Request for Survey Participation: International Survey of Research Libraries-Free Copy Gra

PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP (WWW.PRIMARYRESEARCH.COM) IS PLANNING
TO PUBLISH 
A SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, GOVERNMENT AND
CORPORATE RESEARCH 
LIBRARIES. THIS SURVEY IS OPEN TO MAJOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
OF ALL 
NATIONS. UNIVERSITY PARTICIPANTS MUST BE A CARNEGIE CLASS 1
OR CLASS 2 
RESEARCH OR DOCTORAL INSTITUTION, OR MEDICAL OR ENGINEERING
GRADUATE 
SCHOOL, OR THE EQUIVALENT IN NON-USA CATEGORIZATION
SYSTEMS.

PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A FREE PDF COPY OF THE ESTIMATED
100-PAGE REPORT. 
DATA IS BROKEN OUT BY TYPE AND SIZE OF INSTITUTION FOR
EASIER 
BENCHMARKING.  PARTICIPANTS ARE LISTED IN AN APPENDIX BUT
RESPONSES ARE 
NOT ATTRIBUTED TO SPECIFIC RESPONDENTS. TO TAKE THE
50-QUESTION SURVEY, 
FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW:


HTTP://WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/S.ASPX?SM=BZPHLJOCDE67RZQ5C2I8JG
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MARITZA ORDOņEZ
OFFICE ASSISTANT
PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP, INC.
TEL. 212-736-2316
FAX 212-412-9097


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 Has anyone else taken this survey (or any other of theirs)
and have concerns about the design and implementation of
this?

Assumes answers and does not allow comment.
example::
37. Which phrase best captures your personal opinion of the
impact that the open access movement will have on scholarly
resources and their pricing?
I think prices will increase. That is not an allowed choice.
They  assume they will decrease. 
This is therefore a flawed and biased survey. 

There are no places for commenting at all anywhere and the
most suspect thing is that they are using a free
surveymonkey account. Survey monkey is cheap and a paid
account gives some "respectability" to the
organization. Also the aol email is questionable.


Carolyne Sidey
Manager, XRCC Library 
Xerox Research Centre of Canada
2660 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, ON L5K 2L1 

(905) 823-7091 x 302 
fax. (905) 822-7022 
Carolyne.sideyxrcc.xeroxlabs.com
ht
tp://xrccinfo.xrcc.xerox.com/insidexrcc/library/ 




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Subject: [Web4lib] Request for Survey Participation:
International Survey of Research Libraries-Free Copy
Granted

Primary Research Group (www.primaryresearch.com) is planning
to publish a survey of international university, government
and corporate research libraries. This survey is open to
major research libraries of all nations. University
participants must be a Carnegie Class 1 or Class 2 research
or doctoral institution, or medical or engineering graduate
school, or the equivalent in non-USA categorization
systems.

Participants receive a free PDF copy of the estimated
100-page report. 
Data is broken out by type and size of institution for
easier benchmarking.  Participants are listed in an appendix
but responses are not attributed to specific respondents. To
take the 50-question survey, follow the link below:


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bzpHlJoC
De67Rzq5c2i8Jg_3d_3d



Maritza Ordoņez
Office Assistant
Primary Research Group, Inc.
Tel. 212-736-2316
Fax 212-412-9097


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