Archipelago Issue #12 | July 2026
This issue of Archipelago highlights the power of collaboration across the PKP community. We celebrate renewed support from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), explore new partnerships with SeDOA, Crossref, and DataCite, and look back at the collaborative work accomplished during the PKP Warsaw Sprint. We also share the latest 3.5 Long-Term Support release and a closer look at OJS 3.6, as well as a feature on how Latin America has shaped scholarly publishing infrastructure, and a recap of PKP events. Be sure to check out Coalition Publica and PKP Research highlights at the end.
 
Collaboration Corner
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PKP Warsaw Sprint Sponsor Feature -- PKP’s Famira Racy sits down with DataCite’s Director of Strategic Programs and Partnerships, Maria Gould, to discuss DataCite’s role in the research ecosystem, excitement around initiatives, impacts of the DataCite / PKP partnership, sustainability, and the future.
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Participants of the PKP Warsaw sprint 2026. Logos of all organizing institutions at the bottom.
On May 18 and 19, 2026, members of the PKP community gathered in Warsaw, Poland. Journal editors, publishers, librarians, repository managers, developers, and researchers came together for two days of focused, collaborative work on Open Journal Systems (OJS) and Open Monograph Press (OMP).
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Featured story
Jointly with the Dutch Research Council (NWO), PKP is thrilled to announce NWO’s renewed three-year financial commitment to PKP. NWO first began contributing to PKP in 2023 in recognition of the essential role our research and software play within the global scholarly publishing ecosystem. The continued partnership reflects a shared commitment to international collaboration and advancing open access.
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Berlin cityscape at night with the Fernsehturm tower and illuminated buildings. Overlaid text reads, “The SeDOA supports Diamond Open Access: A German OJS Network.” SeDOA, Open Journal Systems (OJS), and Public Knowledge Project (PKP) logos appear on the right. Photo credit: Florian Wedhe on Unsplash.
The new SeDOA German OJS Network is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), and led by the University and State Library of Darmstadt (ULB Darmstadt), the University Library of Humboldt University of Berlin, and the Max Weber Foundation in Bonn. Check out the topics and events.
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In part two of this blog post series from PKP and Crossref, we focus on how upgrading PKP software supports trusted metadata and enriches the scholarly publishing ecosystem. Read on to learn about the metadata journey, why it matters, how it is a shared responsibility, and how to take action.
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Development Dispatch
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We are pleased to announce the release of OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0-5, which has now been officially designated as a Long-Term Support (LTS) release. This release reflects our commitment to stability, reliability, and readiness for the tens of thousands of journals, presses, and preprint servers around the world that depend on PKP software every day.
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Feature image for the article. The text is the same as the article title. The photo on the right half is a yellow and black butterfly fluttering about, feeding on pollen rich, small pink flowers. The butterfly represents first the upload in OJS 3.6 or the larvae, then the transformation or the cocoon where the creature changes, and then the publishing or the emerging of the full butterfly.
A closer look at the new OJS 3.6 features and tools that turn a submission file into on-demand JATS, HTML, and PDF galley files.
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Regional Feature
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“Diamond Open Access” is not new. Latin America was publishing free to read and publish scholarship long before it had a name, and before it was emphasized internationally. Learn how Latin America has always been a leader in open access publishing, and how the region has been a major influence on how PKP has developed OJS.
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Events Recap
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In this segment of Archipelago, we look back at PKP events from April through July 2026.
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Resource Roundup
Promotional banner for PKP School featuring three people collaborating around laptops, with one smiling person in focus. Text reads, “Announcing Re-Launch of PKP School and New OJS 3.5 Courses.” The PKP School and Public Knowledge Project (PKP) logos appear in the top left. Announcing Re-Launch of PKP School and New OJS 3.5 Courses
PKP is pleased to announce the relaunch of PKP School with a new look and feel. There are two new OJS 3.5 courses available in English and Spanish: Setting up a Journal, and Editorial Workflow. These courses have functionality for tracking progress, making course reviews, experimenting in a test journal, and getting completion certificates.
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Feature image for post. Text reads the same as the title of the post. The PKP logo is included. The photograph used for the background is a Sonora Desert prickly pear cactus in bloom with a pink flower surrounded by inch long spikes, representing the protection of PKP hosted journals from corporate AI interference. Managing AI Traffic for PKP Hosted Journals
PKP’s Head of Systems, Michael Felczak, underlines how commercial AI traffic has been putting a strain on hosting providers such as PKP. Read on to learn how PKP is balancing traditional and new tools to protect its hosted journals.
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Upcoming events
National Portals & Large Installations
PKP is pleased to launch bi-monthly community meetings dedicated to national portals and large installation knowledge sharing, discussion, and collaborative troubleshooting. Complete the survey if you’re interested in joining:
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PKP Software Development Update
Online, September 21, 2026, 08:00 PST

Join PKP’s webinar to explore the development of our scholarly publishing software. This webinar is open to all our community members.
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