The Public Knowledge Project

Abstract

After more than 20 years in operation, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) faces a sizeable responsibility to the more than 9,000 journals that rely on its open source publishing software. In light of this responsibility, in 2017 PKP felt compelled to undertake a large-scale strategic review and community consultation to better understand the maturing of, and challenges faced by, an open source software project seeking to sustain increased global access to research and scholarship. This paper presents the result of the consultation carried out by the consulting firm BlueSky to BluePrint, along with PKP’s response to those findings. In doing so, it identifies the three pillars of PKP’s work: Open Source Software as well as Research, Education, and Advocacy. In what may serve as a lesson for other open source projects, the paper concludes with a path forward for PKP.

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