Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 Badan Penerbit dan Publikasi (BPP) UGM held a workshop on “the Use of Open Journal Systems (OJS) and UGM Journal Website Standardization” virtually. The program is a part of a series of workshops related to journal management organized by BPP UGM. The workshop is aimed to upgrade the knowledge of journal managers on the basics of the use of OJS version 3, standardization of the UGM journal website, and publishing management’s ability in using OJS. There are 100 journal managers of UGM who joined this event.
The Head of BPP UGM, Prof. Widodo, S.P., M.Sc., Ph.D. in his speech mentioned the importance of online journal management with OJS version 3 to improve and provide the efficiency and visibility of the journals. The journal managers are expected to transfer the journals to the UGM online journal which has been implementing the latest version of OJS.
This workshop presents speakers from the Journal Acceleration Team of UGM, Andrian Dion Priadi, S.Kom. and Winarsih, A.Md. as interviewees as well as Prediastuti Purwitorosari, S.S. as moderator. The participants received explanations in detail related to the basic use of OJS version 3, standardization of journal websites, and publishing journal management with OJS 3. During the discussion session, participants are actively conveying the obstacles faced in managing journals, particularly related to the use of OJS.
The event is closed by the Head of Subfield Journal of BPP UGM, Ide Yunianto, S.Si., M.Eng. who shared information related to language editing and similarity check services provided by BPP for academic civitas of UGM, especially for the need for article submission to a reputable scientific journal.