Importing from Bepress to OJS 3.5

stephanie
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:57:24 +0000
Software Support

Describe the issue or problem
I am hoping to migrate close to 40 volumes from Bepress/Digital Commons to OJS 3.5. I was initially planning to use the bepress plugin but it doesn’t appear to be compatible with 3.5.

Steps I took leading up to the issue

1. Cloned the repo

2. Ran the command:

1. php lib/pkp/tools/installPluginVersion.php plugins/importexport/bepress/version.xml

3. Received the following error:

1. PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function import()

What application are you using?
OJS 3.5.0.3

Additional information
Files that will need to be imported include a mix of PDFs, mp3s, mp4s.

Are there any plans to upgrade the plugin so that it works with 3.5?

Has anyone successfully migrated from Bepress/Digital Commons to OJS 3.4 or 3.5 without the plugin?

What is the best approach to import data from Bepress to OJS if the plugin is not an option?

Thanks in advance.

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