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Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy

This pulse check survey intends to better understand how organizations across the scholarly communications ecosystem view advocacy, shared industry priorities, and the challenges involved in engaging with policymakers and the public. Your responses will help identify areas where collective action, shared messaging, and practical resources may strengthen the community’s ability to communicate the value and impact of scholarly publishing.
1.How important is it for our industry to have a collective, unifying voice for the scholarly publishing community when engaging with the following groups:
Critically Important
Important
Moderately Important
Of Low Importance
Policymakers
Customers (Authors, Readers, Researchers, etc.)
Media
Public
2.Which of the following policy and advocacy themes are most critical to your organization’s mission right now? (Select up to 3)
3.What advocacy activities is your organization currently undertaking to advance the policy or advocacy themes that are critical to your mission? (Select all that apply.)
4.What is the biggest barrier preventing your organization from engaging more deeply in advocacy activities? (Select up to 3)
5.Which resources would best support your organization's ability to advocate for the value of scholarly communications? (Select all that apply)
6.Where do you believe the scholarly publishing community is most likely to gain meaningful traction through coordinated advocacy in the next 12 months?