📰 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

⚙️ 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

"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

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! ⤵️

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 ⤵️

The team are back from #Munin2025 Their presentations are available to view /download via our Zenodo Community 🖥️ @openbookcollective.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/83LSXMu @thoth-metadata.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca 👉 buff.ly/6IKKASS

⚙️ 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

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! 🧵

#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

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

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

👋 "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...

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...

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!

📣 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

🎓 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

🚀 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...

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 eifl.net/events/ojs-b...

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 ⤵️

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...

🎉 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

@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...

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...

🎓 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 pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/04/c...

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

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

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...

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

▶️ 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

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...

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!

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!

🔊 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

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...

🔓 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

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

#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...

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

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

→ 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

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!

🔓 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-...

This #OAWeek we're pleased to share this call for papers! Publishing cultures in transition: #OpenAccess, critical #DigitalLiteracy & #DigitalInfrastructures From Medien Pädagogik, the issue will be edited by Klaus Rummler, Natalie Marty, and our very own Urooj Nizami! pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/05/m...

Another step forward for #BetterPublishing. Thank you @stanfordpress.bsky.social + @pkp.sfu.ca for your vision for more affordable, accessible, high quality open access publishing.

We are honored to be collaborating with @stanfordpress.bsky.social + @pkp.sfu.ca on this project! #BetterPublishing.

Celebrate 25 years of Crossref at #Crossref2025. Hear from leaders at @pkp.sfu.ca, NISO, @scielo.org, and @ajol.info, explore #metadata and data science updates, and see what's next in open scholarly infrastructure. Register to join the discussion: https://tinyurl.com/p6vz9dj6

Who owns our #knowledge? How can #scholarly communities take control? It's #OpenAccess Week October 20 - 26, 2025. PKP is taking time to reflect, celebrate communities and contributors, and invite folks to take action. pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/16/o... #OAWeek #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #AcademicSky

Plus qu’une semaine avant l’événement! Rejoignez-nous, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca et @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca le 23 octobre 👇

PKP is pleased to share that the 11th annual Canada Student Journal Forum Call for Proposals is open! Please share the call with students involved with or interested in student journals. Check out the site for previous presentations and details for 2026 ⤵️ #ScholComm #OpenAccess #AcademicSky

📢 The Public Knowledge Project is hiring a Managing Director! If you've been looking for a chance to lead an impactful, mission and values driven team that works to advance quality and global reach of #ScholarlyPublishing, this might just be the opportunity for you! pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...