06/2010: iFactory was onsite at ALA 2010, June 24-29, 2010!
06/2010: iFactory and Oxford University Press Partner on the Design of the Newly Launched Oxford Bibliographies Online
05/2010: iFactory's Marc Segers to speak at the Society for Scholarly Publishing on June 2nd
We hope to see you at SSP 2010 Annual Conference. Let us know if you'll be there!
Re-inventing Reference: This is NOT Your Grandmother's Encyclopedia!
Reference works must be engaging if they're going to useful or profitable. Mash-ups, data visualizations, search technologies, and APIs now enable publishers and end-users to recombine content – engage with – and derive value from, materials that have previously existed in static circumscription. But how should publishers be investing in their reference content? Can they unlock the value of relationships found in and between their previously published works? How can they make their content more accessible to end-users or combine content, technology, and user interactions together to create a compelling, and complete, reference environment? See how publishers are revitalizing their approach to reference offerings. Then, consider new ways to expose, deploy, and derive new value from your [re-invented] reference content. Track: Technology
Moderator:Ann Michael, Principal Consultant, Delta Think, LLC
Speakers:
Alix Vance, Founder/Principal, Principal/Founder of Architrave Consulting, LLC
Chris Beckett, Vice President of Business Development, Atypon
Marc Segers, Publishing Account Manager, iFactory
Mike Sweet, CEO, Credo Reference
05/2010: PubFactory demos at BookExpo America
Looking forward to BookExpo AmericaMay 25th-27th! Connect with us to arrange a meeting!
05/2010: iFactory and Oxford University Press Launch Free and Subscriber Oxford Dictionaries Online
iFactory is pleased to announce the launch of Oxford Dictionaries Online, free and subscriber sites. The selection of PubFactory for Oxford Dictionaries Online continues a long-standing relationship between iFactory and OUP. Among some of the Web design and development projects where OUP has partnered with iFactory are Oxford Bibliographies Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, Oxford Biblical Studies Online, which received an APA PROSE Award for "Best in Reference Works," and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, which received an International Information Industry Award for "Best User Experience." more
05/2010: PubFactory, sponsor at Mark Logic User Conference
We're sponsoring the Mark Logic User Conferencein San Francisco, May 4-6, 2010. We hope to see you there!
05/2010: iFactory and MarkLogic Team Up!
iFactory, an award-winning web design and development firm, is thrilled to announce that it recently entered into an OEM Agreement with MarkLogic, a leading provider of information infrastructure software.
Through this agreement, iFactory will provide the benefits of an enterprise level XML database/search engine, and offer it within the context of PubFactory, the revolutionary new publishing platform from iFactory. more
04/2010: Earthscan Chooses PubFactory to Develop its EarthLibrary
iFactory, an award-winning web design and development firm, and Earthscan, the world's leading publisher on climate change, sustainable development and environmental technology, are proud to announce their partnership to develop EarthLibrary. Earthscan selected PubFactory as its official online publishing platform for Earthscan content, and the development of EarthLibary.
"EarthLibrary is a significant, strategic development for Earthscan, one that will enable our publishing to meet the needs of our markets around the world more effectively in the future. We were impressed with the experience, capabilities and responsiveness of iFactory and we look forward to a close collaboration with them in delivering the new platform," said Jonathan Sinclair Wilson, Earthscan's Managing Director. more
04/2010: iFactory Project, Modern Language Association's Literary Research Guide, Was Awarded a 2009 APA PROSE Award
The Modern Language Association, a professional association of English and foreign language professors, worked with iFactory to develop a searchable online version of its Literary Research Guide, an indispensable reference for the study of literature in English.
The interactive site, based on the fifth print edition, allows users to search over 1,000 annotations of reference sources in English literary studies, including books, articles, and electronic resources. Updated regularly, the online guide features a "My Projects" tool for saving searches and writing notes about search results. more
02/2010: PubFactory at Tools of Change Conference, Feb 22-24, NYC
Tom Beyer, iFactory Director of Publishing, showcased the custom publishing feature of our online publishing platform, PubFactory, at this year's Tools of Change Conference in New York City. Frances Pinter, iFactory client, and Publisher at Bloomsbury Academic, also featured iFactory in her keynote, "Rethinking the Role and Funding of Academic Book Publishing." Bloomsbury Academic has chosen iFactory to build the Bloomsbury Academic site which will be coming out this Spring.
02/2010: Two iFactory projects receive APA PROSE Awards
We are pleased to announce that two of our clients' websites were recipients of the esteemed PROSE award, the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. We look forward to sharing details soon. Read more about the Prose Awards.
01/2010: Oxford University Press chooses PubFactory
iFactory is thrilled to announce that Oxford University Press has chosen iFactory's new publishing development platform, PubFactory, to develop Oxford Dictionaries Online, a new global modern English dictionary and language reference service. OUP, a major provider of online reference and scholarly content libraries, turned to iFactory for this project because of its unique focus on design and custom development capabilities.
The selection of PubFactory for Oxford Dictionaries Online continues a long-standing relationship between iFactory and OUP. Among some of the Web design and development projects where OUP has partnered with iFactory are Oxford Biblical Studies Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, which received an International Information Industry Award for "Best User Experience."