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Featured Events Recap
In this segment of Archipelago, explore the recap of events since February of 2025. From the Canada Student Journal Forum, to Coalition Publica, and the PKP Annual General Meeting plus more, there is a lot to be excited about.
Canada Student Journal Forum
February 18 -20, 2025
The annual Canada Student Journal Forum was jointly hosted by 12 institutions and organizations across Canada, and sponsored by University of Toronto Libraries, PKP, and Coalition Publica. The event featured 18 talks from Canadian student journal teams, 5 skills sessions from professionals, and 3 panels ranging from student funding opportunities, to open access, to career opportunities.
Learn more and click on each scheduled day for outputs like recordings and slides.
Documenting the Canadian Scholarly Journal Landscape: An Open Dataset for the Community
April 16, 2025
The subject of numerous studies in recent years, Canadian scholarly journals are essential for the dissemination of Canadian research. However, it remains difficult to get an overall picture of the composition of these journals. Recently, Coalition Publica has developed and published a detailed, open inventory of the historic and active journals that make up the national research dissemination landscape.
In this one-hour webinar, CP presented the methodology behind its creation, provided some insights offered by its analysis, demonstrated how it is already being put to use by different actors in the field, and called for community contributions to the dataset.
Coalition Publica In-Person Meeting
March 11 – 12, 2025
The objective of this meeting between the main partners of Coalition Publica (PKP and Érudit) was to get to know each other more, better understand our roles in this project, discuss strategic planning, and to share feedback on various projects. As we work closely to advance scholarly publishing in Canada by combining our efforts and strengths of our infrastructures, there was a lot to talk about. Stay tuned for announcements about CP strategic planning and more!
Free, Easy, Essential: Future Proof your Scholarly Record with the PKP Preservation Network
May 20, 2025
The PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) is a powerful, free, open-source digital preservation service designed specifically for journals using OJS.
This webinar featured Mark Jordan, Associate Dean of Libraries, Digital Strategy, Simon Fraser University, and Mariya Maistrovskaya, PKP Senior Publishing Support Specialist.
Learn more about future-proofing the scholarly record and our invitation to join the PN!
PKP Oslo Sprint
June 2 – 3, 2025
Over 45 community members and PKP staff from 15 countries converged at the University of Oslo, Norway, for another successful PKP Sprint! Sprint topics ranged from submission workflows, to dissemination for open books, to multilingualism, just to name a few. Participants explored new ideas, made progress on important enhancements, and forged new relationships and collaborations. Many thanks to our hosts at UiO, and all who participated in making this a fun and engaging event. Stay tuned for the sprint notes!
Development News Webinars
June 16, 2025
Get the latest on developments available in OJS / OMP / OPS 3.5 (recently released), and those upcoming in version 3.6 — including new email template functionality, options for journal articles and preprints in OJS, and customizable reviewer response options — coming in 2026!
PKP AGM and Annual Report
June 17, 2025
Our Annual General Meeting is an opportunity to reflect on our progress from the previous fiscal year and looks ahead to PKP’s next chapter in open access leadership.
At this year’s AGM we were delighted to discuss exciting developments and plans for the future, including Strategic Plan updates, financial highlights, Advisory Committee update, PKP as a research-driven initiative, impact in Indonesia, what’s next for Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open Research Europe (ORE) developments.
Download the 2024 Annual Report
Stay tuned to PKP’s social media, news blog, and Community Forum for upcoming events!