Public Knowledge Project

💡 International #Metadata Recommendations, and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OpenAccess Books and Chapters

"...review of emerging policies and recommendations... overview of metadata formats... specific metadata requirements mandated by
international aggregators, and... a two-tiered metadata framework for books and chapters"

Graphic CC BY 4.0 Thoth Open Metadata

https://zenodo.org/records/18173982

@Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social @OpenBookPublish@hcommons.social @copim@hcommons.social @datacite@openbiblio.social @crossref@mastodon.online @openbookcollect@mastodon.social @scielobooks@mastodon.social @craftoa@mastodon.online

From article to ecosystem with PKP and @crossref@mastodon.online: How an updated #OpenJournalSystems installation supports trusted #metadata

In part two of this blog post series from PKP and Crossref, we focus on how upgrading PKP software supports trusted metadata and enriches the scholarly publishing ecosystem.

Read on to learn about the metadata journey, why it matters, how it is a shared responsibility, and how to take action at https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/07/13/updated-ojs-3-5-installation-supports-trusted-metadata/

📢 Call for papers: Special issue on #accessibility in #DigitalPublishing in The Journal For Electronic Publishing

This special issue will be edited by Ellen Forget, University of Alberta, and John W Maxwell, Simon Fraser University @sfu

Abstract due October 1; papers due March 2027 — #DiamondOpenAccess

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/253/

Congratulations to #CERN for hosting #OpenResearchEurope (ORE) and to ORE on backing from 16 national funders and research organizations. PKP is proud to be the developers of the #OpenInfrastructure #OpenJournalSystems (OJS) that ORE will be based on.

Learn more about CERN and ORE: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-host-europes-flagship-open-access-publishing-platform

⚙️ Did you know that citeproc-php is under new management?

The #PHP library that renders article #citations in #OpenJournalSystems (OJS) has changed maintenance hands from the library’s creator, Sebastian Böttger, to PKP.

Learn what citeproc-php is, what has changed, and what this means for OJS users, developers, and broader audiences.

Visit PKP's News Blog at https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/04/16/citeproc-php-is-now-managed-by-pkp/

Do you know about the Collaborative Metadata (COMET) project?

"We are working towards a future where #PID #metadata is not the sole burden of PID-creators.

Our approach is informed and articulated by the community to ensure the maximal impact of scholarly metadata and #Research information." -- https://www.cometadata.org/

As a COMET partner, PKP is pleased to share the invitation to the #COMET community meeting, April 22, 8 AM PDT / 3 PM UTC:

https://datacite.zoom.us/meeting/register/B5KGjV5QQQO2-p8WtSNzQw#/registration

@juancommander@mastodon.social @datacite@openbiblio.social

The new German OJS Network at @SeDOA brings together the community around #OpenJournalSystems (OJS) creates new opportunities for exchange, connects existing activities, and increases their visibility. The goal is to create synergies and promote the collaborative use of OJS.

Check out the topics and activities: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/06/29/sedoa-german-ojs-network/

More than 58,000 journals across 156 countries are using #OpenJournalSystems!

About 2.5 M articles are published per year, and there is steady growth in OJS installation upgrades for better features, usability, #multilingualism, #metadata and #interoperability.

The latest #OJSBeaconData highlights the collective impact of our global communities and helps shape the future of #ScholarlyPublishing.

Here’s what the data tells us at https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/04/15/58000-journals-2025-ojs-beacon-data/

#OpenAccess #FOSS #ScholComm

🙌 Calling PKP funders, partners, members, contributors, and user communities! PKP invites you to join its AGM, Wednesday May 27, 8 AM PDT

Topics

* Advisory Committee update
* Introducing new Managing Director
* Collaborative Metadata #COMET project
* Beacon data
* #OpenResearchEurope / OJS 3.6
* Members, education, #CoalitionPublica

And more!

Register: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/02/19/pkp-2026-agm-registration/

@crossref@mastodon.online @DOAJ@masto.ai @datacite@openbiblio.social @ResearchOrgs@mastodon.social @ORCID_Org@scicomm.xyz @scielo@openbiblio.social @OpenAlex@mastodon.social @OpenAIRE@mastodon.social @copim@hcommons.social @investinopen@indieweb.social @SCOSSfunding@mastodon.social

New PKP School courses for OJS 3.5 are now available in English and Spanish!

¡Los nuevos cursos de PKP School para OJS 3.5 ya están disponibles en inglés y español!

➡️ Learn how to set up your new journal and manage the editorial workflow using OJS

➡️ Aprenda cómo configurar su nueva revista y gestionar el flujo de trabajo editorial utilizando OJS

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/07/02/re-launch-of-pkp-school-and-new-ojs-3-5-courses/

#PKPSchool#OpenJournalSystems #OpenEducationResources #OER #OpenAccess#ScholarlyPublishing#AcademicChatter

PKP gives a warm welcome to Teresa Lee, our new Managing Director!

With vast experience in librarianship, research, publishing and international leadership roles, Teresa brings well-rounded perspectives on academic libraries, e-resources, licensing, copyright, intergovernmental publishing, bibliometrics, scholarly communications, and more.

Join us in welcoming Teresa!

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/01/30/pkp-welcomes-teresa-lee-managing-director/

💎 In PKP's Archipelago, Regional Feature: Reflections from the 3rd Global Summit on #DiamondOpenAccess in conversation with Mark Huskisson (@markhusk@mastodon.social)

This article is packed full! India #OA landscape, #OpenJournalSystems use, important takeaways and more:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/03/31/reflections-3rd-global-summit-diamond-open-access-mark-huskisson/

Some mentions in the article: @tibhannover@openbiblio.social @DOAJ@masto.ai @crossref@mastodon.online @SCOSSfunding@mastodon.social @unesco@mastodon.social

#OpenAccess #DiamondOA #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #FOSS #OpenInfrastructure #AcademicChatter

⏯️ #OpenJournalSystems 3.5 upgrading webinar recordings are available!

PKP and @crossref@mastodon.online bring you two OJS 3.5 upgrading webinars -- one for editors and journal managers, and one for system administrators. Both have step by step demos.

Using updated OJS versions is a key part of supporting better #metadata, improving global reach and discoverability, as well as meeting growing expectations around usability, institutional reporting, quality, and trust.

Recordings: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/05/30/pkp-crossref-presents-upgrade-3-5-webinar-series/

🚀 PKP is pleased to announce the release of OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0-4:

https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-5-0-4-released/98135

We work hard to keep our software secure; please make sure to stay up to date!

This release has not yet been designated for Long-Term Support (LTS). This may happen in the upcoming weeks; please watch for an announcement and designation on the download page.

Thanks to our incredible communities who make these releases possible!

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #FOSS

PKP's long-time friends @tibhannover@openbiblio.social announce a new consortium to support PKP #OpenInfrastructure!

The PKP #OpenJournalSystems Deutschland 2026 – 2028 Consortium aims to "enable easier memberships for Germany's academic institutions".

With more than half of the world's #DiamondOpenAccess journals using #OJS, and being a key part of the German #OpenAccess landscape, there are many reasons for sharing in sustainability of PKP software.

Learn more at TIB's blog: https://blog.tib.eu/2025/10/15/pkp-consortium/

RE: @MuninConf@mastodon.world

PKP is pleased to be at #Munin2025!

We were happy to be part of the panel yesterday on "Strategies for publishers to make scholarly metadata openly available", and we will be presenting again:

NOV 19 “Moving beyond closed silos: liberating workflows based on open metadata to bring about an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books and chapters“, Toby Steiner @Thoth_metadata@hcommons.social & Zoe Wake Hyde @PublicKnowledgeProject@mastodon.social

Come say hi in person or catch streaming below:

📰 New news blog post: "Why Metadata Enrichment Matters for the Public Knowledge Project" by PKP Scientific Director and Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) Co-Organizer Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander@mastodon.social

Learn how and why PKP is deeply involved in efforts, such as COMET, to improve the completeness and accuracy of metadata:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/07/11/metadata-enrichment-initiative/

#Metadata #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #Discoverability #AcademicChatter

This #OAWeek we're pleased to share this call for papers!

Publishing cultures in transition: #OpenAccess, critical #DigitalLiteracy & #DigitalInfrastructures

From Medien Pädagogik @medienpaed_com

Editors: Klaus Rummler, Natalie Marty, and PKP’s Urooj Nizami

Themes

- Engagement w/ #ScholarlyPublishing Norms
- Politics & Sustainability of #OpenScholarship
- Infrastructures & Ecologies of Scholar-Led Publishing: #OPenJournalSystems & PKP in Practice

And more:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/05/medien-padagogik-call-for-papers/

⚙️ PKP is pleased to announce the release of Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open Preprint Systems (OPS) version 3.5.0rc2 (Release Candidate 2) -- for testing purposes (not for production).

PKP values community testing! We invite you to join in the testing process and help ensure that the final release of 3.5.0 is as reliable as possible.

Important notes about testing and feedback: https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and-ops-3-5-0rc2-released/95315

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems

Postdoctoral Fellowship on #Preprints and #OpenPeerReview with the #ScholCommLab at Simon Fraser University #SFU!

Co-directed by @juancommander@mastodon.social and @stefhaustein

"This position will support the lab’s broader goal of advancing more equitable, transparent, and sustainable forms of knowledge dissemination..."

International applicants are welcome. Visa sponsorship is available.

This lab does incredible work! Check it out and join this fabulous team:

https://www.scholcommlab.ca/join-us/hiring-postdoctoral-fellow-on-preprints-and-open-peer-review/

#AcademicChatter

PKP is in Madrid, and thrilled about the Public Launch of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (#EDCH)!

Don't miss @juancommander@mastodon.social's presentation at the Public Launch of the Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit Open Access Publishing Services Internationally (#ALMASI) project which happened alongside the EDCH launch.

Streamed live on: https://www.youtube.com/live/uxOHBaVF1c8

#OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

Thanks so much for your interest in the Publication Facts Label #PFLabel! We've had community feedback and made some improvements:

a) The label will now only be applied to articles that are in the journal’s peer-reviewed section.
b) You can set the date range for applying the label, if you have articles that were not peer-reviewed in OJS.
c) The label now appears immediately below the abstract and above the references on the article landing page.

Install: https://scribehow.com/shared/Installing_the_Publication_Facts_Label_PFL_Plugin__NmJnYGtCSAq7mCujT0dW4A

📢 Publishing cultures in transition: #OpenAccess, critical #DigitalLiteracy & #DigitalInfrastructures call for papers

From Medien Pädagogik @medienpaed_com@bildung.social

Themes

- Critical Engagement w/ #ScholarlyPublishing Norms
- Democratization & Equity in #KnowledgeProduction
- Governance, Infrastructures, & Critical (Digital) Literacy
- The Politics & Sustainability of #OpenScholarship
- Infrastructures & Ecologies of Scholar-Led Publishing: #OJS & PKP in Practice

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/05/medien-padagogik-call-for-papers/

PKP starts 2025 by thanking all of you for supporting us!

Our gratitude also goes to folks contributing, whether financially or strategically, and to translation, documentation, development, code, interest groups, usability testing, sprints, and the PKP Community Forum!

Strategic Partnerships: https://pkp.sfu.ca/community/strategic-partnerships/

Financial Contributors: https://pkp.sfu.ca/about/sustainability/financial-contributors/

Interest Groups: https://pkp.sfu.ca/interest-groups/

PKP Community Forum: https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/

PKP Team: https://pkp.sfu.ca/about/people/

💎 🔓 PKP is excited to head to Cape Town, South Africa, for the 2nd Global Diamond Open Access Summit! #DOASummit2024

We've reaffirmed our commitment to #DiamondOpenAccess, social justice principles of #DiamondOA, and outlined our roles in the community.

You can also check out our collaborations on #OpenPublishing workshops at the Summit, as well as learn how to register for free to the virtual components of the Summit.

Visit PKP's News Blog for more: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/12/06/pkp-to-join-the-2nd-global-summit-on-diamond-open-access/

#OpenAccess

🔍 @unesco@mastodon.social invites input for the Consultation on a Global Diamond Open Access Framework via a survey (15 - 20 min).

🔓 Responses will directly influence future strategies for advancing #DiamondOpenAccess. Fill in the survey:

https://surveys.unesco.org/696125?lang=en

#OpenAccess #DiamondOA #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicChatter

📢 OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0-5 is now available and has been officially designated as our Long-Term Support (LTS) release.

This means bug fixes and security patches for an extended period, stability, and a clear upgrade path for everyone running an earlier version.

Full announcement and downloads: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/07/01/3-5-0-5-lts-release/

#OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenSource #PKP #PKPSoftware

📰 Inside PKP's community newsletter, "Archipelago"!

Interview with PKP's new Managing Director, Teresa Lee

Demystifying #FOSS with Alec Smecher @asmecher@mastodon.social

Reflections - 3rd Global Summit on #DiamondOA with Mark Huskisson @markhusk@mastodon.social

#OpenJournalSystems OJS 3.6 task history / improved notifications with Magnus Lu

Publication Facts Label #PFLabel with PKP Founder John Willinsky

And more to access all in one place: https://lists.publicknowledgeproject.org/archive/archipelago-issue-10-march-2026-5878

#OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicChatter

Upload, transform, publish: Inside OJS 3.6's file production and toolset -- A closer look at the new OJS 3.6 features and tools that turn a submission file into on-demand JATS, HTML, and PDF galley files.

This article is part of the Development Dispatch Feature that Magnus Lu regularly contributes to in the PKP Community Newsletter, Archipelago.

Check it out!

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/07/21/inside-ojs-3-6-file-production-and-toolset/

#OpenJournalSystems #JATS #HTML #PDF #FOSS #ScholarlyPublishing

📢 The @sedoa@openbiblio.social supports #DiamondOpenAccess with a new German #OpenJournalSystems (OJS) Network

"The OJS Network creates new opportunities for exchange, connects existing activities, and increases their visibility. The goal is to create synergies and promote the collaborative use of OJS."

Learn more, check the offerings and upcoming events: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/06/29/sedoa-german-ojs-network/

RE: @crossref@mastodon.online

Big congratulations to Kora @crossref@mastodon.online for your election to OASPA's Board of Directors! 🎉

▶️ PKP Development News Update webinar recording now available!

Learn about PKP software versions 3.3 LTS (supported until January, 2026), 3.4, 3.5 (coming soon) and 3.6 (Open Research Europe, coming in 2026) -- and get updated releases, public roadmap, and find out how to contribute!

Check PKP's News Blog to get it all: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/12/17/pkp-development-news-webinar-recording-now-available/

#OpenJournalSystems #OJS #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems #OpenResearchEurope

🙌 PKP invites you to join its AGM, Wednesday, May 27, 8 AM PDT

Learn about what PKP has been doing as well as what the future holds: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/02/19/pkp-2026-agm-registration/

#OpenJournalSystems #OpenMonographPress #OpenPreprintSystems