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Friday, May 12, 2006

Software news from the Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia has two OA-related announcements.

  1. Over 550 journals in 11 languages are using Open Journal Systems, its open-source journal management system optimized for OA journals.

  2. PKP has started a complete rewrite of its companion package, Open Conference Systems, expected to launch in January 2007. From the site: "OCS will allow you to: [1] create a conference Web site, [2] compose and send a call for papers, [3] electronically accept paper and abstract submissions, [4] allow paper submitters to edit their work, [5] post conference proceedings and papers in a searchable format, [6] post, if you wish, the original data sets, [7] register participants, [8] integrate post-conference online discussions."