This article summarizes the results of a short survey completed by 94 publishers, librarians and suppliers within the international scholarly publishing community in early 2017. From a selection of 13 categories included as a multi-choice pick-list, each with additional sub-categories – a total of 57 options – the participants identified the functions they are currently outsourcing and provided a forecast of those they are considering outsourcing in the future. The survey found the top sub-category function currently outsourced across all three stakeholder groups to be ‘Content hosting/technology platform’ (one of seven sub-categories associated under the parent category 6: ‘IT – Hosting/content’), which was selected by a total of 18 survey respondents. The survey provided new insights into the issue of outsourcing in the scholarly communications field, and the author invites further participation to build on these initial findings.
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机译：本文总结了由国际学术出版界内的94家出版商，图书馆员和供应商于2017年初完成的简短调查的结果。从包括多个选择类别的13个类别中进行选择，每个类别均带有其他子类别–共有57个选项–参与者确定了他们当前正在外包的功能，并对他们将来考虑外包的功能进行了预测。调查发现，当前在所有三个利益相关者组中外包的最重要的子类别功能是“内容托管/技术平台”（父类别6：“ IT –托管/内容”下关联的七个子类别之一），即由总共18位受访者选择。该调查为学术传播领域的外包问题提供了新的见解，并且作者邀请进一步的参与以这些初步发现为基础。
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