---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof. Thomas Eger Date: 7 November 2012 18:38 Subject: Questionnaire on Open Access publishing To: tvk2k4@gmail.com Dear colleague, Together with my doctoral student, Marc Scheufen, I have created a questionnaire on the experience of academic scholars with and their perception of open access publishing. One of our objectives is to examine the commonalities and differences between the academic disciplines. For this purpose, we have conducted a pretest in all faculties of the University of Hamburg, which has been already completed and statistically evaluated. The interesting results encouraged us to extend the survey to all German universities and research institutions. Further surveys are planned for other European countries, the US and Australia. Since India is worldwide the number four in publishing academic open access journals we decided, in co-operation with Prof. Babu from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, to extend the survey to Indian universities and research institutions. We would kindly ask you to complete the questionnaire which you will find under the following link: http://www.equestionnaire.de/?q=10262 The completion of the questionnaire will take you around 10 minutes. Your participation will help to provide valuable information regarding the recent discussion on how to organize the dissemination of academic publications in a globalized and digital knowledge society. Thank you for your support! With kind regards, Thomas Eger -- Prof. Dr. Thomas Eger Vice-Dean for Research and International Affairs Director, Institute of Law & Economics University of Hamburg Rothenbaumchaussee 36, D-20148 Hamburg Tel     +49- (0)40-42838-6777 Fax     +49- (0)40-42838-6794 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.