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CRAFT-OA Meet-the-experts workshop: Theming

This two-part workshop will cover key considerations and best practices when creating a theme for OJS. The first part will show you how to get started creating a child theme to modify another theme's HTML and CSS code. In the second part, I will share my tried and tested techniques to build maintainable, performant themes. We'll cover good ways to load custom data, create new pages, organise your code, and use modern build tools like Vite.

Date: October 17, 2025

Time: 10:00 CEST

Location: Online

Registration: here

 

CRAFT-OA Meet-the-experts workshop: Configuration options in OJS

In this session, we’ll explore how to make the most of Open Journal Systems (OJS) by using its built-in configuration options and plugins. You’ll learn practical tips and tricks to enhance the appearance and usability of your journal, choose and customize themes to match your preferred style, and make the system truly your own. 

Date: September 26, 2025

Time: 10:00 CEST

Location: Online

Registration: here

CRAFT-OA Meet-the-experts workshop: OJS Containerization (Docker)

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.

Date: September 12, 2025

Time: 09:00 CEST

Location: Online

Registration: here

CRAFT-OA Meet-the-experts workshop: Migrating to OJS

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.

Date: September 5, 2025

Time: 10:00 CEST

Location: Online

Registration: here

CRAFT-OA Meet-the-experts workshop: OJS upgrade

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.

Date: August 29, 2025

Time: 14:00 CEST

Location: Online

Registration: here

Thieme 2025-2027

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License and conditions:

  • Participating institutes in this agreement are Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Groningen University (RUG), Delft University of Technology (TUD), Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE), Leiden University (UL), Maastricht University (UM), Utrecht University (UU), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), and Wageningen University (WUR).
  • Corresponding authors (teaching/research staff and students) employed/enrolled at participating institutes can publish their articles open access without any costs in the selected journals.
  • All of Thieme’s English language hybrid and all full open access journals are part of the agreement.
  • Publication types that are part of the agreement: original papers and review papers, brief communications, continuing education, case reports, letters to the editor and invited letters.


How does it work?

  • Use your institutional email address or (up to date) ORCID to make your affiliation known when submitting an article. In this stage Thieme will determine eligibility for cost free open access.
  • Submitted articles that are part of the agreement will be published cost free open access with a CC BY license after acceptance.
  • An overview of the journal's manuscript submission websites can be found on the Thieme – Instruction for authors page.

LIBER Annual Conference 2025

The theme of this year’s Conference is ‘Engage, collaborate, innovate: libraries working to address global challenges‘.

Date: 2-4 July 2025

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Registration: closed

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Annual Conference and Awards

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.  

Date: 10-12 September 2025  

Location: Hilton Deansgate Manchester, UK 

Registration: here 

Presenting the Results of UNESCO's Global Consultation Survey on Diamond Open Access

Join this session to hear about the initial findings from UNESCO’s Global Consultation on Diamond Open Access. The consultation, launched in July 2024, builds on the values of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) and seeks to identify priorities, challenges, and opportunities in the Diamond OA landscape. This session will provide an overview of the consultation process, present early results from the multilingual global survey, and invite input on possible next steps. 

Date: 3 July 2025  

Time: 04:00 PM Amsterdam 

Location: online  

Registration: here