Survey on Publishing in Nervous Times

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We are living in nervous times that have a strong impact on the scientific system and scientific publishing. As institutional publishers, we have to cope with this situation and find our position vis-à-vis the economic, political and environmental challenges facing society as a whole, our communities, patrons and institutions. At the same time, the growing trend towards Open Access and Open Science gives new meaning to institutional publishing and poses new technical and organisational challenges for the respective publishing units. AEUP is trying to find out more about the situation of its members in order to identify topics for future events and networking activities.

We need your help to shape upcoming workshops according to your needs and wishes. The survey will be anonymous. Please answer the following questions no later than Wednesday 16 November 2022.
We thank you in advance.

AEUP membership
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already AEUP member

planning to become AEUP member

not an AEUP member

Can you tell us a bit about your publishing unit? Tick all that apply.

Member of a national / regional publishing association

We are an institutional press / publishing unit, run by the institution.

We are a scholarly publishing unit, with some help from an institution.

We have run some Open Access experiments.

We routinely publish Open Access (up to 50%)

We are a dedicated Open Access publishing unit.

We publish books.

We publish journals.

Our publishing unit in its current form is less than five years active.

Our publishing unit has more than five staff members.

Political Issues

Please indicate which of the following political aspects pose a challenge to your publishing unit. (1= little influence, 5=strongly affected) and indicate how you cope with such difficulties.

Does an unstable national political situation (extremism, armed conflicts) for society at large effect your publishing unit?
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Does one of the following politically induced situation apply to your publishing unit? Tick all that apply.
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We are able to support exile and refugee publishing.

We had to remove titles from our publishing program due to political requirements.

We have deliberately emphasised some topics in our publishing program.

We expect difficult changes.

We lost authors and / or editors for political reasons.

Other:

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Does a difficult national situation for science in general (lack of recognition for science, strong ideological influences, etc.) effect your publishing unit?
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How are you dealing with these political issues and what would help you?

Economic Challenges

Please indicate which of the following economic aspects pose a challenge to your publishing unit. (1= little influence, 5=strongly affected) and indicate how you cope with such difficulties.

Raising prices for printed products (paper, shipping, warehousing etc)
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Availability of resources for your publishing unit (staff, space, procurement, etc.)
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Difficult situation with service providers (market concentration, worsening service quality)
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Difficulties to sign up to important data aggregators (tick all that apply)
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EBSCO

Web of Science, SCOPUS, Dimensions

DOAB / OAPEN

DOAJ

Important national aggregator

Important subject-specific aggregator

Other:

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Changes in our publishing routines due to economic challenges

We stopped exhibiting at national book fairs and publishing events

We stopped attending international events such as international book fairs

We engage much less at subject specific events.

We engage less in marketing (catalogues, flyers, advertisement, etc.)

We engage more in digital activities with less costs (social media, etc.)

Other:

How are you dealing with these economic challenges and what would help you?

Environmental and Social Aspects

Please indicate which of the following environmental and / or social aspects (including the pandemic) pose a challenge to your publishing unit. (1= little influence, 5=strongly affected)

Do the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UNO play a role in your publishing unit?
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We know them, but SDGs have no meaning for our publishing unit or our institution.

We heard of SDGs and think it is meaningful for scientific publishing.

We are planning first experiments to organise content around the SDGs.

We offer SDG categorisation to our authors / editors already.

We use the SDGs to present content.

Not familiar with the concept of the SDGs.

We would like to learn more about SDGs and their role in publishing.

Other:

Which of the environmental and / or social issues have an impact on your publishing unit? Tick all that apply.
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Hightened awareness around climate change (energy saving, austerity)

New requirements around writing (gender awareness, inclusivity, etc.)

Requirements around barrier-free access

Coming to terms with problematic episodes in history

Emerging topics around diversity, gender equality and equity

Emerging topics around environmental protection and climate change

The pandemic and other health aspects as emerging topics

The pandemic as a challenge on the operation of publishing

Other:

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Has the pandemic maybe also changed things to the better (f.e. more remote work, focussing more)?

How are you dealing with these environmental and social aspects and what would help you?

How can AEUP help?

While AEUP can't help directly at the level of member presses we still can organise events and networking activities to empower our members. We will also use the results of this survey to feed into our political work. This is work at the lobbying level, vis-a-vis funders or to make our decision makers aware of necessary support for their publishing units in nervous times.

What are your preferences to deal with the above mentioned topics? Tick all that apply.
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Dedicated workshop for some of the topics (in person, several days)

Subject-specific webinars with external experts

Subject-specific webinars among AEUP members (we learn from each other)

We can offer our expertise on some of the mentioned aspects (presenting at AEUP workshop/webinar)

Reading lists and blog posts

Other:

Required

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