This is the sixth post in a seven-part series in which we will share some of the results of our survey for scholars with you.
In the final section of our recent Faculty Survey, we raised the issue of sustainability for the LCRM project’s proposed online publishing innovations, such as a bibliography, an online collection of LCRM-related content, and an online coursepack service and the importance of establishing effective business models. The scholars were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with several statements about ways the business model could be shaped. While there was no strong agreement on any of the specific issues, most respondent expressed a desire to see the project sustain itself in the long term while remaining “affordable,” which one scholar defined as a packet of online materials costing “the same amount as a published monograph.”
Here are a few things that our respondents said about a business model for the LCRM project: Continue reading ‘Survey Results: Business Models’