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SPARC Consulting
The SPARC Consulting Group (SCG) provides business, financial, and strategic consulting services to universities and university presses, learned societies, and other academic and nonprofit organizations. It supports the development, launch and operation of scholarly communications projects by helping make them more competitive, financially self-sufficient, and better equipped to serve scholars and the marketplace.
SPARC Partner Programs
Our partner programs are of three types: The Alternative program supports lower-cost, directly competitive journals as an alternative for academic disciplines formerly dependent on high-priced journals; The Leading Edge program supports ventures that demonstrate open access or other innovative business models; The Scientific Communities program supports the development of non-profit portals that serve the needs of a discrete scientific community by aggregating peer-reviewed research and other content. SPARC welcomes new partners who are committed to fair pricing, the ethical use of scholarly resources, and intellectual property management policies that emphasize broad and easy distribution and reuse of material.
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Guides and Planning Resources
If you're a new publisher or an established group considering other business models, explore SPARC Publications for guides on non-profit publishing cooperatives, defining and negotiating successful sponsorships, converting subscription-based journals to open access, getting your journal indexed, and more.
Explore SPARC Publications for more useful papers, presentations, and media files -- including "Publishing Cooperatives -- An Alternative for Society Publishers[PDF]."
Products & Services
SPARC offers a list of potentially useful technologies for institutions, societies, or new publishing ventures in the following categories. (Not endorsed by SPARC unless noted). |
