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Hanover, PA—The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has chosen to streamline and optimize its journal production workflow by partnering exclusively with Sheridan for all stages between accepted manuscripts and online hosting. Sheridan’s unique offering integrates production and online hosting, eliminating the traditional hand-off between the composition vendor and a third party online hosting platform to further accelerate the publishing process.

The new 5-year agreement between AMS and Sheridan, beginning in 2021, adds automated XML composition, web-based author proofing, and a fully integrated online hosting platform to the long-standing production and print services provided by Sheridan. The inclusion of online hosting in the new agreement will result in all of the AMS publications transitioning away from the Silverchair platform (currently provided via Allen Press) to Sheridan in December 2020. With all services and publications now consolidated under one company, with one contract, and one relationship, AMS is poised to contain costs, simplify vendor management, and support accelerated publication for AMS authors.

Entering its second century of service to the meteorological and atmospheric science community, the AMS remains committed to continuous enhancement for its high impact, high quality journals program. The decision to introduce web-based author proofing and editing in conjunction with an integrated hosting platform is another step forward in the ongoing AMS initiative to publish faster and improve the author experience with AMS Journals.

AMS Associate Executive Director Brian Papa shared his thoughts on the agreement:  “While we’ve enjoyed a successful relationship with Sheridan for over 15 years, we are enthusiastic about what will effectively become a new workflow for AMS Journals next year. We’re choosing to eliminate hand-offs, move ourselves out of the role of managing a separate hosting arrangement, and remove delays that were inherent to our processes in the past:  Instead of annotating and transmitting PDFs back and forth, authors will be able to input comments and corrections online in real time. Instead of having one company prepare articles for another company’s hosting platform, we will have one company prepare and host our content, which will help us reduce time to publication while also reducing costs in this challenging year.”

Mike Hepp, VP and Division Sales Director, Sheridan Journal Services added: “The ongoing integration of Sheridan’s production and online hosting platforms is enabling us to offer a unique advantage for our clients that combines schedule, quality, and cost enhancements, all while delivering better author and subscriber experiences. Building on the investment in the PubFactory platform and the growth in Sheridan hosting clients, these integrations will allow AMS to take advantage of the efficiencies and advancements available now and in the future by working with one company to meet all of their publishing needs.”

Only Sheridan offers journal production services, printing services, and a wholly owned online hosting platform, enabling the provider to expand its one contract–one company offering to a growing number of association and society publishers.

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About Sheridan

Sheridan is a leading provider of print, publishing services, and technology solutions to publishers, societies, associations, university presses, and catalogers. A division of CJK Group, Inc., Sheridan has six U.S. production facilities; each location has a market specialty that supports scholarly journals, books, magazines, reprints, or catalogs. www.sheridan.com / www.pubfactory.com

About AMS

The American Meteorological Society, founded in 1919, is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service. AMS advances understanding through high-impact, peer-reviewed scientific publications, creates community among atmospheric scientists, professionals, students, authors, educators, researchers, and weather enthusiasts from around the world, and is an active outreach organization for the benefit of society.

www.ametsoc.org

Contact: Susan Parente, Sheridan, Publications Marketing Manager, susan.parente@sheridan.com

Hanover, PA—Sheridan PubFactory is excited to announce a new partnership with industry-leading analytics and reporting specialist Scholarly iQ (SiQ). This addition to its expanding network of partner associations enables the launch of a dedicated Reporting and Business Intelligence Platform for PubFactory, offering the opportunity for PubFactory publishers to gain important insights into how and where their content is used.

Established in 2002, SiQ offers services for scholarly publishers in four categories: COUNTER Compliance, Business Intelligence and Insight, Data Management, and Strategic Consulting Services. SiQ also provides COUNTER and SUSHI reporting access to librarians.

SiQ has maintained COUNTER compliance since 2003―essentially since the inception of COUNTER standards―and is an authorized compliant vendor to the latest COUNTER R5 and Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) standards through NISO.

Stuart Maxwell, Scholarly iQ COO commented: “We are very pleased to be partnering with the Sheridan PubFactory team on a dedicated PubFactory Reporting and BI platform through SiQ. Their significant and growing book of business is a perfect fit for the services we offer to the scholarly publishing community, and we look forward to not only ensuring their compliance requirements, but delivering a deeper usage data experience on which to guide better business decisions.”

Sheridan’s José Fossi, VP of Client Services for PubFactory added: “Bringing the expertise, experience, and services of Scholarly iQ to our clients means they will be able to mine not only vital extended information about their business, but they can be assured of continuing COUNTER compliance. Scholarly iQ services give publishers the confidence that they can address their reporting needs with credible, definitive answers.”

Sheridan PubFactory is the only industry service provider that can guide and support publishers at any point during the content development and publication process, from manuscript acceptance to online publishing. The PubFactory platform and publishing services have been adopted by prestigious publishers like Oxford University Press, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, American Society for Horticultural Science, and the Society for Endocrinology’s Bioscientifica Ltd. Today, the PubFactory platform is host to 2,300+ journals, 300,000+ books, numerous databases, reference works and other scholarly content.

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About Scholarly iQ

Scholarly iQ provides independent, trusted eBusiness solutions to the academic publishing market. Leaders in usage reporting since 2002, SiQ services integrate and deliver meaningful data accurately and on time for better business decisions.

SiQ leverages leading technologies and has a solid team of professionals in online publishing, web analytics, database integration, and website development, providing legendary client support 24×7 with energy, enthusiasm and commitment. This combination ensures that SiQ continuously provides exemplary customer centric solutions with industry leading people, processes and technologies.

www.scholarlyiq.com

About Sheridan

Sheridan is a leading provider of print, publishing services, and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and catalogers. A division of CJK Group, Inc., Sheridan has six U.S.‐based production facilities; each location has a market specialty that supports scholarly journals, books, magazines, reprints, or catalogs. Sheridan is also the provider of the scholarly publishing platform, PubFactory.

www.sheridan.com / www.pubfactory.com

Contact: Susan Parente, Sheridan, Publications Marketing Manager, susan.parente@sheridan.com

Hanover, PA— ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) has selected Sheridan PubFactory as online host provider for their book program, which encompasses a wide variety of clinical, professional development and management references and textbooks that serve as essential pharmacy practice resources. ASHP also named Sheridan as its provider of composition and editorial services as well as its print provider.

ASHP is the collective voice of pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory clinics, and other healthcare settings spanning the full spectrum of medication use.

ASHP first sought a comprehensive, full-service workflow through Sheridan Journal Services and single source print for its books through Sheridan’s print facilities in Michigan. The need expanded to build an online hosting platform through Sheridan PubFactory, achieving ASHP’s goal of partnering with a single provider for production and dissemination of their extensive book program, both in print and online. While Sheridan began managing ASHP’s composition, editorial services, and print production in January, the new hosting platform is scheduled to launch archival and new content this summer. ASHP expects to expand their book program output by growing their front list, and creating new products from existing ASHP content repositories.

“We are pleased to have editorial, composition, and print services underway with Sheridan and are excited about launching the next phase of our online presence through the PubFactory platform,” said Daniel J. Cobaugh, Pharm.D., ASHP Vice President of Publishing. “PubFactory will enable ASHP to provide cutting-edge reading experiences for purchasers of our internationally-recognized drug information, educational, and professional development content.”

Mike Hepp, VP and Division Sales Director, Sheridan Journal Services further commented: “The opportunity to provide ASHP with the full complement of Sheridan services allows us to deliver a range of benefits resulting from the seamless interaction and integration of our entire business. Our proven editorial, composition, and print services plus our innovative and mature online publishing platform will serve ASHP and its users well, and we’re excited and honored to add ASHP to the Sheridan family of customers.”

Sheridan is the only industry service provider that can guide and support publishers at any point during the content development and publication process, from manuscript acceptance to online publishing. The end-to-end combination of Sheridan publishing services, print, and online publishing via the PubFactory platform has also been adopted by other prestigious publishers such as the American Society of Nephrology, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, Harborside, and the American Society for Horticultural Science.

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About Sheridan

Sheridan is a leading provider of print, publishing services, and technology solutions to publishers, societies, associations, university presses, and catalogers. A division of CJK Group, Inc., Sheridan has six U.S. production facilities; each location has a market specialty that supports scholarly journals, books, magazines, reprints, or catalogs. Sheridan is also the provider of the scholarly publishing platform, PubFactory. www.sheridan.com / www.pubfactory.com

About ASHP

ASHP represents pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in acute and ambulatory settings. The organization’s nearly 55,000 members include pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. For more than 75 years, ASHP has been at the forefront of efforts to improve medication use and enhance patient safety. For more information about the wide array of ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists advance healthcare, visit ASHP’s website, ashp.org, or its consumer website, SafeMedication.com.

Contact: Susan Parente, Sheridan, Publications Marketing Manager, susan.parente@sheridan.com

Hanover, PA—National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) reaches a major milestone in turning 100 and achieves a strategic goal of bringing all of their books and journals onto a single, integrated online reading platform.

NCTM is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 60,000+ members and more than 230 affiliates throughout the United States and Canada. NCTM advocates for high-quality mathematics teaching and learning for students.

Eleanore Tapscott, Director of Publications for NCTM said: “Launching our publications on PubFactory is an important indicator of the achievements to come as we usher in our 100th year of serving mathematics students and educators globally. Our new platform allows us to actively engage with our community and further progress mathematics education across geographical, social, and economic boundaries. The Sheridan PubFactory team supported NCTM in true partner form as we made critical, long term decisions on how best to integrate across our books and journals while also differentiating by content type and guiding users in their learning journeys.”

Sheridan’s José Fossi, VP of Client Services for PubFactory agrees: “Our work with NCTM occurred at a pivotal point in their organizational development. We are proud to contribute to their efforts to strengthen mathematics education globally by making their content more accessible, discoverable, and interactive. NCTM is a valued Sheridan PubFactory client.”

Sheridan PubFactory is the only industry service provider that can guide and support publishers at any point during the content development and publication process. The PubFactory platform and publishing services have been adopted by prestigious publishers like Oxford University Press, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, American Society for Horticultural Science, and the Society for Endocrinology’s Bioscientifica Ltd. Today, the PubFactory platform is host to 2,400+ journals, 300,000+ books, numerous databases, reference works and other scholarly content.

About the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is the public voice of mathematics education, supporting teachers to ensure equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for each and every student through vision, leadership, professional development, and research. With 50,000 members and more than 230 affiliates, it is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving mathematics education in prekindergarten through grade 12. NCTM is dedicated to ongoing dialogue and constructive discussion with all stakeholders about what is best for students and envisions a world where everyone is enthused about mathematics, sees the value and beauty of mathematics, and is empowered by the opportunities mathematics affords.
www.nctm.org

About Sheridan
Sheridan is a leading provider of print, publishing services, and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and catalogers. A division of CJK Group, Inc., Sheridan has six U.S.‐based production facilities; each location has a market specialty that supports scholarly journals, books, magazines, reprints, or catalogs. Sheridan is also the provider of the scholarly publishing platform, PubFactory.
www.sheridan.com / www.pubfactory.com

Hanover, PA―PubFactory was acquired by Sheridan in 2017, bringing to Sheridan’s extensive scholarly journal publishing services the addition of a nimble and dynamic hosting platform. Sheridan PubFactory’s customer base has more than doubled since the acquisition, and 2019 saw many important achievements for the business unit.

Six prominent publishers launched their content on the PubFactory platform in 2019, including American Society for Horticultural Science, Harborside, Human Kinetics, American Society of Nephrology, Akadémiai Kiadó, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Whether building a single flagship journal platform or hosting a full complement of journal, book, and mixed media content, the PubFactory platform delivers on a wide range of publisher needs.

Why PubFactory?

In many instances, the critical deciding factor in choosing PubFactory was the comprehensive end-to-end service Sheridan affords its scholarly publishers―providing the highest quality composition and editorial services, technology-based workflows, and industry-recognized print and publishing quality in addition to online hosting. That, coupled with Sheridan’s consistent and widely lauded customer service, made the decision to go with Sheridan PubFactory an easy one for these publishers.

“Moving our hosting to PubFactory provides Harborside with three benefits that no other online platform host in the market can: an extension of our valued relationship with our content services provider; the highest quality, high-touch support; and an exciting mechanism for growth in the form of the platform’s SiteGen site launch module.”
―Conor Lynch, Executive Vice President and a Principal at Harborside

“We’ve made the strategic decision to bring our journals and video content together on the PubFactory platform. We’re excited to take full advantage of PubFactory’s SiteGen site launch module and all that the platform has to offer while also deepening our existing relationship with Sheridan, a long-term partner for Human Kinetics. Both Sheridan PubFactory’s technologies and consultative support will allow us to increase the value and impact of our content in new ways.”
―Skip Maier, CEO of Human Kinetics

A commitment to learning and relationship-building

In 2019, Sheridan PubFactory also hosted its largest annual user group event, Sheridan PubForum, in Washington, D.C., for its clients and prospective customers. The well-attended event featured presentations and discussions on a number of diverse and timely topics, such as compliance with NISO initiatives, Open Access, Open Science, and Open Peer Review. Speaker panels with new customers offered a uniquely transparent view into their own platform experiences through case study presentations as well as shared experiences and best practices that benefitted all who were in attendance. The sessions also included a look ahead with roadmap presentations that highlighted upcoming enhancements to the platform. The networking opportunities among publishers, the Sheridan PubFactory team, and partner companies make it a great event for publishers to stay connected to the market.

In addition to the annual user group meeting, regularly held webinars on a variety of topics offer ongoing opportunities for publishers to stay connected and informed about the industry, the platform, and the growing network of Sheridan PubFactory clients.

An established UK and EU presence

The PubFactory platform is a trusted and preferred choice among many leading United Kingdom and European publishing houses, such as De Gruyter, Brill, Manchester University Press, Edward Elgar Publishing, Djoef Forlag, Peter Lang, Oxford University Press, and Akadémiai Kiadó.

A growing platform in the marketplace

Today, the PubFactory platform is host to 2,300+ journals, 400,000+ books, numerous databases, and reference works. 2020 promises more exciting achievements for Sheridan PubFactory in terms of new clients and several legacy platforms introducing major upgrades. The platform continues to develop extensive enhancements, adding to the depth, flexibility, and responsiveness of this powerful Sheridan offering.

About Sheridan
Sheridan is a leading provider of print, publishing services, and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and catalogers. A division of CJK Group, Inc., Sheridan has six U.S. production facilities; each location has a market specialty that supports scholarly journals, books, magazines, reprints, or catalogs. Sheridan is also the provider of the scholarly publishing platform, PubFactory.
www.sheridan.com / www.pubfactory.com