Electronic Publications Questionnaire

The Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program are being phased from traditional book to CD-ROM publication. The JOI Publications Steering Committee is evaluating the pace of this migration. Your response to this questionnaire is critical, and will be used to determine the timing of the transition. Examples of test CD-ROMs are available in 163, 164, and 165 Initial Reports, and 151 and 153 Scientific Results.

Please respond prior to August 1, 1997.

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1. What is your desktop environment?

Mac
PC
UNIX

How much RAM is on your system?

What is your hard drive capacity?

Do you have a CD-ROM drive?

Yes
No

What size is your monitor?

Are you connected to the Internet?

Yes
No

2. Do you use CD-ROMs to handle scientific information?

Routinely
Occasionally
Never

3. Do you use the Internet to gather/exchange scientific information?

Routinely
Occasionally
Never

4. With respect to electronic publications, do you:

Usually read on-screen only
Usually print and read electronic material
I read the printed volume only

5. Would you use an Initial Reports CD-ROM volume that looks on-screen like the current volumes?

Yes, enthusiastically
Yes, reluctantly
Not at all

If yes, would you be most interested in:

site chapters
prime data (visual core descriptions and core photographs), or
tabular data?
other
Please specify other:

6. Would you use a Scientific Results CD-ROM volume that looks on-screen like the current volumes?

Yes, enthusiastically
Yes, reluctantly
Not at all

7. Would you publish in a Scientific Results volume that was released only in an electronic (CD-ROM) version?

Yes, enthusiastically
Yes, reluctantly
Not at all

8. Would you publish in a Scientific Results Internet product with distribution as soon as possible after acceptance? An Internet version of the material would be duplicated on a CD-ROM (or similar product) for archive; it would not be released in a printed format. Each chapter would carry its own publication date when completed, making the publication date 3-5 months earlier than a printed volume.

Yes, enthusiastically
Yes, reluctantly
Not at all

If yes, would you publish:

scientific papers
data reports,
animated material,
data sets,
image sets, or
other?
Please specify other:

9. Do you currently have easy access to the ODP Proceedings volumes (printed version)?

yes
no

10. On what level are/were you involved with the Ocean Drilling Program (mark all categories that apply to you):

Shipboard Scientist
Co-Chief
Shorebased Scientist/Author
Cruise/Drilling Proponent
Reviewer
Editorial Review Board Member
Panel member/Administrator
No formal relationship to ODP

Any additional comments you would like to make about ODP publications (electronic or printed).

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Publications Questionnaire
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Ocean Drilling Programs
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