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PKP is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial scholarly publishing via free open software — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
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Does this thread resonate with your #ScholarlyPublishing values and career aspirations?

Visit the PKP News Blog to get more details about these PKP SFU #OpenPublishing courses, the instructors, discount application, learning outcomes, and registration.

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Welcome to Your Future in Open Publishing with PKP + SFU Worldwide Courses - Public Knowledge Project
Learn why you should take these courses and how they can prepare you for the future of open publishing. Register before December 12, 2025.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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There are more career paths than you might realize with Journal Management and Editing skills! This PKP SFU Open Publishing course maps to roles like Publications Manager, Editorial Operations, Open Access Publishing Manager, Integrity Officer, Ethics Specialist, and more!

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A table titled “Journal Management and Editing” lists skills in the left column and corresponding careers in the right column. – Journal management responsibilities: careers include managing editor, journal manager, and publications manager. – Designing editorial workflows: careers include editorial operations manager and assistant editor. – Implementing peer review: careers include peer review coordinator, managing editor, and section editor. – Applying publishing ethics: careers include research integrity officer, ethics specialist, and editor. – Content curation and quality control: careers include editor, associate editor, and portfolio manager. – Integrating open access: careers include open-access (OA) publishing manager and library publishing coordinator.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Check out the many career paths relevant to the PKP SFU Open Publishing Technologies and Infrastructure course!

Keep going in the thread for more reasons why to enroll in these values-driven, community-focused, top of the line courses 🧵

#OpenPublishing #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #ScholComm
A table titled “Technology and Infrastructure” lists skills in the left column and corresponding careers in the right column. – Understanding scholarly technologies and infrastructures: careers include publishing technologist, systems analyst, and product manager. – Using CMS to manage academic content: careers include digital publishing specialist, CMS administrator, and content manager. – Applying metadata standards: careers include metadata librarian, indexing specialist, and repository manager. – Implementing digital preservation: careers include digital archivist, preservation specialist, and repository manager. – Evaluating libraries, repositories, and open-access (OA) platforms: careers include scholarly communications librarian, OA manager, and publishing strategist. – Assessing and applying open-source tools: careers include open publishing librarian, technical specialist, and support roles.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Not a credit student? Not a problem! These courses are not just for MPub students — they are for anyone involved in or interested in open publishing.

Learn from anywhere and complete the weekly course content remotely when it fits your schedule!

Wondering how these courses map to careers?

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A table titled “Making Knowledge Public” lists skills in the left column and related careers in the right column. – Understanding how research moves into the public sphere: careers include knowledge mobilization, scholarly communications, and research impact. – Evaluating the public value of scholarly knowledge: careers include research impact analysis, open-access (OA) strategy, and policy-oriented publishing. – Critiquing academic prestige structures: careers include publishing reform, OA advocacy, and scholarly publishing strategy. – Identifying barriers to making knowledge public: careers include OA management, repository strategy, and public scholarship coordination. – Reflecting on the role of education and institutions: careers include academic strategy, publishing ethics, and university policy roles. – Assessing opportunities to strengthen researchers’ public mission: careers include public scholarship offices, impact units, and open-access management.
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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📜 Receive a completion certificate from the Public Knowledge Project (available upon request)

💸 Non-profit - course fees only cover the cost of instruction, and many of the instructors’ resources will be released as Open Education Resources for the benefit of the scholarly publishing community

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November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Why should you register?

🎓 Cutting edge #scholComm theory and practice increasing your skills and expertise for a wide variety of jobs

💡Learn in a community with other professionals and instructors who are experts in the field

💭 Develop relevant, hands-on projects, receive tailored feedback

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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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📚 PUB 611 – Making Knowledge Public: January 4 – April 26 2026 with Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca
📚 PUB 604 – Technology and Infrastructure: January 4 – April 26 2026 with Alison Moore
📚 PUB 603 – Journal Management and Editing: May 11 – August 23 2026 with Jennifer Zerkee

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November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A few more folks who will be interested in sharing the #SJForum2026 with student journal teams, we hope!

@mrulibrary.bsky.social @sfupublishing.bsky.social @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Again more of tagging folks who might want to share with faculty, students, clubs etc!

@munhsl.bsky.social @loyalistlibrary.bsky.social @uvicscholcom.bsky.social @bibudem.bsky.social @parlibrary.bsky.social @library-archives.canada.ca @erudit.org

Please help us -- share this call for proposals!
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Tagging folks who might share with faculty / student journals etc! @concordialib.bsky.social @ualbertalibrary.bsky.social @ulethlibrary.bsky.social @uofglibrary.bsky.social @internetarchiveca.bsky.social @uoftlibraries.bsky.social @brocklibrary.bsky.social @ocul-libraries.bsky.social

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November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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If you're not a credit student, it's not a problem! These courses are designed for #researchers, #JournalEditors, #JournalManagers, #Librarians, and #ScholComm professionals around the world who want to get ahead in open publishing. Learn remotely, at your own pace, with cutting edge instructors ⤴️
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Second - Making the most of journal statistics (including #OpenJournalSystems) with Ina Smith, Planning Manager, Academy of Science of South Africa and Khulisa Journals Manager

26 November 2025, 9:00 AM UTC

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Webinar: Making sense of journal statistics | EIFL
Join us for this EIFL webinar with Ina Smith, Planning Manager, Academy of Science of South Africa and Khulisa Journals Manager, and learn how to access, interpret and combine journal statistics from ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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SFU folks, check out your Core Research Facilities including PKP! If you didn't know, PKP does research, advocacy & free / open software development for scholarly publishing ⤴️

@sfupublishing.bsky.social @sfucmns.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social @sfuscience.bsky.social @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM