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▶️ New video out! OJS 3.5 Redesigned Submission Navigation and Dashboard

In 8 minutes learn about:

✨ Submission Dashboard Overview
✨ Navigation Menus and Views
✨ User Specific Views
✨ Filters
✨ Incomplete Submissions
✨ Submission Table
✨ Submission Window
✨ Submission Language
✨ Additional Menu
✨ Suggested Reviewers
✨ Log Reviewer Responses
✨ Contributor Preview
✨ JATS XML

Check it out on YouTube: youtu.be/c9d28VxO7VM

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🚨 PKP Development Alert – Article Production 🚨

New PKP News Blog post:
“Article production in PKP Software: Directions and plans”

🔍 Inside

🌱 Updates for 3.5 & 3.6
🌱 Benefits for cost, accessibility, models
🌱 Key insights for devs, editors & managers

💡 Why it matters

🌱 Easier contributions
🌱 Smoother publishing
🌱 Community-driven

🔗 Access: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/30/producti

Public Knowledge Project · Article Production in PKP Software: Directions and Plans - Public Knowledge ProjectThis post highlights production changes and plans for PKP software versions 3.5 and 3.6 that will lower the cost of publishing, increase accessibility, and support new publishing models.

🎥 Now Available: PKP 2025 Annual General Meeting Recording and resources!

* Advisory Committee
* PKP as research-driven
* Impact in Indonesia
* #OpenMonographPress (OMP)
* #OpenJournalSystems (OJS)
* #OpenResearchEurope (ORE)
* Annual Report and more

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/20/pkp-2025

We're grateful for your continued support and collaboration!

#OpenInfrastructure is the backbone of #OpenAccess, #OpenResearch, #OpenScience, and #OpenKnowledge for the global public good. Let’s keep building together.

Public Knowledge Project · PKP AGM Recap and Recording now Available - Public Knowledge ProjectThis post features the 2025 PKP AGM recap and recording from June 17th, with loads of extra resources.

Hi all,

Please join us at our next Development News Update webinar, June 16 8 AM PDT!

Topics to be discussed include:

* OJS/OMP/OPS 3.5.0 release + features
* Expanded tools for content organization with Categories
* Customizable reviewer recommendation
* Controlled vocabulary plugins
* Journal Article Versions and preprints in OJS
* Using email templates to extend workflow

Hope to meet you there!

Eventbrite registration: eventbrite.ca/e/pkps-developme

Invest in Open Infrastructure (#IOI, @investinopen) makes an important point in its new report:
investinopen.org/state-of-open

"Imagine just a few of the major open infrastructures serving scholarship today: #arXiv, #PubMed, #DSpace, #OpenJournalSystems, or perhaps #CreativeCommons…Consider how many of these have been created on a cycle of grants and sustained on a combination of donations, membership fees, service hosting, and/or specialized development…Most scholars, teachers, and researchers…accept them as a given and depend on them…But these infrastructures are not, on the whole, sustainable businesses with robust fiscal models and diversified revenues. Many do not turn profits; most operate at steady losses that are absorbed by philanthropic and government funders and a variety of research institutions including labs, universities, and colleges. They operate on systems rife with technical debt, and they depend upon volunteer labour to cover much of their human costs from governance to editorial review to code development."

Invest in Open Infrastructure · ForewordThe open tools and systems we rely upon need our immediate attention and action. We continue to reaffirm our commitment to a vision where every place of higher learning has access to the tools and infrastructure neccesary to access and participate in research. What a time to be writing a

✨ What's new in #OpenJournalSystems 3.5? Get a sneak-peek!

This latest release is being designed to enhance editorial workflows, user management, and system performance based on user feedback.

We not only showcase what’s new but also provide side-by-side comparisons with previous versions, helping you understand how these changes will enhance your workflow.

Be sure to check the YouTube description for highlights and chapters:

youtu.be/oCBw2TciG3Y?si=odPL2-

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Are you attending the Library Publishing Forum #LPF25 this week?

We'll be there, too! ISRAEL CEFRIN, PKP / University of Waterloo, will join Priscilla Carmini, University of Waterloo, May 7, 12 -1 PM ET to present:

"Beyond Journal Publishing: Adapting Open Journal Systems (OJS) for internal grant applications"

Hope to meet you there!

Check out the program: librarypublishing.org/program/

✨ Interessiert an Übersetzungen der #OpenJournalSystems Dokumentation ins Deutsche?

@tibhannover leitete einen Übersetzungssprint, um die über 80 Institutionen im deutschsprachigen Raum zu unterstützen, die #OJS nutzen.

Wie funktioniert ein Übersetzungssprint? Wie können Sie an einem Übersetzungssprint für die PKP-Dokumentation teilnehmen? Welche Beziehung besteht zwischen TIB & PKP?

Mehr erfahren Sie im PKP Blog: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/04/08/german-t

Den Beitrag auf Deutsch lesen: blog.tib.eu/2025/04/10/die-pkp

Public Knowledge Project · Making the PKP Docs for OJS available in German: Report from the 1st Translation SprintTIB, a long-standing supporter and development partner of the Public Knowledge Project, hosted the first translation sprint.

✨ Interested in #OpenJournalSystems documentation translations in German?

@tibhannover led a translation sprint to aid the more than 80 institutions using #OJS in German speaking countries.

How does a translation sprint work? How can you participate in a translation sprint for PKP Documentation? What is the relationship between TIB and PKP?

Learn more on PKP's blog: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/04/08/german-t

Get the post in German: blog.tib.eu/2025/04/10/die-pkp

Public Knowledge Project · Making the PKP Docs for OJS available in German: Report from the 1st Translation SprintTIB, a long-standing supporter and development partner of the Public Knowledge Project, hosted the first translation sprint.

Gemeinsam mit Kolleg*innen aus mehreren anderen deutschen Einrichtungen kümmern wir (@TIBopenpub) uns um die Übersetzung zentraler PKP-Dokumentation zu #OpenJournalSystems.

@jfenner hat eine Reihe von Translation Sprints organisiert und berichtet im Blog der @tibhannover :

blog.tib.eu/2025/04/10/die-pkp

TIB-Blog · Die PKP-Docs für OJS auf Deutsch: Bericht vom 1. Übersetzungssprint - TIB-Blog
More from Jorina Fenner

PKP Documentation enables people to better use @PublicKnowledgeProject software like #OpenJournalSystems. As a long-standing PKP partner, @tibhannover is commited to improving the software and documentation. A few months ago, we have started to translate PKP Docs into German in sprint events comprising volunteers from quite a few German organisations.

Organiser @jfenner (of @TIBopenpub) has some background:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/04/08/german-t

📢 Hello translators! PKP is currently seeking volunteers to help translate #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), #OpenMonographPress (OMP), and #OpenPreprintSystems (OPS) version 3.5.0 - you're invited!

Want some documentation to guide you? Check out PKP Docs Hub:

docs.pkp.sfu.ca/translating-gu

Ready to get started? Check Weblate, and register for an account if you don't already have one:

translate.pkp.sfu.ca/

We appreciate all the work you've done to make OJS, OMP, and OPS multilingual - thank you!

⚙️ The recording of the PKP Development News Webinar held on February 18th, 2025, is available!

Roadmap Update: 3.3 LTS, 3.4.0, 3.5.0

OJS, OMP, OPS 3.5.0

Clarification on Long-Term Support (LTS)

OJS, OMP, OPS 3.6.0

@ResearchOrgs and Multiple Affiliations

Versions and Editor Integration

UI Plugin extensibility: Dashboard and Workflow

@ORCID_Org

Metabase and Business Intelligence

Recording: youtu.be/Y_TgX7Ste-k?si=fHf-aI

▶️ Check out this preview of what's coming in Open Journal Systems version 3.5!

After working with user feedback, we have a lot of exciting updates to share with you. Be sure to check the description for chapters and resources.

If you find this walkthrough helpful, please consider giving it a like, leave a comment, and subscribe for more useful content!

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