For immediate release
September 18, 2007
For more information, contact:
Jennifer McLennan
(202) 296-2296 ext. 121
jennifer [at] arl [dot] org
Greg Tananbaum joins SPARC Consulting Group
Coalition expands service to equip digital initiatives with
tools for
self-sufficiency and success
Washington, DC =AD September 18, 2007 =AD SPARC (the
Scholarly=20
Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is expanding
the=20
SPARC Consulting Group with the addition of well-known
advisor=20
and commentator Greg Tananbaum.
Tananbaum is best known for his leadership as recent
President of=20
The Berkeley Electronic Press, though also for writing a
regular=20
column on emerging developments in scholarly communication
for=20
Against the Grain and for his work as past Director of
Product=20
Marketing for EndNote. He holds a Master's Degree from the
bond=20
School of Economics and a B.A. from Yale University.
Since=20
leaving The Berkeley Electronic Press in 2006, Tananbaum
has=20
offered a range of consulting services at the intersection
of=20
technology, content, and academia.
The SPARC Consulting Group (SCG) was formed in 2002 to
provide=20
business, financial, and strategic consulting services
to=20
universities and university presses, learned societies, and
other=20
academic and nonprofit organizations. It supports the=20
development, launch, and operation of scholarly
communications=20
projects by helping make them more competitive,
financially=20
self-sufficient, and better equipped to serve scholars and
the=20
marketplace.
SCG consultants Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein are known
for=20
authoring Open Society Institute-sponsored business
planning=20
guides on launching or converting to open access journals,
as=20
well as individual papers such as "Institutional
Repositories: A=20
SPARC Position Paper" and "Gaining Independence: A
Manual for=20
Launching a Nonprofit Publishing Venture." SPARC
Consulting=20
provides services that include:
* Strategic advice;
* Conceptualization and preparation of business plans;
* Market analysis and marketing plan development;
* Pricing development;
* Financial planning;
* Policy analysis;
* Feature/functionality review and planning; and
* Other services.
The SCG provides access to qualified consultants acting
as=20
independent contractors. Consulting services are a=20
client-specific fee-based adjunct to the range of
SPARC's=20
existing resources for publishers. Members of the SPARC=20
Consulting Group continue their respective independent
activities=20
while engaging with SPARC and its partners on a selective
basis.
For more information, visit the SPARC Consulting Group Web
site=20
at http://www.arl.org/
sparc/consult.
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SPARC
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition),=20
with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international
alliance=20
of more than 800 academic and research libraries working
to=20
create a more open system of scholarly communication.
SPARC=B9s=20
advocacy, educational, and publisher partnership
programs=20
encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on
the Web=20
at http://www.arl.org/sparc/.
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