Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

New KGL Agreement

VIVA has started a new agreement with Knowledge Works Global (KGL) to provide publishing services. 

SUMMARY: VIVA has partnered with Knowledge Works Global (KGL) to provide publishing services for VIVA Open Grant recipients for their grant-funded open textbooks, open monographs, and other Open Educational Resources (OER). KGL provides a host of content solutions, including interior and cover design, typesetting, EPUB conversion, artwork/graphics processing, copyediting, proofreading, indexing, accessibility remediation and testing, research and permissions clearance and management, animations, project management, other related services, and print on demand through sister company, Sheridan. 

 This contract is platform-agnostic and does not impact other VIVA-sponsored publishing support, such as Pressbooks or VIVA Open.

 While the contract was designed with OER creation in mind, KGL is also able to provide the same publishing services for books and journals. Additional services not outlined in the contract may also be available; please reach out to KGL with requests or questions about additional services.

 INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED / COST: VIVA will coordinate publishing services for VIVA Open Grant recipients from all institutions. These services are covered by central funds. All member institutions are welcome to use the VIVA agreement as a contract vehicle to provide services to their local institutions at the negotiated rates. Reach out to KGL at the contacts below for a full quote for needed services. Payment for such support would be paid directly from the institution to KGL. 

 EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1st, 2023. 

 VENDOR SUPPORT: For sales questions, please contact: Sanjay Tangri, sanjay.tangri@kwglobal.com and cc viva.kgl@kwglobal.com, the dedicated VIVA-KGL email. For customer service and technical questions please email viva.kgl@kwglobal.com