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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>OPEN PREPRINT SYSTEMS (OPS) BETA DEMO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Time: 9AM-10AM Pacific Standard Time (PST)</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Open Preprint Systems (OPS) is a free, open source preprint software built by the </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpkp.sfu.ca%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cfc841b6044ae4bc2c2b208d7b9853a18%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=I0zwS%2FB1WIcjJxlbXRGhSYGWUOVWmWuweUE%2FysTXOaQ%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://pkp.sfu.ca/" shash="p+HuZgtM2SGNAP4Vxe9NDSmnxRuSkraGCouVO7b+fYHow7vlPNULMzXKD4La3k/Lc58Y1ZzJdpEQRPatvEGZnL6DEMkJHraLfDrYc+pHsNrVMWnWNIhoV70pUENgj8DtkTRsTe2nkQF/ey10JaKUzDS4dBf6TPH827dwciCK5LU="><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Public Knowledge Project</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> (PKP) and </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscielo.org%2Fen%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cfc841b6044ae4bc2c2b208d7b9853a18%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=7nW8IMitCvNJYhN%2Bux0bVrFo9mztesL4uVpnpJYjU8o%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://scielo.org/en/" shash="WFzJ/aFD8xLezqG6NdM7epDBYqONnDS4kRcWT778lxwgorKCQ0kg2Y30g7DBgqMh3lfSqyj1VInzTGdi0GA1G1lkbaxm5pjqZ0H0X0vZaizRegT8/y0+yg9fo1NKl2lxzGcqPEx8OLFYb2ZdhbpC441g9dNEtRoA2rG3Hp8fW7M="><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>SciELO</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. OPS builds on the success and shared code base of Open Journal Systems (OJS) to offer a sustainable, global, and truly open solution for those seeking an alternative to centralized preprint servers. To learn more, check out our latest blog post, “</span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpkp.sfu.ca%2Ftag%2Fops%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cfc841b6044ae4bc2c2b208d7b9853a18%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=q2EqMCuzs7%2FGlxIB80Ti%2BuqdTGDykuKcStPGv4pQJ40%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://pkp.sfu.ca/tag/ops/" shash="ld94eHD5BiO0QScGvSQTVqTeL/C0iq+CImBxapBMvGmVvT0Z0nV02adYr8hlh8zqQKtE4MV+JI8vSacDqsxrAyu8y7mLHTjxw2CfZ1rXKDnOwhnkPHj7RwoUw9CxGqzGvQMXqMKgO0Zhg1WkctTGBM7/xfPqHuYCDLKduKxYUeY="><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>The Road to Preprints.</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>”</span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>OPS 3.2 Beta is set to launch Friday, February 28, 2020 in conjunction with PKP’s </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpkp.sfu.ca%2Ftag%2Fojs-omp-3-2%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cfc841b6044ae4bc2c2b208d7b9853a18%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=Ny3kqCMOqnbQhIWXX7ai5VtPGiAxenGsCSRefOSWdYE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://pkp.sfu.ca/tag/ojs-omp-3-2/" shash="sUdPyjUXVAy7HJWk54q2q8aCi/oREx8gC2HgbfEfntx4HlppvoMMPtnpcE/flcbpKx0uLjcy51FoWHnIwo90CyxjbqHf0u3bVQCxmGS9lthctnBm2lCqa4HqghLQELJny4K7tN0Wl8RVg7wcqyp1pEkQGgeLbJQk4znp4cYaj4Q="><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>OJS/OMP 3.2 release</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. We will be doing an online demo on March 4th. Don’t miss this opportunity to see OPS in action, check out key features, and get the latest on future development plans. </span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>New to preprints? PKP Associate Directors Juan Pablo Alperin and Alec Smecher will also share their thoughts on the future of preprints including how they’re helping transform scholarly communications towards a more open ecosystem. </span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>No matter your background or experience, we hope this short webinar will offer all participants the opportunity to reflect on the key role that infrastructure plays in shaping scholarly activities.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Register </span></b><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSchWeIwLkmolXZo69O5D5vcJZ5UptUfyyfAHii_J3ujcvE6VQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cfc841b6044ae4bc2c2b208d7b9853a18%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=bXZVQkERBjkUZ3%2FrFN7LzuXllSEflRvs%2FqwmuRM9gR0%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchWeIwLkmolXZo69O5D5vcJZ5UptUfyyfAHii_J3ujcvE6VQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" shash="BEWrFN1TnM2AoiOOZHsZ5pkNBLgu8EP78UtINmo/A4Eu6WRiZEXOohoZ9QHAVt2d1zCOtOyF0+KWF/GlPpA5AkK81pAxKT8obI7rrxNeaIXH3KqEJ1YiRDS3ip45eBg+fY93HPcNBSL00mjFMsBPsXRybW0z/kClT9dRmKXPEys="><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>online</span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> today! A link will be sent to participants prior to the event.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>