We are excited to continue this series of Coko update announcements highlighting the growth and good health of our communities. Hindawi Ltd., one of the original founding members of the PubSweet community are renewing their financial support of Coko and PubSweet. This is a tangible sign of the organization’s continued commitment to community led shared…
Several months ago, we shared a list of ‘all the platforms‘ developing with PubSweet. As you can imagine, across these months the list has grown, and there are now illustrations to accompany the descriptions. There are several other platforms in development (12 we can share with you about), so please let us know if you’d…
Coko and the Open Textbook Network will come together at the University of Minnesota on December 11 for an official kick-off of the IMLS-funded multi-year project to create an open textbook platform environment to support authors. An advisory group comprised of OTN community members will share their requirements and feedback to inform the collaborative design…
The Editoria Community’s vision is to leverage a books-optimized workflow built with PubSweet to streamline workflow, save costs and expedite production workflow. Over the past year, dozens of organizations across library publishers and university presses have experimented with Editoria. Many of these organizations have participated in providing feedback, and even proposing features for release in…
We recently shared a list of platforms being developed with PubSweet. PREreview is one such platform at the earlier stages of development and community participation. We interviewed PREreview Co-founder Daniela Saderi to gain a deeper understanding of the who, what, and why of PREreview. Is PREreview the name of your platform, with a…
The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) has set its sights on Aperture: a new initiative to develop an open publishing platform by and for their own community. More than a platform, Aperture aims to rethink the ‘norms’ associated with communicating academic research, bringing transparency and interactivity to the publishing process. Initial focus will be…
Coko Co-founder and tech lead Adam Hyde is at the intersection of several of his ventures, as he participates in a Shuttleworth Foundation Book Sprint from the perspective of his time as a Shuttleworth Fellow. The Foundation is creating a book about the organization’s vision and strategy for use internally and with philanthropists within their…
We are often asked for examples of all of the platforms that are built on top of PubSweet. As some are in progress, and all are unique, it’s often a complex inquiry to respond to. In this post, we attempt to share high-level information about each platform. Hindawi Journals publishing and technology organization Hindawi Ltd….
The sun has set on day one of the PubSweet Community Meeting in Cambridge UK. The group enjoyed presentations from Jure, EBI, Hindawi, eLife, Pre-Review, and Digital Science. As you can see, our community is slowly growing and diversifying. If you want to learn more about this meeting, or Standard Jures, you can follow along on…
The European Commission has identified the opportunity to save €10.2 billion per year by using FAIR data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). As policies begin to emerge requiring FAIR data, it’s timely to consider the open infrastructure needed to make embed FAIRness into the research and research communication workflows and outputs. Coko recently received a…
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