SSP 2023 Annual Meeting

The Society for Scholarly Publishing brings together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, and countless others with a communal interest and stake in the dissemination of scholarly information. We look forward to meeting our industry colleagues at the 45th Annual Meeting. KGL PubFactory will be exhibiting at booth 125 as part of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd., along with our sister company Sheridan. Together, we are also proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the event.

KGL and Sheridan, part of the CJK Group, are an industry powerhouse duo providing transformative print and publishing services for an evolving world. With industry-leading service drawn from over 200 years of experience, KGL and Sheridan deliver publishing and technology expertise via trusted solutions like Smart Suite®, PeerTrack™, KGL Consulting, M3™ Mobile ePrints, and Select™.

Smart Suite® 3.0, the next evolution in intelligent automation for publishers, can take manuscripts from receipt to author proofs in 24 hours, with online publishing in less than a week.

KGL PubFactory is an integrated hosting platform delivering journals, books, databases, and videos along with powerful publishing and analytics tools. PubFactory is the only platform provider capable of leading you from the beginning of the content lifecycle through to digital publication, with flexible, configurable, and scalable online hosting.

To plan a time to discuss how KGL can help you streamline your peer review and editorial office management, manage your society operations, discover new business opportunities, create “born accessible” publications, improve the performance of your journal portfolio, elevate your hosting platform, or modernize your printing and distribution, please click below.

Be sure not to miss our industry breakout session:

PUBLISH NOW: A True One-Stop Content Workflow for Scholarly Associations

Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 2:15 – 2:45pm

Kevin Lomangino, Head of KGL Consulting (moderator)
Alex Kahler, Head of KGL Editorial
Tom P. Beyer, Platform Services Director, KGL PubFactory
Stephanie Austin, Senior Director, Publications and Content Strategy, American Accounting Association

Independent and society publishers continue to navigate turbulent forces in the marketplace with evolving business models, pressure to increase high-quality submissions, the growing need for speed to publication, and expectations of a seamless author and user experience. To remain competitive, they must rely on a patchwork of industry vendors to support the necessary infrastructure and deliver crucial content to their stakeholders—despite inevitable handoffs, delays, and incompatibilities. Or do they? 

Until recently, there has never been a publishing solutions provider capable of taking a manuscript from peer review to acceptance, through AI-powered copyediting, XML composition and author proofing, to electronic deliverables, online hosting, printing, and even marketing and management support. This session will feature content and technology experts from KGL alongside publishing operations leaders to explore the possibilities of truly comprehensive journal workflows. Find out how to form a true partnership with your vendor so you can sustain your publishing independence.