infrastructures and the Future of Publishing

With Juan Pablo Alperin, PKP / #ScholCommLab
@juancommander.scholcommlab.ca

It's not to late to register! events.iu.edu/libraries/ev...
Open Access Week 2025 Keynote: Who Owns Our Knowledge? Scholar-Led Infrastructures and the Future of Publishing
Keynote by Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin (Simon Fraser University; Public Knowledge Project)
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October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Not only is PKP software free and #OpenSource, underpinning #OpenAccess, but our resources are free so that PKP infrastructure users are empowered to use the software.

Hear from @amandafrench.net about contributing to PKP Documentation Interest Group: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o...

Resources 🧵
#OAWeek
Who Owns Our Knowledge? How Communities Power the Future of Open Publishing with PKP - Public Knowledge Project
PKP takes the time to answer the Open Access Week 2025 theme question, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and invites communities to join in.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin is PKP Scientific Director, ScholCommLab Co-Director, and will be instructing the new PKP + SFU #OpenPublishing course 'Making Knowledge Public'!

Meet him and other instructors October 30: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...

And check out the new #ScholCommLab blog post ⤵️

#OAWeek
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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→ Who Owns Our Knowledge: #CoalitionPublica Highlights #OpenAccess Week

🧑‍🏫 Follow our team members at #OAWeek events.

👥 See how community is at the heart of @pkp.sfu.ca activities.

🔓 Read a study on the lasting effects of OA for journals on erudit.org.

🔗 shorturl.at/ZpoYR
Who Owns Our Knowledge: Coalition Publica Highlights Open Access Week — Coalition Publica
Coalition Publica, the partnership between Érudit and the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), highlights International Open Access Week 2025, themed “Who owns our knowledge?”
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October 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Urooj Nizami of @pkp.sfu.ca is describing the alignment and similarities between PKP and Crossref at our annual meeting #Crossref2025: truly critical infrastructure, local control with global support for all, POSI adopters, event/sprint supporters, & close technical integration partners of OJS!
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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🔓 Next this #OAWeek PKP is spotlighting @craft-oa.bsky.social #OpenJournalSystems #DiamondOpenAccess plugins!

Discover what's possible when #OpenInfrastructure meets open collaboration, and how these plugins help boost recognition of #DiamondOA journals.

www.craft-oa.eu/ojs-diamond-...
Who owns our knowledge? How communities power the future of open publishing with PKP
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM