This range of responses has reaffirmed the notion that a viable business model must consider the needs of a variety of stakeholders. To our surprise, the survey was answered not only by scholars (including undergraduate and graduate students, tenured and non-tenured faculty, independent researchers) but also by librarians, publishers, editors, instructional designers, experts in higher education policy, and university staff such as deans. Respondents were mostly from North America, despite our efforts to promote the survey to scholars in other parts of the world. We received a total of 104 responses to the online survey. The survey was open for roughly one month. We distributed the survey in the Rebus Community and Rebus Foundation newsletters, as well in social media channels (Twitter and Facebook). We created a thirty-five-question survey using Survey Monkey.
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Our online survey was modeled after our interviews, with similar questions regarding researchers’ approaches towards print and digital monographs, preferred citation and annotation tools, and workflows (please see Appendix iii for the full list of survey questions). To better understand the varying needs of scholarly readers, we conducted a short online survey. While our in-person interviews allowed us to focus on some readers’ workflows, behaviours, and needs, we could not assume these to be representative of all researchers, or all readers, around the world. The needs of the scholarly readers are rarely prioritized over those of other stakeholders in existing digital tools.