More than 260 individuals from over 65 publishers joined us for the BiblioU Annual Meeting 2022 - our exclusive, global event designed especially for our customers. With more guest speakers than ever before - representing an array of world-leading academic and scholarly, trade and children's, and religious publishers including Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Bloomsbury, Macmillan Publishers, Candlewick Press and many more - this year's programme had something for everyone; from the launch of the new BiblioSuite of publishing software and an overview of its key new features and enhancements, to Biblio user's favorite reports, digital asset management for production, royalties management workflows, and more!
The event - which took place on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st September 2022 - featured a total of 16 presentations from both guest speakers and Virtusales staff, with networking opportunities for good measure; all focussed on bringing Virtusales customers together to hear about the ways publishers are using the BiblioSuite of publishing software to better their businesses, and to provide practical advice and insights into how they can utilize the BiblioSuite system to further improve efficiency and productivity throughout their publishing workflows.
We would like to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt "Thank You!" to our guest speakers (listed below) for their fantastic presentations and for sharing their time, knowledge and expertise with us all throughout the event. We really couldn't have done it without you!
If you missed the event or would like to re-watch a presentation, you can do so on-demand via the links provided (below):
Day #1 - Tuesday 20th September 2022:
BiblioU Annual Meeting 2022: Opening and Welcome by Rod Elder, EVP, North America, Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Key BiblioSuite Features and Enhancements by Will Protheroe, Support Analyst, Client Services, Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Royalties Panel: Utilizing BiblioSuite Royalties with Ian May-Miller, Royalties Project Manager, Pan Macmillan; Becky Hemperly, VP, Contracts, Rights & Royalties, Candlewick; Darren Stanton, Founder and CEO, DS Royalties; Bonnie Burdett, Lead Software Developer, Virtusales Publishing Solutions; and Rod Elder, EVP, North America, Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Data Migration for Acquired Imprints: Leveraging the BiblioSuite's Tools for Academic Publishing and Beyond by Lana Brand, Digital Publishing & Metadata Coordinator, University of Georgia Press and Tricia McCraney, Projects Consultant, Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Seasonal Reporting: How Capstone Shares Title and Metadata Status Company-Wide by Beth Brezenoff, Publisher & Lacy Hilterbrand, Manager of Metadata Services, Capstone Publishing
Leveraging Dashboards, Custom Copy Types and Attributes to Manage Complex and Diverse Products by Jon Lee, Publishing Systems Analyst, Business Systems, Bloomsbury UK
A Message from our CEO by Phil Turner, CEO, Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Day #2 - Wednesday 21st September 2022:
BiblioU Annual Meeting 2022: Welcome Back for Day Two by Chris Harvey, CCO, Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Inclusivity and Diversity: Reporting on Demographics in Publishing by Bridget Flannery-McCoy, Senior Editor; Hallie Schaeffer, Assistant Editor; and Chloe Coy, Editorial Assistant, Princeton University Press
Utilizing Business Analysis to Support your Biblio Implementation Projects by Simon Yendell, Head of Business Analysis, Oxford University Press
Favorite BiblioSuite Reports by Christopher Watkins, Production Director, SPCK; Melissa Bugbee Buchanan, Assistant EDP Manager, The University of Georgia Press; and Emma Lagarde, Rights Executive, Usborne Publishing
Work in Progress: Improving the Tracking of Production Files and Updating of Schedules with BiblioSuite Digital Asset Workflow by Lily Palladino, Managing Editor and Elizabeth Glover, Editing & Production Manager, University of Pennsylvania Press
Selling Rights and Permissions for Journals in Biblio by Kerin Ogg, Intellectual Property Assistant, Duke University Press
Managing Custom Copy for CoreSource and Other Trading Partners in ONIX using the BiblioSuite by Miriam Fahmi, Acting Director, The American University in Cairo Press
Managing Subsidies and Tracking Payments in Biblio by Lowell Frye, Associate Editor, Columbia University Press
BiblioU Annual Meeting 2022: Thank You and Closing Remarks by Erdem Sagiroglu, Managing Director, Europe, Virtusales Publishing Solutions