Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is a research and software development initiative supported by four partners: the educational science departments of the University of British Columbia and Stanford University, and the library and the Canadian Center for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University .
history
The PKP was founded in 1998 by John Willinsky , who is intensely committed to Open Access , at the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver , Canada. In 2001 the first software was completed. Under the technical direction of Kevin Jamieson, the PKP developed from now on Open Journal Systems , Open Conference Systems and Open Harvester Systems under the GNU General Public License . In 2005 he began working with Lynn Copeland, a librarian at Simon Fraser University Library in Burnaby , Canada, and Rowly Lorimer, director of the Canadian Center for Studies in Publishing at the same university. In 2007 the PKP held its first conference, which took place for the third time in 2011. In 2007, Willinsky accepted the call to Stanford University, USA, which expanded the circle of institutional partners of the PKP.
aims
The PKP aims to improve the quality and accessibility of research results. The researchers and doctoral students from the various departments involved, as well as librarians, examine whether and how new technologies can be used for this purpose. The development of suitable software is based on the consideration of technical as well as social and economic aspects.
Software development
The PKP initiated five independent open source applications with linked content that are constantly being further developed:
- Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a management system for academic journals. It enables the organization of online author submissions, the peer review process, and subscriptions to one or more journals.
- Open Conference Systems (OCS) is an application for creating a conference website, on the call for papers up to the publication of a conference tape numerous tasks of the conference organization can be handled.
- Open Harvester Systems is software for creating a searchable index from the metadata of digital content using the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) standard.
- Lemon8-XML converts word processing formats into XML format. The web-based application also offers metadata editing and citation tools.
- Open Monograph Press (OMP) supports the publication of scientific monographs. It offers functions similar to OJS for magazines.
In addition, the PKP develops the joint program library pkp-lib, which provides basic functions for the individual applications.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Public Knowledge Project, PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2007 ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (August 2, 2011).
- ↑ Public Knowledge Project, History , (August 2, 2011).
- ^ Public Knowledge Project, About , (August 2, 2011).
- ↑ Public Knowledge Project, Open Journal Systems , (August 2, 2011).
- ^ Public Knowledge Project, Open Conference Systems , (August 2, 2011).
- ^ Public Knowledge Project, Open Harvester Systems , (August 2, 2011).
- ↑ Public Knowledge Project, Lemon8-XML ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (August 2, 2011).
- ↑ Public Knowledge Project, Open Monograph Press , (August 2, 2011).
literature
- Owen, GWB and Stranack, K .: The Public Knowledge Project and the Simon Fraser University Library: A partnership in open source and open access , in: Serials Librarian, Haworth Press, 2007, pp. 140-167, also here , (3 August 2011).
- Educause, Gerry Bayne: CNI Podcast: The Public Knowledge Project's Brian Owen , Interview with Brian Owen , May 2011, (August 3, 2011).
- heise online : Public Knowledge Project Founder pleads for “Culture of Sharing” , September 28, 2011, (October 9, 2011).
