Just a thought opus

Ever considered turning opus into an Ezine? The enviro collective I'm sure could get right behind that, and although I'm not a communications student and this might be less true than I imagine it Maybe the costs of running opus could be lowered and there could be more submissions if we scrapped the idea of paper altogether.

I mean there are plenty of sights out there that people well and truly get into and from what I've seen in the various info commons and hubs, people are plenty willing to divert their attention from study while they are on the computer.

The fact as I see it is that people just aren't interested in opus these days. Its a dying thing. So why not revamp it to move with the times. Naturally, the website would need to change a little, but I think it could be a move forward for us all.

With a little word of mouth advertising and perhaps some posters, something daggy in the way of stunt like promotion which those devoted to the concept of this wonderful outlet may even be persuaded to volunteer for we could reclaim, in a more digital way, the spirit of what opus has been in the past, or rather, transpose this spirit into a way that our current clientelle can digest.

Just a thought... Bees

Submitted by onemoreclient on Fri, 2007-02-23 01:23.

Submitted by naught101 on Sun, 2007-02-25 07:12.

I agree, with the caveat that I am a geek. opus could, and I think should, be more web-based. It's faster for news-type stuff, and it costs heaps less.

BUT there are two main problems. the first is that web-based stuff thrives because it is web based. ie, trans-national, without borders. opus is inherently university based. this could perhaps be expanded to include all australian, or new-south-welsh unis, and that could have a lot of benefits - more diversity, more contributors/readers, and more information for students about the state of australia's universities. but it wouldn't be opus any more.

the second problem is that our current readership/contributor-ship is, although from one of the most privileged societies on the planet, seemingly fairly computer/'net illiterate. unless you count MySpace, which as Allyson pointed out in the last edition, is a bastardisation of... well everything really.

for those reason, I support opus becoming more web based, but I definately support keeping at least a few paper editions per semester. fewer, better quality, and with strong links to the web-side of things.

ned

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