Instructions:

• Please answer the questions using the enterprise* identified in the cover email as your point of reference.
• The word *ENTERPRISE is used throughout this survey to refer to a journal, a book, a press, or a publishing company.

Q1. Please choose the appropriate answer to the following questions as a means of identifying participants in broad categories:
1A. My affiliation with the enterprise identified in the email request for participation is as:

		Editor	(2/20 responses)
		Director of Electronic Publishing	(0/20 responses)
		Director	(4/20 responses)
		Associate Director	(0/20 responses)
		Assistant Editor	(0/20 responses)
		Acquisitions Editor	(12/20 responses)
		Editor-in-Chief	(2/20 responses)
		Editorial Assistant	(0/20 responses)
		Executive Editor	(0/20 responses)
		Managing Editor	(0/20 responses)
		Other	(0/20 responses)
100% of the people who took this survey (20 / 20) answered this question.

1B. The enterprise identified is:

		For Profit	(0/20 responses)
		Not-for-Profit	(20/20 responses)
100% of the people who took this survey (20 / 20) answered this question.

1C. The broad subject area(s) covered by the enterprise(s) are: (select as many as appropriate)

		Ethnology	(8/113 responses)
		Music	(6/113 responses)
		Philosophy	(5/113 responses)
		Literature	(13/113 responses)
		Journalism	(5/113 responses)
		History	(18/113 responses)
		Foreign languages	(3/113 responses)
		Folklore	(7/113 responses)
		Classics	(7/113 responses)
		Cinema	(7/113 responses)
		Art	(3/113 responses)
		Architecture	(6/113 responses)
		Anthropology	(13/113 responses)
		Religion/Theology	(10/113 responses)
		Theater Arts	(2/113 responses)
100% of the people who took this survey (20 / 20) answered this question.

Q2. Traditionally, the submission of a manuscript for publication implies that the paper has not been published elswhere and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2A. Does the identified enterprise have policies on prior publication and simultaneous submission?

		Yes - Proceed to Q 2B	(9/20 responses)
		In some, but not all cases - Proceed to Q 2B	(9/20 responses)
		No (Thank you for participating in the survey.)	(2/20 responses)
		Don't know (Thank you for participating in the survey.)	(0/20 responses)
100% of the people who took this survey (20 / 20) answered this question.

2B Is the policy specifically stated in the 'guidelines for contributors' or as a statement of Editorial Policy which is readily available to submitting authors?

		No - Proceed to Q3	(10/17 responses)
		In some, but not all cases - Proceed to Q 2C	(2/17 responses)
		Yes - Proceed to Q 2C	(5/17 responses)
85% of the people who took this survey (17 / 20) answered this question.

2C. Does the policy specifically refer to work which may have been made electronically accessible on the Web? If yes, has this policy changed in the last two years? If no, proceed to 2E, if yes, please explain.

		Yes - Please explain below, then Proceed to Q 2D	(0/16 responses)
		No - Proceed to Q 2E	(16/16 responses)
		In some, but not all cases - Proceed to Q 2D	(0/16 responses)
80% of the people who took this survey (16 / 20) answered this question.

Text Responses (1 for this question)
"This was checked by mistake and cannot undo"

2D. At what level was the policy set with respect to work accessible on the Web?

		Don't know	(1/5 responses)
		Parent Organization or Society	(0/5 responses)
		Publisher	(2/5 responses)
		Editorial Board	(0/5 responses)
		Senior Editor	(0/5 responses)
		Editor-in-Chief	(0/5 responses)
		Other - please elaborate	(2/5 responses)
20% of the people who took this survey (4 / 20) answered this question.

Other Responses (2 for this question)
"other"
"The policy is not set. Individual manuscripts are discussed by the senier editor, director, and business manager Editor and"

2E. Why has specific reference to Web-based publications NOT been mentioned in the policy?

		Don't know	(1/17 responses)
		Manuscripts are handled on an individual basis with regard to this policy	(8/17 responses)
		It is implied that the policy extends to Web-based publications	(3/17 responses)
		Editorial policy has not yet been set on this issue	(3/17 responses)
		Other - please elaborate	(2/17 responses)
80% of the people who took this survey (16 / 20) answered this question.

Other Responses (2 for this question)
"checked by mistake"
"other"

2F. Does the availability of an author's work Online prior to print publication violate an original and first disclosure declaration? If yes, proceed to Q3.

If no, please explain:

Text Responses (6 for this question)
"Depends on the circumstances. There are times when prior electronic availability is not considered a violation, but the Press must be informed of the online posting in advance of our publication of the work, so that we can make an informed decision."
"Generally, published versions are different enough from online versions to constitute a different work."
"It depends on the kind of publication agreement we are trying to reach. We work with organizations whose work is constituted for web and print distribution, for example, where we would serve as the publisher and distributor of print versions of material."
"Not sure what you're asking here"
"The board has decided that only online journals count as publications for the purposes of our policy because entries in online journals are presumably peer-reviewed. If the author has simply put the work online him or herself, that alone will not constitute publication."
"We don't have an "original and first disclosure" policy."

Q3. According to the editorial policy governing the identified enterprise, which of the following would constitute 'prior publication' in electronic format?
3A. Please indicate by selecting as many as are applicable.

		Online thesis or dissertation with access limited to campus or institution	(2/34 responses)
		Other - please elaborate	(13/34 responses)
		None of the above	(6/34 responses)
		Conference proceedings available through a Web-based server	(3/34 responses)
		All of the above	(1/34 responses)
		Research results available on a personal homepage prior to peer-review	(2/34 responses)
		Research results available through a pre-print server (e.g., Los Alamos)	(2/34 responses)
		Online thesis or dissertation widely available through a Web-based archive	(5/34 responses)
75% of the people who took this survey (15 / 20) answered this question.

Other Responses (13 for this question)
"Book manuscript, or a significant number of finished chapters thereof (i.e., more than about 33% of the MS)"
"complete dissertation revised as manuscript and published online"
"online journal"
"other"( 6 ) responses
"preset essays/books distributed as a finished, value-added product"
"publication in online journal"
"The press decides if the acailability of the research or unedited manuscript will enhance or undermine sales of the finished book."
"usually we wouldn't publish a thesis but a book MS from a thesis, so availability of thesis not relevant"

3B. Does your personal opinion on this question differ in any significant way from the policy of the journal or society/organization? (If Yes, please elaborate)

		Yes	(0/14 responses)
		No	(14/14 responses)
70% of the people who took this survey (14 / 20) answered this question.

Text Responses (1 for this question)
"We publish books, not journals. Does this survey apply to us?"

Q4. Dissertations have traditionally been available IN PRINT through interlibrary loan requests or by purchasing copies from University Microforms International (UMI).
4A. According to the editorial policy governing the identified enterprise(s), under which circumstances would a manuscript derived from a PRINT dissertation be considered for publication?

		Manuscripts derived from print dissertations are welcome for submission.	(5/19 responses)
		Manuscripts derived from print dissertations are considered on an individual basis.	(9/19 responses)
		Only if the contents and conclusions in the manuscript were substantially different from the dissertation in print.	(4/19 responses)
		Other - please elaborate	(1/19 responses)
		Under no circumstances. Research published as part of a dissertation is considered previously published, regardless of format.	(0/19 responses)
90% of the people who took this survey (18 / 20) answered this question.

Other Responses (1 for this question)
"We allow a limited amount of a book to have appeared in journal articles."

4B. Does your personal opinion on this question differ in any significant way from the policy of the enterprise?

		No	(17/18 responses)
		Yes	(1/18 responses)
90% of the people who took this survey (18 / 20) answered this question.

4c. If Yes, please elaborate.

Text Responses (1 for this question)
"I don't like to receive dissertations that have not been thoroughly revised. Dissertations are not book manuscripts, and it is annoying and time-consuming to have to weed through all the conventional diss. trappings (i.e., excessive annotation, heavy jargon, depressing initial review of literature, etc.) to find out whether there's any "there" there"

Q5. A growing number of universities are considering electronic theses and dissertations. It is common practice to set the level of accessibility according to the wishes of the doctoral and masters candidates who may have concerns about subsequent publication opportunities.
5A. According to the editorial policy governing your enterprise(s) identified, under which circumstances would a manuscript derived from a Web-based thesis or dissertation be considered for publication?

		Manuscripts derived from Web-based dissertations are welcome for submission	(4/19 responses)
		Manuscripts derived from Web-based dissertations are considered on an individual basis	(8/19 responses)
		Only if the contents and conclusions in the manuscript were substantially different from the dissertation	(4/19 responses)
		Only if the online dissertation has access limited to the campus or institution where it was completed	(1/19 responses)
		Under no circumstances. Manuscripts derived from research made widely available via the Web are considered previously published.	(0/19 responses)
		Under no circumstances. Manuscripts derived from research published as part of a dissertation are considered previously published, regardless of format.	(0/19 responses)
		Other. Please elaborate	(2/19 responses)
90% of the people who took this survey (18 / 20) answered this question.

Other Responses (2 for this question)
"Not sure the issue has come up yet"
"other"

5B. Does your personal opinion on this question differ in any significant way from the policy of the enterprise? (If Yes, please elaborate)

		No	(16/17 responses)
		Yes	(0/17 responses)
		If yes, please elaborate.	(1/17 responses)
85% of the people who took this survey (17 / 20) answered this question.

Other Responses (1 for this question)
"Presumably, the value of legitimating Web publication of dissertations is that young scholars can publish and receive credit for the sort of works that university presses find increasingly problematic (financially) to publish, due to their narrow and specialized nature. Thus, dissertations published on the Web would not seem, on the face of it, to be good candidates for print publication."

Additional Comments:

Text Responses (3 for this question)
"This survey is limited--sometimes more than one choice applies. We are very concerned about widespread availability of dissertations online. It would likely make book publication financial unviable. This would hurt junior scholars because they would have to start from scratch on publications to present for tenure review."
"We often say that the dissertation is not a book. Dissertations in the fields we are interested in typically need substantial revision before book publication."
"Wide availability on the web would be a factor to consider in deciding whether to pursue a print or e-publication based on the dissertation. But usually books are substantially different from dissertations anyway; the same would apply to dissertations available on the web."

CONCLUSION: Thank you for taking the time to contribute your valued opinions on this matter. Your further participation would be most welcome at the upcoming 7th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations to be held at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, June 3-5, 2004. The planning committee is organizing a panel of publishers and editors to discuss the issues touched on in this survey and other issues inherent in the complex environment of electronic scholarship and publishing. If you are interested in contributing to the discussion at the Symposium, please contact Gail McMillan at Virginia Tech ( gailmac@vt.edu) .
Further Reading: Publishers and the NDLTD may be of particular interest to survey participants who wish to read some early responses from the publishing community to the Electronic Theses & Dissertations initiative.

Are you willing to be quoted by name?

		No	(15/17 responses)
		Yes	(2/17 responses)
85% of the people who took this survey (17 / 20) answered this question.

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