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Posted about 16 years ago by kevin
Interested in getting a sneak preview of the upcoming changes in OCS 2.1? Want to get a head start on installing the new files on your system? If so, please join the OCS 2.1 testing team and put the latest version of OCS through its paces! As part ... [More] of ensuring that this new version of OCS is ready for general release, we would like to ask you to consider volunteering to do some testing of the software. The testing will take place over a two week period, beginning in mid to late March. The exact dates will be finalized soon. We will need volunteers to either do their own installation on a web server (which we need tested on a variety of platforms), or to work from a pre-existing installation that we will set up on the web for users. That is to say, that if you are unable to install OCS 2.1 yourself, please let us know and we can provide access to a demonstration version for you. We can also send you a basic testing script, outlining some of the features we would like to see tested. We are looking for a variety of people to participate in the testing, with technical skills ranging from novice to expert, so please don't feel that you or others on your team are in any way inappropriate for this crucial task. If you have collaborated with other parties in your use of OCS, please consider passing this invitation along to them as well. We hope that you will seriously consider devoting some of your valuable time to this worthwhile endeavour, not only for the opportunity for a first look at the new version, or the chance to get any bugs that may arise on your own system resolved quickly, but to make a contribution to the open source, OCS community that is vital to this particular form of a commons-based knowledge economy. If you are interested, please contact Kevin to sign up. [Less]
Posted about 16 years ago by kevin
If you haven’t seen the Revistas Científicas del CSIC web site, you will definitely want to take a look. It is an outstanding example of how an institution can bring together multiple journals into a single unit. Congratulations to the CSIC!
Posted about 16 years ago by kevin
The Public Knowledge Project is looking to expand its community of users and developers, and to foster communication between the PKP team and the rest of the community. Currently, the majority of our interaction with our users involves the support ... [More] forums, but we'd like to expand the conversation beyond support to development and community-based initiatives. There has been some interest in developing local user groups, which we are willing to facilitate if we can; we have also discussed the option of having virtual user group meetings online, on an occasional basis. Before progressing, we'd like to gauge the interest for such a collaboration, and get some feedback on how to go about it. If this interests you, what would be your preferred method for meeting and discussion? Please, give us your feedback, and we'll see what we can do. [Less]
Posted about 16 years ago by kevin
Registration is now open for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, with a week-long course on OJS: Online Journal Publishing Using PKP's Open Journals System (Instructors: Alec Smecher and James MacGregor) Participants will be instructed in all ... [More] aspects of the installation, configuration, customization, and operation of the OJS software, including a technical overview of the PKP software suite. By the end of the week-long session, participants will have created a fully operational OJS instance and/or become familiarized with writing OJS code plug-ins. Journal teams consisting of editorial, management, and technical staff are especially encouraged to register for this session as there will be opportunities for specialized instruction in each of these areas. May 26-30, 2008 University of Victoria, British Columbia Canada Some scholarships are also available. Register early to avoid disappointment! [Less]
Posted about 16 years ago by kevin
The latest version of OJS in an Hour, for version 2.2, is now available on the OJS Documentation page. Find out about all of the latest upgrades in this newest version of our popular Open Journal Systems software.
Posted over 16 years ago by kevin
The PKP Development Team is pleased to announce the release of OJS 2.2. OJS 2.2 includes an enormous number of new features, tune-ups, and bug fixes, including: * Complete overhaul of metadata storage, including site, journal, and article data, for ... [More] full multilingual support * Support for numerous external packages and services such as OpenAds, phpMyVisites, and Google Analytics * Payment support * New plugin categories ...and much, much more. For complete details, see the release notes for OJS 2.2 at http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/RELEASE-2.2. To download OJS 2.2, see the download page. Special thanks to the many contributors who made this release possible. [Less]
Posted over 16 years ago by kevin
Welcome to our online tutorials for the Public Knowledge Project. We are starting out with a short series of videos to walk you through the basic installation procedures for OJS, and its prerequisites. Over time, we will be adding more tutorials ... [More] , covering other aspects of using our software. We would also encourage you to contribute any of your own tutorials. There is a vast range of operating systems, software versions, and hardware configurations, so if things don't work out exactly as demonstrated in the videos, you can always ask for help on our support forum. Due to the large file size of these video tutorials, those with low bandwidth Internet may experience problems accessing them. If this is the case, we can mail you a CD with the videos at no cost. Simply send us your request, along with your name and mailing address, and we will ship it to you.   Installing Ubuntu OJS can run on just about any platform, but one popular option is Ubuntu Linux, an open source operating system. This tutorial will demonstrate how easy it is to get going. Source: UbuntuClips Ubuntu Linux is freely available to download or have shipped at no cost. Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Ubuntu: Part One (AVI | MOV | OGG) Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Ubuntu: Part Two (AVI | MOV | OGG) Once your operating system is in place, you will need to install Apache, MySQL, and PHP. These products are open source and freely available. They are also available for use on the Windows operating system. Source: Public Knowledge Project Preparing the Server and Installing OJS(AVI | MOV | OGG) With your server up and running, you will need to download OJS, prepare the directories, and run the installation. This video will walk you through this process. Source: Public Knowledge Project Installing OJS This video reviews the installation process for OJS. Source: Christo Crampton, African Journals Online, NISC, South Africa OJS for Reviewers: Coming Soon Outlines the steps to review an article in OJS. Source: Public Knowledge Project OJS for Authors: Coming Soon Outlines the steps to submit an article to OJS. Source: Public Knowledge Project If you find these videos useful or if you have any suggestions, please drop us a line and let us know. [Less]
Posted over 16 years ago by kevin
With the special October 2007 issue, First Monday is now available in Open Journal Systems (OJS). And most appropriately, this special issue contains papers from the 2007 PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference held in Vancouver.
Posted over 16 years ago by kevin
Our friends at AEPIC, the Academic E-Publishing Infrastructures, have now translated "OCS in an Hour" into Italian: OCS in un'ora' The translations of all of the PKP software and documentation would not be possible without the dedicated efforts of the PKP user community. Their work is much appreciated!
Posted over 16 years ago by kevin
Interested in getting a sneak preview of the upcoming changes in OJS 2.2? Want to get a head start on installing the new files on your system? If so, please join the OJS 2.2 testing team and put the latest version of OJS through its paces! As part ... [More] of ensuring that this new version of OJS is ready for general release, we would like to ask you to consider volunteering to do some testing of the software. The testing will take place over a two week period, beginning in late September or early October. The exact dates will be finalized soon. We will need volunteers to either do their own installation on a web server (which we need tested on a variety of platforms), or to work from a pre-existing installation that we will set up on the web for users. That is to say, that if you are unable to install OJS 2.2 yourself, please let us know and we can provide access to a demonstration version for you. We can also send you a basic testing script, outlining some of the features we would like to see tested. We are looking for a variety of people to participate in the testing, with technical skills ranging from novice to expert, so please don't feel that you or others on your team are in any way inappropriate for this crucial task. If you have collaborated with other parties in your use of OJS, please consider passing this invitation along to them as well. We hope that you will seriously consider devoting some of your valuable time to this worthwhile endeavour, not only for the opportunity for a first look at the new version, or the chance to get any bugs that may arise on your own system resolved quickly, but to make a contribution to the open source, OJS community that is vital to this particular form of a commons-based knowledge economy, which has directly benefited well over 1000 journals around the world. If you are interested, please contact Kevin to sign up. [Less]