Career News | July 21, 2021 Safety and equity concerns prompt some journals and scientific societies to hasten use of new names on transgender authors’ works. In an effort to expand inclusivity for transgender researchers, some scientific publishers and societies worldwide have adopted policies that allow rapid and discreet author name changes to be made … Continue reading Scientific publishers expedite name changes for authors
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Alice Meadows | July 19, 2021 This year’s Association of University Presses’ annual conference included a Collaboration Lab on Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusivity. Facilitators Rebecca (Becca) Bostock, Associate Editor and Subventions Coordinator at Ohio State University Press, and Dominique (Dom) J. Moore, Acquisitions Editor, at the University of Illinois Press presented the results of a … Continue reading Why We Should All Care about Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion: An Interview with Becca Bostock and Dominique J. Moore
Laura Martin, Wiley | July 15, 2021 None of us have just one identity. The concept of intersectionality highlights how multiple, overlapping identities and identity markers—such as race, class, age, gender, sexuality, and religion—contribute to how marginalized groups experience discrimination. On June 15, 2021, the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC), in collaboration with … Continue reading Guest Post — Intersectionality: Considering Identity When Working Towards a More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Future
August 1, 2020 | Sarah Todd, Quartz A survey from the Center for Talent Innovation sheds light on the problem. A few years ago at a company picnic, I joined a handful of colleagues helping to haul boxes of sandwiches and soft drinks through the park. All of us had signed up for this manual … Continue reading The Number One Reason White Men Give For Not Getting Involved With Diversity and Inclusion
Monday, May 24 | SSP This session highlights some of the barriers that people with different types of disabilities face in their publishing careers, and it will suggest some ways that these could be broken down and overcome. The session will look at the employee lifecycle, from recruitment to onboarding, working and development, assessing how … Continue reading SSP Session — The Glass Ceiling You Don’t Know About Yet: Removing Barriers for People with Disabilities at Work
April 15, 2021 | Talea Anderson The goal of this resource is to support scholarly communication librarians wanting to implement accessibility measures in their open access, open education, and open data initiatives. To be clear, this resource isn’t a how-to manual for achieving accessibility. I would join others in arguing that accessibility isn’t a thing … Continue reading Accessibility Case Studies for Scholarly Communication Librarians and Practitioners
April 22, 2021 | Boardroom MiniCourses There are many people with hearing loss, and you might be surprised how many could be among your colleagues. Making video conferences more accessible for deaf and hard of hearing people helps actually everyone to minimize fatigue, as explains Dr. Christian Vogler in this MiniCourse, sponsored by Destination DC. … Continue reading Make Your Virtual Meetings More Accessible
March 18, 2021 | AUPresses When Lee & Low Books reprised their groundbreaking Diversity Baseline Survey of the US publishing sector in 2019 (DBS 2.0), the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) recruited more than 30 publishers from among our US membership to help form a wider industry pool. The DBS 2.0 report was published in early 2020 … Continue reading University Press Numbers from the Lee & Low Diversity Baseline Survey 2.0
October 20, 2020 | Inc. Workforce diversity and inclusion (D&I) are on the radar at many organizations. But as Lenovo Chief Communications Officer Torod Neptune noted recently, it's often more about supportive statements and pledges than the true leadership and courageous action needed to make it happen. >>Read full post here Originally … Continue reading Diversity in the Workplace: Time for Contemplation
December 3, 2020 | Siri Chilazi and Iris Bohnet Data disclosure can be a powerful tool to change behavior. When done right, the collection, analysis and disclosure of diversity data holds the promise of being a powerful lever for progress. Organizations looking to make the best use of their diversity data must: 1) Present it … Continue reading How to Best Use Data to Meet Your DE&I Goals