Survey: Scholarly Journals. A Chance to Express Your Opinion

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For those of you who may have received the survey request below, here's 
what I was able to find out about provenance/purpose.  We won't be filling 
it out....   Ann Okerson

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:00:48 -0400
From: "Hueber, Graham" <Graham.Hueber@ketchum.com>
To: Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>
Subject: RE: Scholarly Journals.  A Chance to Express Your Opinion

Dear Ms. Ackerson --

This survey is being conducted by Braun Research of Princeton, NJ. They
were hired to conduct this survey by my company Ketchum Public Relations.  
Ketchum was hired by its client -- who I unfortunately cannot name -- to
conduct this survey.  The findings will be used for internal purposes only
to help them assess the issue of Open Access and develop a corporate
position on the issue.

I hope this answers your questions.

Graham Hueber
VP, Director of Research 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Okerson [mailto:ann.okerson@yale.edu] 
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:53 PM
To: Hueber, Graham
Cc: Ann Okerson
Subject: Re: Scholarly Journals. A Chance to Express Your Opinion


Dear Sir or Madam: It is Yale Library's policy not to fill in surveys from
unknown sources -- where either the survey company is unknown or the
sponsor is unknown, or both.

Could you kindly supply us with information about the uses to which this
survey will be put, and by whom?

Yours sincerely, Ann Okerson
Yale Library

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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 surveys@braunresearch.net wrote:

> This e-mail is your invitation to participate in a survey about 
> developments in the field of scholarly journal publishing.
> 
> You have been randomly selected to participate in the survey because 
> of your affiliation with an academic or specialty library.  As a 
> librarian we genuinely believe that the contents of the survey will be
> of interest to you.
> 
> Your participation is critical to the success of this survey.  This 
> email invitation has been sent to a selection of librarians around the
> world and to be representative we need to hear from everyone.
> 
> All your responses are confidential and will only be analyzed in 
> combination with other librarians from around the world.  No 
> individual data are ever released that could identify any respondent.
> 
> To thank you for your input, we will make a $5 donation to either The 
> World Wildlife Fund or the Red Cross for each completed survey.  One 
> of the questions in the survey will ask you which organization you 
> would like to receive the donation.
> 
> If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Graham 
> Hueber, Director of Research, Ketchum Public Relations at 
> graham.hueber@ketchum.com.
> 
> Please click on this link:
> 
> http://www.braunresearch.net/s?j=4151&i=17846&g=80
> 
> to begin the survey.  The first question is about libraries and 
> journal publishing.  When you reach the end of the survey, and it 
> should take you about 15 minutes to complete, you will be able to 
> compare your answers to the first question with those of colleagues 
> around the world.
> 
> If you have any technical issues accessing the questionnaire, please 
> send an email to wcampbell@braunresearch.net.
> 
> Thank you very much for your cooperation and we look forward to 
> receiving your completed survey.

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