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Roadmap for SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals: Adopting Best Practices in Diamond Open Access
This road map is meant primarily for scholarly journals, with or without an embargo period/moving wall, that do not already use an open licence and that intend to comply with the criteria laid out in the 2025 SSHRC ASJ program, though any journal may find its guiding principles useful.
French translation of the DOAJ documentation
Here you will find the French translation of the documentation for inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
DOAJ Application Guide
This guide provides guidance for journals using Open Journal Systems (OJS) on how to represent and link to information in OJS that is relevant for Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) inclusion and the DOAJ application.
Journal Policies and Workflows
This guide provides an overview of common journal policies and workflows and how they can be applied within OJS. Relevant documentation is linked throughout the document to instruct on how these practices can be employed in OJS.
How to Embed Fonts in a PDF File
This guide explains how to embed fonts in a PDF file, allowing readers to view it with the desired layout regardless of their connection location or the screen they are using (mobile, tablet, computer, etc.), even when offline.
Preparing Quality Metadata in OJS: A Guide for Coalition Publica Journals
This guide is intended to help Coalition Publica journals to prepare their issues and articles in Public Knowledge Project (PKP)’s Open Journal Systems (OJS) software for production and dissemination on erudit.org and to improve the online discoverability of their OJS journal.
Creating Accessible Content: A Guide for Journal Editors and Authors
This guide from PKP covers the general principles of creating universally accessible content published on the web. It highlights techniques to address limitations for the use of assistive technologies and tips on creating different file formats in an accessible way. This guide will be useful for authors in preparation of their manuscripts and for editors in formatting materials for publication and adding content to journal websites, whether or not they use OJS.
Getting Found, Staying Found
This essential guide from PKP is designed to offer practical advice for making Open Access journals more discoverable, visible and sustainable. It is s geared largely towards journals that use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, though any editorial team may find the general advice useful.
PKP’s 25th anniversary Annual Report (2022-2023)
The year 2023 marked the 25th anniversaries of PKP and Érudit, the two partner organisations that together form Coalition Publica. As two national infrastructures, the occasion was an important milestone in the history of scholarly communication in Canada
Creating a Canadian Library Publishing Community to Support Diamond Open Access
This poster illustrates how Coalition Publica and the LPC CCDWG are cooperating to organize the Canadian community of library publishers to support Diamond OA publishing in a national, bilingual context.
Exploring the ecosystem of Canadian HSS journals and their role in national knowledge dissemination
Presentation at Creative Approaches to Open Social Scholarship: Canada, the 11th Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) Partnership annual gathering in Montréal, QC, Canada, 17-18 June 2024.
Érudit’s 25th anniversary Annual Report (2022-2023)
The year 2023 marked the 25th anniversaries of Érudit and PKP, the two partner organisations that together form Coalition Publica. As two national infrastructures, the occasion was an important milestone in the history of scholarly communication in Canada.
