------ Forwarded Message Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:48:19 +0100 From: Humanist Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]> Subject: D-Lib Magazine Requests Your Input Greetings: Because U.S. Government funding of D-Lib Magazine ended in 2006, we at D-Lib Magazine have been looking for a new funding model to sustain the magazine over the long term, while continuing to publish it via open access -- that is, without charging readers subscription fees or authors publication fees. Late last year the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) donated the time of a publishing consultant to advise us on business models for D-Lib that, once established, could sustain the magazine over the long term. One of the consultant's suggestions was that D-Lib Magazine accept advertising as a means of raising money. To seek potential advertisers, however, we need to provide prospective clients with information that, up till now, we have not collected. Therefore, we have designed a survey that we hope will help us to gather that information. The survey is located at: http://research.zarca.com/k/SsSXRVsSPsPsPsP. Please take a few minutes to respond to this survey about D-Lib Magazine. Your responses will assist us in understanding our readership, improving content, and providing information to potential advertisers so we can continue disseminating D-Lib Magazine as an open access publication. Best wishes, Bonnie Wilson Editor D-Lib Magazine ------ End of Forwarded Message