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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://pkp.sfu.ca/"><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://scielo.org/en/"><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://pkp.sfu.ca/tag/ops/"><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://pkp.sfu.ca/tag/ojs-omp-3-2/"><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://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchWeIwLkmolXZo69O5D5vcJZ5UptUfyyfAHii_J3ujcvE6VQ/viewform?usp=sf_link"><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>