PKP and Crossref Present: OJS 3.5 Features and Upgrading Webinar Series

PKP in collaboration with Crossref invites you to the OJS 3.5 Features and Upgrading Webinar Series with events in English, Spanish, French, and Indonesian, starting June 2026 through 2027.

PKP and Crossref are partners in bringing you an improved OJS experience and better support for metadata registration workflows, along with community upgrading resources to help meet these objectives, and more.

Thousands of Crossref members use OJS to register their metadata. OJS upgrading is a key part of how journals maintain interoperability (check this blog post for interoperability tips) with the broader scholarly communications nexus, including supporting better metadata and improving global reach and discoverability, as well as meeting growing expectations around usability, institutional reporting, quality, and trust.

Therefore, PKP and Crossref are pleased to bring you this free OJS 3.5 Features, User Enhancements, and Upgrading Webinar Series with step by step demonstrations in multiple languages.

In case you don't know, when we refer to OJS upgrades, we are also referring to Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open Preprint Systems (OPS), as PKP's software suite shares the same code base.

Upcoming Events

June 3 2026, 8 – 9 AM PDT (UTC-7): PKP and Crossref present – Introducing OJS 3.5: Key features and user enhancements

Attend this webinar to learn about key features and enhancements in OJS 3.5, including:

• Streamlined submission tracking with a redesigned editorial dashboard
• Automatic compilation of the editorial team, published on the journal website
• Increased user privacy and control via a new user invitation process
• Metadata improvements, such as enhanced ORCID, ROR, and DOI integrations

This webinar is recommended for editors and journal managers who want to understand how upgrading to 3.5 will affect their journals and workflows.

June 17, 2026, 8 – 9:30 AM PDT (UTC-7): PKP and Crossref present – How to upgrade to OJS 3.5: For Systems Administrators

Calling on Systems Administrators running Open Journal Systems. It's almost time to upgrade to the latest Long Term Support version – OJS 3.5 – to take advantage of the latest features, performance improvements, and critical security updates!

Join us for a detailed walkthrough of the technical upgrade process, receive a checklist of requirements to ensure a smooth transition, and take advantage of the opportunity to ask questions and get expert guidance.

Future Events and Stay Informed

These webinars are also going to be offered in Indonesian, Spanish, and French. The dates are to be announced. PKP will update this post as details become available. 

• Fall 2026 – both of these webinars will be offered in Indonesian. 
• Throughout 2027 – both of these webinars will be offered in Spanish and French. 

PKP will also share updates about these events, including outputs on PKP social media channels, and in its community newsletter, Archipelago. 

By the way, check out Archipelago's recent issue 11 loaded with info for OJS communities, like more upgrading resources, accessibility work, and more. 

Crossref is also sharing these events and more on their Events page, and their social media, @Crossref on BlueSky, Mastodon, and LinkedIn. 

All of these events in all languages will be recorded and shared on PKP's YouTube channel. Please consider subscribing! 

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