Ask the Editors: Assessing the Publishing Needs of Faculty Editors

Introduction: This article reports results from a survey of faculty members with editorial responsibilities. The explored what publishing services and platform functionalities respondents found most valuable in their work as editors, how satisfied they were the provided by commercial publishers, to extent aware alternative practices. Method: authors used data collected instrument that was distributed sample (n = 515) responsibilities at institution. Results: Collected suggest editors value specific (e.g., coordination peer review copyediting) functionality submission peer-review management) more than others, recognize several challenges facing academic disciplines (including transition open access models), are mostly common forms research dissemination such journals institutional repositories. Discussion: may be helpful library publishers making decisions about prioritize development programs. In addition utilizing assess needs also identified number expanded uses related marketing outreach. Conclusion: Insofar key stakeholders seek build partnerships with, it is important understand preferences editors. provides some insight into these questions prove publishers.