The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) has released a Joint Statement of Principles to demonstrate the commitment of participating organisations to promote involvement, innovation, and expanded access to leadership opportunities that maximise engagement across identity groups and professional levels. The Joint Statement of Principles can be viewed at: c4disc.org.
C4DISC currently comprises ten trade and professional associations that represent organisations and individuals working in scholarly communications. These organisations include the Association of University Presses, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Canadian Association of Learned Journals, Council of Science Editors, International Society of Managing and Technical Editors, Library Publishing Coalition, NASIG, Open Access, Scholarly Publishers Association, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing.
The Coalition was formed in June 2017 to discuss and address the issues of diversity and inclusion within the industry. In principle and in practice, collectively, these organisations value and seek diversity and inclusive practices within the scholarly communications ecosystem.
Representatives from these organisations met at the 2017 Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Annual Meeting, to discuss challenges and current initiatives in progress to address the lack of diversity and inclusion within the industry. They agreed to continue discussions and collaborate on possible projects starting with a Joint Statement of Principles.
The Coalition invites other organisations and companies to adopt the Joint Statement of Principles to show their support for and commitment to improving diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications.
Organisations of any type can register their adoption of the Principles on the Coalition's website.
The Coalition is currently evaluating proposals for international market research into diversity and inclusion in scholarly publishing, via a survey that will be repeated every three years for up to 10 years. The study will serve as a benchmark or a baseline measure for progress. The survey will include all types of publishers - for-profit, not-profit, government, library, university, etc. - as well as publishing services suppliers.
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