A non-profit organization produces a discovery solution in the social sciences that is widely used by researchers and librarians. The content includes abstracts and references from books and journals and is processed with varying degrees of automation. Most of the information is derived electronically, with the remainder received as PDF files that require manual intervention. […]
Platform RFP Requirements and Selection
Maverick recently worked with an international standards publisher to help select a new technology partner to host their book and journal program. The work included developing a capabilities assessment, generating the RFP paperwork, and helping to evaluate the vendor responses. Upon identifying the preferred vendor, Maverick was further engaged to elucidate the key requirements for […]
Caribbean Council Insight Review
The Caribbean Council supports responsible international private sector led investment and development in the Caribbean, Cuba, and Central America. Its services are directed toward helping clients understand the political, business, economic, and trade issues associated with local markets. These topics are covered in their biweekly newsletter, Caribbean Insight, which is distributed to members, sponsors, and […]
CILEX Commissioning and Project Management
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) wished to launch a new chartered professional qualification (CPQ) framework that comprised multiple modules at three separate stages. The CPQ was designed around career competencies and would provide learners with both theoretical legal knowledge, practical skills, as well as understanding of the wider business context. An integral part […]
Now Publishers: Library Discovery Systems Audit
Now Publishers is an international, academic press that has built a reputation among readers, authors, editors, and librarians as a source of excellent peer-reviewed publications in Business, Economics, Computer Science and Engineering. As such, they provide metadata to third-party library systems suppliers and were experiencing problems in confirming with these suppliers that their data were […]
Technology
Our client, a new publishing company, approached Maverick to develop a suitable RFP which outlined the business and technology requirements they had for a new, yet to be developed eJournal and eContent delivery platform. At the same time, being totally new and therefore having no support systems in place for their emerging journals, they also […]
Strategic and Marketing Support
We have worked with our client, a major STM publisher, on a number of significant projects over the last two years. Engaging with all areas of the marketing organization (both library side and author side) in Europe, US and Asia Pacific, we have supplied both strategic and marketing communications support, delivering effective marketing messages to […]
Market Research
Our client, a leading scholarly publisher in the social sciences, wished to conduct a market assessment to determine the perceived value and positioning of their product offering amongst their client base. The client wished to gain a much deeper understanding of their customer loyalty to both the corporate and product brands, as well as explore […]
RFP Support and Ongoing Sales Representation
Our client, a specialist publisher in the scholarly sector based in the US, approached us in December 2010 with a specific requirement. Whilst their current content delivery platform was working well for them, they wanted to be sure that they were aware of all new developments or initiatives that could enhance the way their customers […]
Digital Strategy
We were approached by the CEO of our client, a large market sector leading specialist publisher, to assist the board with the initial discussion, research and development phases of a long term company initiative to review and create a more robust digital strategy. Despite their internal developments and activity in the digital arena to bring […]