For the American Educational Research Association, a 26,000 member professional organization advancing educational research—
Analyzed the performance of the Association's peer-reviewed journals as a basis for evaluating the benefit of outsourcing publishing services, and helped negotiate a successful agreement with an appropriate publishing partner.
For the Society of Architectural Historians, a 3,500 member organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment—
Assisted the Society in assessing the risks and benefits of moving its flagship journal online, and helped the Society identify a publishing partner capable of developing innovative multimedia features for the journal's online edition.
For the American Anthropological Association, the world's largest professional society of anthropologists—
Developed a comprehensive business plan to support funding of AnthroSource, an online gateway to anthropological knowledge, and to support a digital publishing program for AAA's scholarly journals.
For the University of California Press, one of the largest university presses in North America—
Analyzed the Press's portfolio of academic journals to help the Press allocate its resources effectively in a period of rapid change and to support its transition to operating models appropriate to the increased role of electronic distribution.
For the American Museum of Natural History, one of the world's great natural history libraries—
Supported Museum staff in developing a strategic plan to guide the Museum's multifaceted publishing program, covering both legacy and prospective publications and print and digital dissemination.
For the Medici Archive Project, a nonprofit corporation that supports historical research by developing online research tools providing access to the Medici Granducal Archive—
Developed a strategic operating plan that provided an organizational structure and funding model capable of ensuring the Project's long-term sustainability.
For the American Political Science Association, the leading professional organization for the study of political science—
Prepared a business case to support the development and operation of an open access repository of political science conference proceedings and working papers.
For the Association of Research Libraries, a consortium of the 123 largest research libraries in North America—
Developed a comprehensive feasibility analysis assessing the financial and organizational issues of a large-scale cooperative initiative to retrospectively digitize all U.S. government documents.
For LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, an information services company and publisher—
Created the publishing program that inaugurated an entire family of digital information products, including Academic Universe, now licensed by over 1,700 academic institutions.
For Congressional Information Service, a secondary publisher serving academic and library markets—
Developed the strategic blueprint that guided a low-growth print and microform publisher into a profitable digital publishing program generating substantial new revenue streams.
Other recent clients include—
American Sociological Association Biological Bulletin (Marine Biological Laboratory) Cornell University, Internet-First University Press Database of Classical Bibliography (American Philological Association) EVIA Digital Archive (Indiana University) International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History Weed Science Society of America