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SiteGen Module and integration with Cadmore Media platform offer publishers new delivery options and an enhanced user experience

Boston, MA—June 8, 2021—KGL PubFactory, a division of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), has added advanced support for video content to its online hosting platform, providing scholarly publishers with new opportunities to modernize their content offering while adapting media assets for academic audiences.

The first publication to launch streaming video and transcripts via the Cadmore Media platform on its PubFactory website this July is Neurosurgical Focus: Video, part of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons’s Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG). Covering a different topic in depth each month, the groundbreaking video journal provides state-of-the-art “textbook chapters” in the field of neurosurgery. Cadmore’s fully accessible media player features advanced navigation, searching and skimming options, and support for extended metadata, in addition to fully transcribed and searchable text for video content. KGL’s production team will integrate Cadmore’s video player and transcripts into its online deliverables through a streamlined XML workflow.

At the same time, leading publisher of information on physical activity, Human Kinetics is launching a new video library alongside its 26 journals hosted on KGL PubFactory. Now live at video.humankinetics.com, the mobile-friendly companion site features 517 searchable videos and 133 images from the publisher’s Dance Technique Collection. The library was created using the platform’s SiteGen website launch module, which allows for agile product experimentation as Human Kinetics seeks to offer new enhanced teaching resources and dynamic learning tools for students. KGL’s sister company Sheridan also provides printing and distribution for the publisher’s journals, and subscriber services for both journals and video.

Jessica Lawrence-Hurt, Chief Marketing Officer at Cadmore Media, commented: “Cadmore is delighted to partner with KGL PubFactory and offer our video streaming solution to academic and professional publishers looking to augment their offering with new media assets. With advanced analytics and a fully searchable and accessible player, PubFactory publishers can deliver and measure expanded content that is inclusive while providing a better user experience for all. We look forward to supporting more video features, articles, and libraries for additional platform customers in the future.”

Gillian Shasby, Director of Publications at JNSPG, reiterated: “We are very excited to launch an entirely new site for Neurosurgical Focus: Video that will achieve the full potential of its format. Retaining a comprehensive supplier like KGL that can integrate production workflows, hosting, and network partners like Cadmore has been instrumental in refreshing our best-in-class video journal efficiently without handoffs or multiple negotiations.”

KGL’s end-to-end proposition for scholarly publishers includes project management, AI-powered language analysis and copyediting, XML composition and proofing, digital and print production, and online hosting. The PubFactory platform hosts over 1,300 journals and 300,000 books, numerous databases, and reference works.

About Cadmore Media

Cadmore Media makes publishing scholarly video easy. Our integrated streaming media technology offers societies and associations new ways to use their multimedia assets to generate revenue, engage membership, and expand reach. We specialize in conveying large amounts of technical content in multiple ways to scholarly audiences. Our video-centric platform and workflows empower you to take control of your multimedia content, apply publishing standards and apparatus, and disseminate it via the channels of your choice. Cadmore video solutions combine cutting-edge technology with customized service to deliver an end-to-end solution: from product development, workflow design, content management, product launch, and ongoing support and improvements. For more information, please visit cadmore.media.

About KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) is the premier industry provider of editorial, production, online hosting, and transformative solutions for every stage of the content lifecycle. KGL serves the journal, educational publishing, and eLearning markets from content creation through distribution of print and digital products. A division of CJK Group, Inc., KGL unites the content and technology expertise of Cenveo Publisher Services and Cenveo Learning with Sheridan Journal Services and Sheridan PubFactory. The combined company brings over 200 years of experience serving the publishing market and is powered by state-of-the-art, intelligent automated solutions and delivery platforms including Smart Suite and PubFactory. For more information, please visit www.kwglobal.com and www.pubfactory.com.

Media contact: Mike Groth, Director of Marketing, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd., mike.groth@kwglobal.com

To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD) and just in time for #SSP2021, KGL’s latest blog takes a new look at how the reading experience is evolving for people with disabilities and how scholarly publishers are actively improving access to research—with customer examples from last year’s KGL PubFactory Virtual Series.

Read more on the KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. blog: Accessibility Fast Becoming an Essential Pillar of Scholarly Publishing

Despite arduous preparation by librarians, publishers, and vendors, content platform migrations are rarely seamless. At the recent Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Annual Conference, KGL PubFactory’s Tom Beyer took part in a virtual panel discussion entitled “How We Work Together: Improving the Content Platform Migration Process”, alongside some of our friends and colleagues in the NISO Content Platform Migration Working Group to minimize disruption and standardize best practices.

Read the takeaways from the session on the KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. blog: Content Platform Migrations: 5 Important Lessons.

Boston, MA—March 17, 2021—Bristol University Press, and its imprint Policy Press, have chosen KGL PubFactory, a division of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), to build its first unified hosting platform. The prestigious UK academic publisher is seeking to aggregate delivery of its book and journal programs as it embarks on a period of significant business growth and expanded international reach.

Founded in 1996 at the University of Bristol as Policy Press, Bristol University Press is a leading social sciences publisher, with roots in social policy and social justice, and is committed to progressive social change. The not-for-profit publisher is in the process of doubling its annual books output by 2023 in addition to increasing its journal portfolio to include dedicated Open Access (OA) titles featuring world-class academic and professional scholarship. 

The new KGL PubFactory portal for Bristol University Press will launch with a large selection of its research content including over 6,500 articles from 16 journals along with 1,500 book titles. Searchable across content types and supporting flexible business models, the site will also integrate blogs, multimedia, and supplementary materials. The Press will be able to manage and create subject gateways, accommodate new OA publications, and seamlessly grow its books program. The new platform will utilize best practices for optimizing discovery, be fully accessible via WCAG2 compliance, offer detailed business analytics, and maintain unique branding for the Policy Press imprint via PubFactory’s SiteGen module.

Andy Williams, Operations Director at Bristol University Press commented: “We are extremely excited to work with KGL PubFactory to finally bring all of our published content across multiple imprints into a single, multi-format digital platform. Dealing with disparate external hosting providers did not allow us to create searchable collections across books and journals, pragmatically adapt more flexible business models like OA, or meet current author and user expectations. As we launch a more international focus and grow our list significantly, this new unified platform will enable Bristol University Press and Policy Press to better fulfill our mission to address global social challenges.”

José Fossi, VP of Client Services for KGL PubFactory stated: “As a mixed-content hosting platform with deep roots in the university press business and social science publishing, KGL PubFactory is uniquely suited to help Bristol University Press maximize its body of literature and position it for steady growth. In addition to advanced search and browse across formats to better surface relevant content, the platform’s multi-brand support, access control adaptability, and robust reporting features will enable the Press and its imprints to compete with top-tier international university presses.”

KGL’s end-to-end proposition for scholarly publishers includes project management, AI-powered language analysis and copyediting, XML composition and proofing, digital and print production, and online hosting. The PubFactory platform hosts over 2,300 journals and 400,000 books, numerous databases, and reference works.

About Bristol University Press

Bristol University Press, and its imprint Policy Press, are committed to publishing the highest-quality scholarship in the social sciences and aligned disciplines. Bristol University Press strives to publish world-class scholarship that advances theory, knowledge and learning, within and beyond academia. Since its launch in 1996, Policy Press has provided an important route for journalists, politicians and professionals in the UK to make their work visible to the scholarly community and accessible to wider society. For more information, please visit bristoluniversitypress.co.uk.

About KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) is the premier industry provider of editorial, production, online hosting, and transformative solutions for every stage of the content lifecycle. KGL serves the journal, educational publishing, and eLearning markets from content creation through distribution of print and digital products. A division of CJK Group, Inc., KGL unites the content and technology expertise of Cenveo Publisher Services and Cenveo Learning with Sheridan Journal Services and Sheridan PubFactory. The combined company brings over 200 years of experience serving the publishing market and is powered by state-of-the-art, intelligent automated solutions and delivery platforms including Smart Suite and PubFactory. For more information, please visit www.kwglobal.com and www.pubfactory.com.

Media Contact: Mike Groth, Director of Marketing, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd., mike.groth@kwglobal.com

A review of the last year of exciting developments here at KGL PubFactory demonstrates how publishers of academic books and journals can evolve and even thrive with the right technology support—better serving their authors, users, and society at large even during challenging times.

Read more on the KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. blog: Innovations in Content Hosting.

New platform part of one-stop production and hosting solution

Boston, MA—February 24, 2021—The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), the largest international organization of scientists dedicated to fighting tropical infectious diseases, has launched its flagship journal on KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL)’s PubFactory platform.

Publishing over 500 articles and 1,000 pages per year, the top-ranked American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH) delivers 12 monthly issues plus 4-5 annual supplements at the new ajtmh.org. Originally launched in 1921, AJTMH features novel research with an emphasis on population, clinical and laboratory science, and the application of technology in the field of tropical medicine. The new site supports published articles along with informational pages, news and blog content.

In addition to the online hosting platform, ASTMH continues to partner with KGL to streamline its journal production and fulfillment workflow, including copyediting, composition, author billing, printing, subscriber services, reprints, and content sales. By consolidating services and relationships, the publisher benefits from simplified vendor management, diminished supply chain delays, and cost containment with a single supplier.

Cathi Siegel, Managing Editor at AJTMH, commented: “At a time when efficiency and speed to publication have never proved more important for medical research, this combined relationship with KGL takes the uncertainty, potential gaps, and pricing differentials out of the process—which is critical for independent society publishers like ASTMH. We have worked with Sheridan for decades and are eager to optimize our workflow with KGL while providing the enhanced service to our authors and subscribers that the PubFactory platform makes possible.”

José Fossi, VP of Client Services for KGL PubFactory, reiterated: “AJTMH is a high-impact journal that deserves the latest in delivery platform standards, including advanced discoverability features, robust business analytics, and flexible content management. We have a long track record of integrating hosting with production and ecommerce processes for all types of society and association publishers, for a true one-stop content solution that will help ASTMH better fulfill its mission to its community and society at large.”

KGL’s holistic proposition for scholarly publishers includes project management, AI-powered language analysis and copyediting, XML composition and proofing, digital and print production, and online hosting. The PubFactory platform hosts over 2,300 journals and 400,000 books, numerous databases, and reference works.

About the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. The Society accomplishes this through generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research. For more information, please visit www.astmh.org.

About KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) is the premier industry provider of editorial, production, online hosting, and transformative solutions for every stage of the content lifecycle. KGL serves the journal, educational publishing, and eLearning markets from content creation through distribution of print and digital products. A division of CJK Group, Inc., KGL unites the content and technology expertise of Cenveo Publisher Services and Cenveo Learning with Sheridan Journal Services and Sheridan PubFactory. The combined company brings over 200 years of experience serving the publishing market and is powered by state-of-the-art, intelligent automated solutions and delivery platforms including Smart Suite and PubFactory. For more information, please visit www.kwglobal.com and www.pubfactory.com. Contact: Mike Groth, Director of Marketing, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd., mike.groth@kwglobal.com