What does open and participatory publishing mean for your research? What challenges arise in making academic content truly open and accessible to wider audiences? This workshop explores alternative open publishing frameworks through HumDrumPress.
Date: September 16, 2025
Time: 11:00-15:00 CEST
Location: Langeveld 1.04, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Using containers offers several advantages: it reduces dependency conflicts, facilitates portability, ensures consistent configurations, improves scalability, and simplifies tasks such as updates, backups, and recovery. This workshop will combine theory and practice, providing knowledge, recipes, and best practices to highlight the benefits of managing OJS through containers.
The 2025 ALPSP Conference will focus on Practical Implementation in response to ongoing changes in scholarly publishing, including business models, technology, and policy. With a broad programme and expert speakers, the event offers a space for knowledge sharing and discussion across the publishing community.
This workshop will explore various options for importing data into OJS, provide an online demonstration, and highlight best practices and strategies for a seamless migration process. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, discuss their specific challenges, and share insights from the perspectives of their individual journals.
Co-delivered by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, OpenFest is their flagship celebration and exploration of open research. The theme for 2025’s event is Open Research and Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (OR+EEDI).
Practical webinar designed for systems administrators/journal managers responsible for managing Open Journal Systems (OJS). This session will guide participants step-by-step through the process of upgrading from OJS 3.x to the latest 3.5 release.
Join us for the next session in the DIAMAS Conversation Series, where we spotlight the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) Training Platform, which offers structured training modules and curricula tailored to key areas of Diamond Open Access. We will explore how these training materials can be integrated into national and institutional efforts to support Diamond OA publishing.
The fourth session of the Open Divide lecture series featuring Michael Laakso addresses the long-term preservation of open access publications, discussing current challenges and best practices.
This session offers a valuable opportunity to engage with the European Diamond Open Access (OA) community, explore current developments, and learn how the Capacity Hub supports the Diamond OA ecosystem.
Date: 9 July 2025
Time: 11:00–12:00 CET
Location: Online (Zoom link will be provided prior to the event)
