<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Colleagues:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We are conducting a study designed to explore attitudes toward publication in Open Access (OA) Journals by Information Systems, Information Technology and Information Security faculty members.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"In general, Open Access (OA) journals are scholarly journals that are available online to the reader without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the Internet itself. Some are subsidized, and some require payment on behalf of the author. Some require copyright transfer to the journal, others do not." (Suber, P., n.d.).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We are asking interested faculty members, regardless of whether you have published in an OA journal or not, to take part in the online survey at the following URL: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2337_com_zimbra_url" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5068_com_zimbra_url" style="cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/KSUOASurvey" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">http://tinyurl.com/KSUOASurvey</a></span></span>. You may preview the survey at: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2338_com_zimbra_url" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT5069_com_zimbra_url" style="cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/KSUOASurvey" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">http://preview.tinyurl.com/KSUOASurvey</a></span></span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The 25 question survey should take no longer than 20 minutes of your time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thank you in advance for your consideration.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.3636360168457px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">M. Whitman & A. Woszczynski, Researchers</p><br>-- <br><div><span></span>Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP<br>Professor of Information Security, <br>Director, Center for Information Security Education and<br>Editor-In-Chief, Information Security Education Journal<br>Department of Information Systems <br>Michael J. Coles College of Business<br>Kennesaw State University - A National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education<br>560 Parliament Garden Way, MS 0405<br>Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591<br>Ph: 470.578.3568<br>Burruss Building Rm # 489<br>This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. 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