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Archipelago Issue #11 | May 2026
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This issue of Archipelago opens with a look back at a year of meaningful progress across software, research, and community with PKP's 2025 Annual Report. We also share the latest OJS Beacon data, now tracking 58,000 journals across 156 countries, and announce PKP's stewardship of citeproc-php. Magnus Lu sits down with Urooj Nizami to talk about the craft of technical writing, and our Development Dispatch covers the new production features in OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.6. We're also growing our team: two positions are open, and we'd love your help spreading the word. |
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PKP is proud to share its annual report for 2025, covering the period from April 1st, 2025 to March 31st, 2026.
As we reflect on the past year, the 2025 Annual Report offers an opportunity to recognize the strength and dedication of the global community that continues to drive PKP forward. From expanding collaborations to advancing strategic priorities, this year marked meaningful progress on multiple fronts. The report also highlights important developments in PKP software, ongoing research initiatives, and community-informed improvements that continue to support more equitable, accessible, and sustainable open publishing worldwide. |
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The 2025 Beacon dataset is out. It shows OJS powering 58,000 journals across 156 countries, with 2.5 million articles published and steady growth in software upgrades. Here’s what the data tells us. |
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The PHP library that renders article citations in Open Journal Systems (OJS) has changed maintenance hands from the library’s creator, Sebastian Böttger, to PKP. |
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People Behind the Project
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Urooj Nizami sits down with PKP’s Project Management and Technical Writing Consultant, Magnus Lu, to talk about one critical aspect of her work at PKP: technical writing and communication. |
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Read the interview
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Upload, edit, publish, all in one place. OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.6 cover the journey from manuscript to on the fly HTML, PDF, and JATS XML production. |
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Collaboration Corner
Scholarly journals don’t operate in a vacuum — they are part and parcel of disciplinary, community, practitioner, and professional networks exposed and connected via open scholarly infrastructure. Upgrading OJS is how journals connect to that network reliably.
Learn more →
On March 17 – 19, 2026, PKP successfully piloted the first fully virtual sprint. This three-day session focused on plugin language accessibility, 3rd party plugin support, modernizing Vue.js settings, UIs, and more.
Learn more →
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Employment Opportunities
We're growing our team, and we’d appreciate your help spreading the word.
- Associate Director, Publishing Services (full-time, continuing — closes June 5)
A senior leadership role shaping the direction and sustainability of PKP's Publishing Services portfolio. Primarily remote, based at SFU; candidates must be legally able to work in Canada.
→ Full posting and application details
- Systems Support Contractor (full-time, remote — closes June 12)
Support the hosting infrastructure that keeps open access publishing running for thousands of journals and presses worldwide. Fully remote, work from anywhere.
→ Full posting and application details
Both roles reflect the kind of team we're trying to build: diverse, distributed, and genuinely committed to open infrastructure as a public good.
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Resource Roundup
Accessibility at PKP: From Audit to Action
PKP accessibility continues to advance as we move from a completed independent audit to concrete remediation work across our publishing platforms, guided by disabled users, assistive technology testing, and evolving global accessibility legislation.
Read more →
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Upcoming events
PKP 2026 Annual General Meeting
May 27th, 2026
There is no PKP (or OJS, OMP, and OPS) without the contributions, and collaborations, of this network. This meeting will provide an update on PKP activities and advancements over the 2025 fiscal year.
Learn more and register →
PKP & Crossref | Introducing OJS 3.5: Key features and user enhancements
Online, June 3, 2026, 08:00 PST
Discover why upgrading to OJS 3.5 is an important step for journal stability, security, and workflow efficiency.
Learn more and register →
PKP & Crossref | How to upgrade to OJS 3.5: For Systems Administrators
Online, June 17, 2026, 08:00 PST
Calling all OJS system administrators! Join us for a step-by-step walkthrough of the process of upgrading from OJS 3.x to 3.5.
Learn more and register →
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Other CP news
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Other PKP news
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PKP Sprint sponsor acknowledgements |
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A heartfelt thank you to DataCite, Paradigm and Crossref for sponsoring participation in the PKP Warsaw 2026 sprint. Your support brought our community together to collaborate, build, and strengthen the tools that power open scholarly publishing around the world. Thank you for being part of this work.
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