Are you looking for ways to streamline peer review to production handoffs at the scholarly journals you work with?

If so, we have an upcoming webinar for you!

Join us September 18th at 11 AM EDT / 3 PM UTC for “How to Find Your Journal Production Flow: Case Studies for Small and Medium Publishers,” a free virtual ALPSP Conference session sponsored by Scholastica.

During this interactive session, editorial and production experts from Scholastica and Technica Editorial will share case studies of how they’ve helped clients find their “production flow” to speed up their time to publication and reduce coordination costs.

You can register to attend the webinar here. Everyone who signs up will receive a link to the recording. Read on for more details!

Webinar overview

Ensuring manuscripts flow smoothly from submission to production isn’t always easy, especially when moving files between multiple people and systems. However, there are various technical and workflow strategies journal teams can implement to make the process more streamlined, supporting speedier publication times and a better overall experience for editors and authors.

Over the years, Scholastica and Technica have helped hundreds of journals optimize their publishing workflows (including some joint clients) — from improving the quality and consistency of incoming submission files to reducing copyediting time to integrating publishing tools and processes with downstream services (think archives, indexes, and external hosting platforms). This webinar will dive into our top recommendations to help small to mid-sized publishing programs:

  • Streamline peer review to production handoffs from both a process and technical perspective
  • Leverage automation opportunities to eliminate manual work
  • Establish rapid feedback channels for copyediting and proof review

There will be time for Q&A following the main webinar presentation, and all attendees will receive interactive process reflection and optimization worksheets. So, you’ll be able to build upon the insights from the session.

The webinar will feature the following speakers:

William Horne, Technical Editorial Manager, Scholastica: Will manages Scholastica’s US-based production team and supports the development of its single-source typesetting software, including recently helping to introduce various new automated article customization options. In his role, Will oversees the typesetting of thousands of articles each year for journals in STEM, the humanities, social sciences, and law. Before joining Scholastica, Will served as EdGE Outreach Coordinator for Omprakash and an English teacher for The Fulbright Program, working in Laos.

Nikki Lazenby, Associate Director of Technica Editorial: Nikki Lazenby earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was thrilled to stay in the lovely Chapel Hill area as part of the Technica team after graduating in 2011. Now an Associate Director at Technica, Nikki uses her book publishing, peer review management, copyediting and proofreading, and production experience in the publishing community over the past decade to ensure authors and Technica clients are receiving the best editorial support possible.

Register for the webinar

We invite you to register for this free ALPSP Conference webinar here. As noted, we’ll send everyone who signs up a link to the Zoom recording.

Scholastica is also exhibiting at this year’s in-person ALPSP meeting (September 10-12). If you plan on attending, we invite you to stop by our booth to say hello, learn more about our latest journal publishing software solutions, and get some fun goodies!

If you haven’t registered for the ALPSP meeting, there is still time to do so. Visit the conference program to learn about all the great sessions planned.

Many thanks to ALPSP for the opportunity to host this sponsor session, and thanks to the panelists for taking the time to be part of it!