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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 7h

The 1st Canadian Conference on #OpenScience and #OpenScholarship is happening October 9 -10, 2025!

PKP, @erudit.org, and #CoalitionPublica are pleased to be partner contributors to this event.

Livestreaming will be on!

Details: oscanada.github.io/en/

#OSCanada #CanadaSky #AcademicChatter

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 9h

🚀 Registration is open for PKP's new Open Publishing Courses!

Want to meet the instructors? Check out the blog post and be sure to join the free webinar, Thursday, October 30th, 2025, 9 – 10:30 AM PDT

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...

#OpenPublishing #OpenAccess #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing

Register Now for PKP + SFU Open Publishing Courses! - Public Knowledge Project

The Open Publishing Series registration for an info webinar and the courses are open. Join the webinar on October 30 to meet the instructors.

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 18h

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to share our 2024–2025 Annual Report: A Year of Important Progress. We’ve made big strides toward sustainability, expanded our collective + strengthened global partnerships for OA books. Read the full report: openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-boo...

Open Book Collective 2024-2025 annual report: A year of important progress

The team provide an overview of the Open Book Collective's work, as well as the work of its Publisher and Publishing Service Provider Members

openbookcollective.pubpub.org

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 1d

Many of you are probably familiar with Kevin Stranack, who is retiring from the role after two decades of trailblazing leadership at PKP. He will be missed, but his dedication and accomplishments will shine on!

Have you checked out his truly inspiring story?

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/22/h...

Honouring Kevin Stranack: Looking back with one of PKP’s longest-serving trailblazers who helped make PKP a success story - Public Knowledge Project

PKP honours long-time Director of Operations, Kevin Stranack. Learn more about his time with PKP in this interview with Urooj Nizami.

pkp.sfu.ca

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 1d

Hi #CRAFT_OA2025 folks, PKP is hiring a Managing Director!

With so much talk re #OpenJournalSystems, #OpenMonographPress, #DiamondOA & collaborations we have with @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @craft-oa.bsky.social & so many more we thought this a good place to share:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 1d

Or join the world-wide academic-led movement and community that has been ongoing for the past quarter century making knowledge a public good through free and open scholarly publishing platforms (including for open books), research, advocacy and more

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Thoth Open Metadata @thoth-metadata.bsky.social · 1d

Missed Toby's #craft_oa2025 presentation on our collaboration across #DiamondOA #OAbooks publishing infrastructures?

👇Slidedeck on how @pkp.sfu.ca, @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @doabooks.bsky.social, @openbookcollective.bsky.social and Thoth Open Metadata work together

doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

The power of horizontal collaboration: an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books

Within the context of Open Science, book publishing has traditionally lagged behind in the adoption of open access, open data and corresponding practices. A number of not-for-profit infrastructures in...

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 1d

PKP was pleased to take part in the #CRAFT_OA2025 Expert Panel, Diamond Dreams & Data Streams: Shaping Sustainable #OpenAccess with Youngim Jung, Marc Bria, David Oliva Uribe, & Urooj Nizami.

Recording available! www.youtube.com/live/LDuA6IB...

#DiamondOpenAccess #DiamondOA #ScholComm #AcademicSky

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CRAFT-OA project, aiming for Diamond Open Access @craft-oa.bsky.social · 2d

Johan Rooryck tells us the solutions, including tools for publishers, that the #EDCH offers to the European #DiamondOA community. "When I set up Glossa (a Diamond OA journal), this wasn't there. We had to start from the ground up..." Find out more about the EDCH: diamas.org @eudch.bsky.social

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CRAFT-OA project, aiming for Diamond Open Access @craft-oa.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! Almost 3,000 people from 92 countries participated in the UNESCO survey on #Diamond OA. The report comes out later this month. Dr. David Oliva Uribe explained how UNESCO is bringing together the global DiamondOA community. The presentation slides will be made available soon. #CRAFT_OA2025

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 2d

Oct 8, 9:45 - 10:15 Alfred Hessel Hall

Presentation - Standing up for Diamond: Influencing national #OpenAccess policy in Canada

Tanja Niemann (Consortium @erudit.org, Université de Montréal); Urooj Nizami (PKP)

Check out the program for more #CRAFT_OA2025!

www.craft-oa.eu/craft-oa-con...

CRAFT-OA Conference – Program – CRAFT-OA

www.craft-oa.eu

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 2d

Oct 7, 14:00 - 15:30 Alfred Hessel Hall

Expert Panel: Diamond Dreams & Data
Streams: Shaping Sustainable Open Access

Youngim Jung, (IAB, Korean Institute of Science and Technology
Information), Marc Bria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
(UAB)), David Oliva Uribe (UNESCO), Urooj Nizami (PKP)

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 2d

👋 Let's connect at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference - Crafting the Future of #DiamondOpenAccess: Technical, Social & Political Perspectives of #ScholarlyPublishing

Urooj Nizami & @markhusk.bsky.social are there with many friends! @eudch.bsky.social

Check the thread for details 🧵

#CRAFT_OA2025

Mark is strategic business development advisor and Urooj is community engagement and outreach associate director

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 2d

Very excited for @craft-oa.bsky.social #CRAFT_OA2025 Tuesday Plenary highlights on #OpenJournalSystems Diamond Plugins & OJS Core Feature Development: #GDPR, #Multilingualism and Better #Metadata - & so much more!

Program: www.craft-oa.eu/craft-oa-con...

Streaming: www.craft-oa.eu/craft-oa-con...

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 5d

Thanks for sharing, @copim.bsky.social!

Very interesting reading for your Friday. @joedeville.bsky.social really paints a picture of how community collaboration is the cornerstone of #OpenBook publishing, @openbookcollective.bsky.social, and #OpenMonographPress! ⤵️

#OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure

Open Book Collective and Open Monograph Press interview with Joe Deville

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Ecosistemas AEET @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social · 8d

After many years of hosting at Rey Juan Carlos University, for which we are very grateful, we are moving to the hosting services of @pkp.sfu.ca. The migration will take place this next Thursday, 2 October. But what doest this change mean?
pkp.sfu.ca

Public Knowledge Project

PKP is the trusted, original home of Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Preprint Systems (OPS), and Open Monograph Press (OMP) for scholarly publishing.

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 8d

SUP & @pkp.sfu.ca are pleased to announce the launch of 3 new journals in their open access program, bringing the total number of SUP+PKP titles to 4. The 3 scientific journals join SUP+PKP’s first journal, Reviews of Economic Literature (REL), which launched earlier this year.

Journals | Stanford University Press

Reviews of Economic Literature Submissions Open .

www.sup.org

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 7d

🔊 Unique employment opportunity w/ @pkp.sfu.ca -- lead an impactful, mission & values driven team that works to advance quality & global reach of #ScholarlyPublishing!

This could very well be what you've been seeking in your change-making management career:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

#AcademicSky

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 9d

Thanks, @carl-abrc.bsky.social! A unique and sought-after position with PKP, plus so much well-curated news in the Canadian #ScholComm space! ⤵️

CARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · 13d

This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from
@erudit.org @pkp.sfu.ca @arl.org @cni-org.bsky.social @fmdocs.bsky.social and more!

mailchi.mp/c401f05cf56e...

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 9d

✨ "Honouring Kevin Stranack: Looking back with one of PKP's longest-serving trailblazers who helped make PKP a success story" -- a tribute to a career that inspired, and the journey in Kevin's words!

Share your love with Kevin in the comments 💌

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/22/h...

#Leadership #OpenAccess

Honouring Kevin Stranack: Looking back with one of PKP’s longest-serving trailblazers who helped make PKP a success story - Public Knowledge Project

PKP honours long-time Director of Operations, Kevin Stranack. Learn more about his time with PKP in this interview with Urooj Nizami.

pkp.sfu.ca

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 12d

📆 Webinar coming up! Configuring and Optimizing #DOIs with @datacite.org in #OpenJournalSystems -- October 1st, 15:00 UTC, online

With Mary Hirsch and Mike Nason

Registration: datacite.org/event/config...

Hope to see you there!

#OpenInfrastructure #OpenAccess #Discoverability #Interoperability

Configuring and Optimizing DOIs with DataCite in Open Journal Systems - DataCite

The session will cover how to configure the OJS DOI Plugin and optimize your DOI metadata for discoverability. Whether you are already registering DOIs through OJS or exploring this option, this sessi...

datacite.org

Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 14d

#OASPA2025 folks, re: #OpenInfrastructure & imagining #ScholarlyPublishing futures conversations, especially if you wonder about #OpenBooks, this PKP interview w/ @joedeville.bsky.social might be of interest as you wind down the event experience ⤵️

@openbookcollective.bsky.social #OpenMonographPress

infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 15d

Open Book Collective and Open Monograph Press: An Interview with Joe Deville (via
@pkp.sfu.ca) pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/23/o... #scholcomm #books #libraries #publishing @openbookcollective.bsky.social

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 14d

🔓📖 Moving beyond closed silos: Liberating workflows based on #OpenMetadata... #interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for #OpenAccess books and chapters

With @thoth-metadata.bsky.social, @pkp.sfu.ca, #OBC, @oapenbooks.bsky.social ⤵️

#OASPA2025 convo @joedeville.bsky.social & at #Munin2025

Copim @copim.bsky.social · 16d

Tackling the problems of getting #OA works into the wider book supply chain TOGETHER 🤝

A sneak preview of @openbookcollective.bsky.social @oapenbooks.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @thoth-metadata.bsky.social presentation at #Munin2025

🔗 buff.ly/QI8P6C3

#OpenScience #ScalingSmall #Bibliodiversity

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Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 14d

Thank you so much for sharing!

Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca · 14d

TY Joe, for comments on how what our communities have been doing (some for 25+ years), works. Lots of folks in #OpenAccess, #OpenInfrastructure spaces have been quite successful at community-driven, non-traditional approaches, as your interview with us shows (just out!): pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/23/o...

Open Book Collective and Open Monograph Press: An Interview with Joe Deville - Public Knowledge Project

Urooj Nizami interviews OBC’s Joe Deville. Explore OBC’s origins, purpose, and relationships, OMP, and the open book publishing landscape.

pkp.sfu.ca

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