Dear Research_Practice Members,

As you know, we use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software to manage our journal, JRP. Recently, I was contacted by the Director, Public Knowledge Project (the makers of OJS), for a survey they are conducting (see below). I have completed the survey. Considering that Web-based scholarly publishing is related to "research practice," I have suggested to them that the results of the survey may be submitted to JRP as an article.

There is some personal news. Recently I have been offered a position in the Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia, as Professor and Head, School of Business & Enterprise. If all goes well, I plan to relocate to Malaysia in April 2009. I have clarified to them that I would continue to volunteer for JRP. Given that Swinburne is an established Australian university, it is up to us to decide how we can make this connection work for our journal. As you know, one of our editorial advisors, Ken Friendman, is currently with Swinburne in Australia.

JRP has an important role to play. The more institutions and individuals participate in it, the better.

DP
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2009/2/28 <john.willinsky@...>
Dear D. P.,

Your journal uses Open Journal Systems (OJS), which is a free journal management software system that we distribute. In light of that, we are hoping that you would be willing to complete an online survey of 28 questions about your journal.

In our ten years, of working on this project, this is the first survey of the journals, now 2,500 in number, using this software. The results of the survey will (a) help ensure that the accomplishment of these journals is heard in current debates about the future of scholarly publishing, and (b) help us design better software for you to use.

The survey is completed online, and can be found by clicking on the link below, or by pasting it in your browser.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kzF_2b9U9KUJOxyRvJRxxtRA_3d_3d
Survey participants and journals will be kept anonymous in any publications resulting from this work.

As a token our of appreciation for undertaking this survey – given the demands of working on a journal – we will draw three names from among those who complete the survey by April 15th, 2009, and award each of them a $100 Amazon.com Book Gift Certificate.

Sincerely,

John Willinsky
Khosla Professor of Education, Stanford University
Director, Public Knowledge Project, http://pkp.sfu.ca