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Archives: Inclusion

Leading in a Space of Social Equality: A Personal Trajectory

Accountability is at the center of leadership. We must hold people, policies and structures to account and if we are struggling with tackling the hard questions, are we really doing the work?

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • Oct 23, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Post-Covid Work Environment — We Can’t Go Back to “Normal”

The COVID pandemic brought changes in what was acceptable to working life. Should we give up those benefits for the sake of returning to the office? How does each individual person’s experience differ, and how can we create conditions that allow all to thrive?

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • Oct 17, 2023
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — Striking a Balance: Humans and Machines in the Future of Peer Review and Publishing

How do we strike a balance between humans and AI to improve peer review? We’ve interviewed a few publishing experts who specialize in human and AI ethical, equitable, and sustainable publishing solutions to share their thoughts on the future of peer review.

  • By Chhavi Chauhan, Chirag Jay Patel
  • Sep 28, 2023
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

AI Beyond the Publishing Workflow

What uses for artificial intelligence (AI) might we expect outside of the publication workflow? Some answers to this question can be found through the lenses of sustainability, justice, and resilience.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Aug 23, 2023
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Workplace Equity 2023 Versus 2018: Reckoning or Retrenchment?

We invite you to participate in the 2023 Workplace Equity Survey. What has changed since the last (2018) Survey? Is DEIA still a priority, or are we seeing organizations take a step back?

  • By Susan Spilka
  • May 30, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Accelerating DEIA — Lessons from the Society for Scholarly Publishing

The experiences of the Society for Scholarly Publishing DEIA committee can inform DEIA efforts throughout our industry. Here Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, and Shaina Lange present key lessons learned.

  • By Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, Shaina Lange
  • May 22, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

What Have You Done for DEIA Lately?

Are we still doing the work it takes to make positive and impactful change? Are we continuing the work to break down systems, policies, and unwritten industry rules that are no longer fit for purpose?

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • Feb 24, 2023
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 2

Part two of an introduction to two new toolkits from C4DISC — today a look at the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

  • By Kerry Webb
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 1

The first of a two part series introducing new toolkits from C4DISC: Guidelines on Inclusive Language and Images in Scholarly Communication and the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

  • By Sabrina Ashwell, Jenny Peng
  • Feb 8, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.

  • By Richard de Grijs
  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Why We Should All Care about Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion: An Interview with Becca Bostock and Dominique J. Moore

Learn how two early career publishers are tackling the thorny issue of pay equity and inclusion in today’s interview with Rebecca Bostock (Ohio State UP) and Dominique J Moore (University of Illinois Press)

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jul 19, 2021
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the RSC

Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the Royal Society of Chemistry answer Alice Meadows’s questions about the RSC’s Joint Commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Apr 21, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

A Framework for the Future of Conferences

The sudden virtualization of conferences sparked a flurry of experimentation. It is now time to build the future of the scholarly meeting.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Laura Brown
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Celebrating Five Years of PIDapalooza with a 24-Hour PID Party!

Whether or not you attended this year’s 24-hour online party for persistent identifiers, aka PIDapalooza 2021, here’s your chance to read all about it!

  • By Alice Meadows, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Todd A Carpenter, Judy Luther, Phill Jones
  • Feb 10, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 12 mins

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