Towards inclusive scholarly publishing: developments in the university press community

May 2020 | UKSG Insights

This article provides an overview of the ways in which the members of the Association of University Presses are working towards more inclusive practices in scholarly publishing. The authors consider the Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship Program (now in its fourth year), the work of the Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, the Gender, Equity and Cultures of Respect Task Force and the new Equity, Justice and Inclusion Committee. They also look at press-based working groups and several ‘Toolkits for Equity’ that are currently in development. The volunteers engaged in these and other efforts are working to document how bias has shaped universities and university presses, to propose actions to disrupt this powerful force and to share what they have learned with their colleagues as well as with the larger scholarly publishing and academic communities.

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Coggins, Niccole Leilanionapae‘aina, Gisela Concepción Fosado, Christie Henry, and Gita Manaktala. 2020. “Towards Inclusive Scholarly Publishing: Developments in the University Press Community”. Insights 33 (1): 15. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.506