Public Knowledge Project

@pkp.sfu.ca

PKP, a Core Facility of SFU, is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial #ScholarlyPublishing — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca

🎉 The @openbookcollective.bsky.social announces the results of its election for its Board of Stewards, including Teresa Lee, Operations Manager of PKP! And congratulations to Gareth Cole Open Research Manager at @exeter.ac.uk as well 🎉

Photo of Teresa Lee, Managing Director. Text reads Teresa is a librarian and publisher with experience in Canadian academic libraries, the US government sector, and UN publishing. She held roles as the Associate Dean, Research and Open Scholarship at York University Libraries; Knowledge Manager at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO); E-resource and Access Librarian at UBC; and Liaison Librarian to UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Teresa is a graduate of UBC’s iSchool, and was an Associate Fellow at the US National Library of Medicine. She brings a well-rounded perspective that is informed by experience and ongoing professional interest in health librarianship, e-resources, licensing, copyright, intergovernmental publishing, bibliometrics, and scholarly communications. She is committed to equity in the making and sharing of knowledge. In her off hours she can be found reading, loafing with her dog, or rounding up friends for chamber music.
Open Book Collective@openbookcollective.bsky.social · last mo.

After the recent meeting of our General Assembly of Custodians, we're pleased to announce the election to our Board of Stewards of: Teresa Lee, Managing Director of @pkp.sfu.ca Gareth Cole, Open Research Manager at @exeter.ac.uk Congratulations to both, and welcome to the Open Book Collective!

La sesión está diseñada para agencias financiadoras que quieran saber más sobre metadatos, aquellas que están familiarizadas con los metadatos pero aun no los están aprovechando o miembros de Crossref que tienen curiosidad por registrar sus actividades de financiación. 🔗https://bit.ly/4oFTBtJ

¿Qué ocurre después de la subvención? Convirtiendo los datos de financiación en información útil

Funders hold a lot of data about the research they support. Most of it isn't connected to the outputs it funds. Our webinar covers how to change that and why it matters for open science and research assessment. With our colleague Rocio Gaudioso Pedraza. Register: https://bit.ly/4xCjHSn

What happens after the grant? Turning funding data into real insight - July 7

📢 OJS, OMP & OPS 3.5.0-5 is officially our new LTS release Stability, bug fixes, and security patches through Q1 2028 for journals, presses, and preprint servers around the world. Full announcement and downloads → pkp.sfu.ca/2026/07/01/3-5-0-5-lts-release/

OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0-5 LTS is now Available - Public Knowledge Project

OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0-5 LTS release is here. This release brings bug fixes and stability improvements. Upgrade now.

pkp.sfu.ca

🎉Welcome @craiubrcub.bsky.social to PKP Members Committee! We are pleased to share that CRAI UB RCUB, users of #OpenJournalSystems, are dedicating the next 2 years to contribute advice, support and consultation to PKP. A wonderful example of giving back and working together to make knowledge public!

CRAI UB RCUB@craiubrcub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ahir vam participar a una reunió del Members Committee de @pkp.sfu.ca Durant 2 anys participarem en reunions mensuals, on debatrem sobre aspectes relacionats amb l'estratègia i les accions d'aquesta organització responsable d'OJS, el software utilitzat a RCUB. pkp.sfu.ca/about/govern...

⚙️ Hi Systems Administrators working with OJS! Ready to bring a world of improved metadata, discoverability, user experience & workflow to journals using OJS? Then you might be ready for OJS 3.5. Join us for this webinar June 17, made for you, with step-by-step guidance: pkp.sfu.ca/2026/05/30/p...

PKP and Crossref Present: OJS 3.5 Features and Upgrading Webinar Series - Public Knowledge Project

PKP in collaboration with Crossref invites you to the OJS 3.5 Features, User Enhancements, and Upgrading Webinar Series with events in English, Spanish, French, and Indonesian, starting June 2026 thro...

pkp.sfu.ca

📣 Do you know about @oaspa.bsky.social's 2026 Conference? PKP is pleased to sponsor this event to bring together the #OpenAccess community this September in Croatia! Early bird registration is open until June 30th ⤵️

OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association@oaspa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 Latest #OASPA2026 programme updates including Keynote speakers. 📣 Programme information www.oaspa.org/events/oaspa... Registration: www.tickettailor.com/events/oaspa... Early bird end June 30! With thanks to sponsors. Get in touch to join - couldn't do it without you!

Come say hi at the Big Thinking Summit! @erudit.org, CALJ, @ualbertalibrary.bsky.social, PKP, and #CoalitionPublica are all in one place! Today 2 PM Salon 11: Reclaiming #ScholarlyPublishing: Canada's path forward for non-commercial infrastructures & #DiamondOpenAccess journals!

Public Knowledge Project@pkp.sfu.ca · 2mo ago

Join us at @federationhss.ca Big Thinking Summit! Along with our friends at @erudit.org we will be there at: Building Public and Scholarly Trust in Research: A Publications Facts Label (#PFLabel), Jun 10, 3 - 4:15pm, Salon 10 with speaker John Willinsky Info: www.federationhss.ca/en/conferenc...

With @sfu.ca as @pkp.sfu.ca's institutional home, PKP is thrilled to share the @federationhss.ca has partnered with SFU for next year's Congress! Check out this reimagining and stay up to date ⤵️ #HSS #CanadaHHS

Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences@federationhss.ca · 3mo ago

📯 The Federation is thrilled to announce its partnership with @sfu.ca for Congress 2027. The collaboration, set to take place in British Columbia in early summer 2027, will open a new chapter for Congress and the vision that will carry it forward. Stay tuned for what's ahead. 🔗 buff.ly/DbHWO6U

Text reads: Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Simon Fraser University. Early Summer, 2027. Logo of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Simon Fraser University.