Since the purchase of Metapress by Atypon Systems in April 2014, we have received numerous inquiries regarding the migration of Metapress-hosted content to Open Journal Systems. PKP Publishing Services is pleased to announce that we now provide migration support from Metapress to OJS. Whether you want to use us for your hosting solution or host elsewhere, we can assist with transferring your article and issue content safely and transparently.

The University of Waterloo Library recently designed a poster to create awareness in their community of the availability and possibilities of their open source publishing system. The poster is a great example of how to publicize your library publishing services: How do you promote your (library) publishing services? The post Publicizing OJS at your library appeared first on Public Knowledge Project.

We had the pleasure of inviting our far-flung community to join us for a few days of intense group work just prior to our 2014 Annual General Meeting. This was our second development sprint and once again a diverse and talented mix of people came together and exceeded our expectations.

Save the date! The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the Fifth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will take place August 12-14, 2015 at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing and the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab / Digital Humanities Summer Institute, the conference will address topics such as

Concurrent with the PKP Annual General Meeting, which takes place tomorrow October 3rd in Burnaby, Canada, PKP has published its annual report for 2013. The report includes updates for all our areas of activity: such as software development, research,  and community involvement.

Curious what the PKP team has been working on this week? The PKP Roundup gives quick updates on our latest software (and other) developments. PKP Development Sprint: Following on our very successful first development sprint in March 2014, this week PKP developers will once more gather with many of our partners to work intensively on a variety of projects. Stay tuned for a full sprint report in the next couple weeks.

You will find the release notes here, but some of the more exciting new features are: OJS now supports automatic CrossRef deposits. With this new version of OJS comes an updated “2.0” release of the CrossRef plugin, adding new functionality and features; such as automatic deposits. This plugin will see continued refinement and improvement as its use increases.

Hello all, This is the first of what will hopefully become a series of posts about the technical aspects of PKP software, including tips and tricks for developers and system administrators. We hope it will be useful to anyone maintaining or customizing an OJS installation or interested in contributing.

After a short hiatus while we were working hard on finishing up OJS 2.4.5, the PKP Roundup is back with news on our latest software developments. OJS Stable line (2.4.x): OJS 2.4.5 will be available Monday September 15, so stay tuned. More information on what is included in this particular release will be available then.

Curious what the PKP team has been working on this week? The PKP Roundup gives quick updates on our latest software developments. OJS Stable line (2.4.x): Work continues on finishing up OJS 2.4.5. Translations have started and bug fixes should be completed by the end of next week. The translations should be completed by August 22, while the last round of testing will be done the last week of August.

Applications for OpenCon, an international conference on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data specifically for students and early career researchers are now available: http://www.opencon2014.org/apply The event will bring together students and early career researchers from across the world to learn about the issues, develop critical skills, and return home ready to catalyze action toward a more open system for sharing the