Workshop 1: Open Publishing
Hosted by PKP and Redalyc
9-10 December 2024
This hands-on two-day workshop is designed for academic libraries and research institutes who want to leverage Open Journal Systems (OJS) for their journal publishing. Learn how to use OJS and optimize your editorial workflow with XML based technologies to publish efficient and sustainable diamond open access journals. Experts from the Public Knowledge Project (developers of OJS), Redalyc (developers of Marcalyc), and the Directory of Open Access Journals will offer guidance to help you increase your journals’ visibility and discoverability.
Workshop topics include:
- How to set-up and manage an OJS journal.
- Use of OJS plugins to streamline your publishing.
- Strategies to boost your journals’ credibility and visibility.
- How to get your journal indexed in the DOAJ.
- How to integrate XML publishing in OJS using Marcalyc AI-aided XML JATS tagging and automatic generation of PDF, ePUB, and HTML5.
- Updates and important information on OJS developments and community collaborations in support of diamond open access.
Target Audience:
Those involved in scholarly communication, ICT support staff, library directors and policy makers (capacity: 30 delegates)
Workshop 2: Open Monograph Publishing
Towards Sustainable Open Access Book Publishing in the Global South Context
Hosted by Copim Project and Association of African Universities
This 2-day workshop explores strategies and mechanisms to move towards sustainable open access book publishing ecosystems in Global South contexts. The event brings together librarians, publishers and those developing open research strategies to collaboratively work towards new ways of supporting longform (book) Diamond open access publishing. Plenary sessions will explore routes for securing bibliodiverse, equitable publishing futures, alongside case studies from librarians highlighting innovative local approaches, and from publishers highlighting new and experimental publishing practices. Parallel sessions will provide opportunities for hands-on skills building and collaboration. Those in libraries and other university roles will explore both the latest developments in open research policymaking and opportunities to map and bring together Global South open research initiatives. Those involved in publishing will learn about new ways of distributing and archiving open access books and managing book metadata, as well as how to more easily manage the publishing workflow. The workshop is jointly hosted by the Association of African Universities and the Copim Open Book Futures project, with additional contributions from the Directory of Open Access Books/OAPEN, the Open Book Collective, the Public Knowledge Project, Redalyc, Thoth Open Metadata, and the University of Cape Town Libraries and Press. The capacity of this workshop will be 30 delegates.
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