Experiences and Reflections: the PKP Sprint and CRAFT-OA Tech Event in Turin 2024

Obiajulu Odu; Rune Nilssen; Karl Magnus  Nilsen

doi:10.7557/11.8030

Authors

Obiajulu Odu UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3172-2658
Rune Nilssen University of Stavanger https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6185-5905
Karl Magnus Nilsen UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-8067

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/11.8030

Keywords:

CRAFT-OA Project, CRAFT-OA Tech Event, Diamond Discovery Hub, Diamond Open Access, GDPR, HTML, JATS XML, Open Access, Open Journal Systems, Open Monograph Press, Open science, Open Source, PKP Sprint, Public Knowledge Project, Typesetting, Weblate

Abstract

This article presents the impressions and reports of the three authors that attended three events: the national or large PKP OJS installations meeting, a PKP Sprint, and a CRAFT-OA Tech Event at the University of Turin. The events brought together a community from scholarly publishing and academia to share knowledge and collaborate with the purpose of building a stronger digital publishing ecosystem. The first day of the event concentrated on a meeting with representatives of the large and national PKP OJS installations. The meeting participants discussed technical and non-technical challenges they face and proffered solutions. The PKP Sprint on the second and third day produced some good ideas and results on documentation and new PKP software features. The CRAFT-OA Tech Event on the fourth and fifth day brought together key players in Diamond Open Access publishing to discuss technological and strategic improvements. The Tech event featured presentations and discussions on software development, indexing, and training. This article is about the sessions the three authors attended. We hope it will be useful for those who have not attended a national or large OJS installations meeting, PKP Sprint or CRAFT-OA Tech Event yet, and we hope it will motivate and inspire the readers to join in the future.

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Author Biographies

Obiajulu Odu, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Obiajulu Odu has background in Computer Science. He has vast experience with open science infrastructure (institutional repositories, research data, and journal publication platforms). Obiajulu's dedication to improving the usability of data and software applications has been the driving force behind his career path. He accomplishes this by using cutting-edge technology to easily integrate information systems, automate data curation processes, and streamline data collection. He collaborates with subject librarians and others who share the same goal of encouraging data sharing and the scholarly community's embracement of FAIR data.

Rune Nilssen, University of Stavanger

Rune Nilssen is team leader for IT and library systems at Stavanger University Library. He is also system administrator for local instances of OJS and OMP. He has 25 years of experience in web development and worked as a developer and as service manager for development and integrations in the UiS IT department for ten years prior to his current position at the university library. He holds a Cand.Mag. degree combining computer science and political science.

Karl Magnus Nilsen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Karl Magnus Nilsen is a senior software engineer at the University Library of UiT The Arctic University of Norway. He holds an MSc in Computer Science and has several years of experience working on open science infrastructure, in particular institutional repositories, open research data and journal publishing platforms. He is an open source advocate and works primarily on open source projects.