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26 March 2024
Janeway launches podcast to communicate software release updates.
Posted by Posted by Katherine Parker-Hay and Andy Byers
The team are excited to announce our new podcast, The Engineering Deck: A Podcast for the Janeway User Community. In each episode, host Dr Katherine Parker-Hay, who works on user experience, will chat with our lead software engineers about the most significant updates to the Janeway codebase. We wa…
19 March 2024
Our Commitment to Accessibility
Posted by Andy Byers & Steph Driver
At the Open Library of Humanities we believe in the power of accessible publishing to foster inclusivity. We are embarking on a project to make it possible for those using Janeway to be compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2 AA) standards. Steph Driver, Publishing Technol…
14 February 2024
UCL Press partners with Janeway to migrate their 15 journals
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
OLH and UCL Press are pleased to announce a new journals hosting partnership with Janeway, our in-house open source scholarly publishing platform.  This new partnership will provide a more intuitive, improved navigation experience for UCL's global readership and greater flexibility, owner…
30 January 2024
Open Publishing at UMass Amherst partners with Janeway to migrate their journals.
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are very pleased to announce that the OLH's in-house digital publishing platform Janeway has partnered with Open Publishing at UMass Amherst to migrate their journals and conference proceedings. Open Publishing at UMass Amherst provides publishing services for open-access journals and conference…
14 September 2023
Inaugural Open Library of Humanities Award
Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards
We were delighted to be able to launch our new Open Library of Humanities Award at the recent two-day international symposium on Janeway and open access publishing, The Lower Decks, held at Birkbeck, University of London on 7-8 September 2023.The inaugural Open Library of Humanities Award 2023 was …
9 August 2023
Programme now live: The Lower Decks: A symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
The Lower Decks: A symposium on Janeway and Open Access PublishingLocation: Birkbeck, University of London, & streaming onlineDates: 07/09/2023 – 08/09/2023Cost: FreeRegistration: https://thelowerdecks.janeway.systems/signup Conference programme: https://thelowerdecks.janeway.systems/progr…
4 July 2023
Andy Byers, developer and co-founder of Janeway participates in the editorial board of the Open Access Journals Toolkit
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) have released a new Open Access Journals Toolkit. The Toolkit is a collaborative project developed with input from a diverse editorial board including our own Andy Byers, Senior Publishing Technol…
3 July 2023
Join the OLH / Janeway team – We are recruiting a Publishing Technologies Librarian
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Join the OLH / Janeway team – We are recruiting a Publishing Technologies LibrarianThe Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is seeking an enthusiastic individual with an IT and/or Publishing background to join our award-winning team in running the Janeway publishing platform.Joining our existing team o…
31 March 2023
Research into Janeway user needs during copyediting
Posted by Joseph Muller and Katherine Parker-Hay
 A blog post by Joseph Muller, Publishing Technologies Developer for JanewayJoseph Muller is a developer working on the Janeway project. In this blog post, he explores a move towards human-centred software design, informed by User Experience research, that the OLH are experimenting with i…
2 February 2023
The Lower Decks: A Symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Location: Birkbeck, University of London, & streaming onlineDates: 07/09/2023 – 08/09/2023Cost: FreeSign up to attend: https://thelowerdecks.janeway.systems/signupIn celebration of the ten-year anniversary since the launch of the project of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH), an award-winning…
11 July 2022
Sissa Medialab partners with Janeway to migrate their 7 journals
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are very pleased to announce that the OLH's in-house digital publishing platform Janeway has partnered with Sissa Medialab to migrate their journals. Sissa Medialab is an Italy-based organization owned by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies). The organisation runs seven online …
7 July 2022
Janeway review
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
A review by Glossa Editor-in-Chief Professor Johan Rooryck of Janeway, our in-house open source publishing platformThe first thing to know about Janeway is that it is not just a submission system and platform. It is a complete publishing tool that allows the editors to basically operate a…