Category: Insights

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 organizations can better serve the 15% of the global workforce that have a disability. We will look at both physical and neurological disabilities, remembering that 80% of disabilities are “invisible”—that is, not visible to others. We will also hear from someone who works to increase disability inclusion in the workplace, offering insight into what some organizations in our sector are doing to be more disability inclusive. You will leave this session with some practical ideas as to what you can do to make your organization more disability confident. The emphasis will be on grassroots initiatives that can be started by individuals, underlining that we all have the ability to help create positive change.

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 that can be “achieved” or “checked off a list.” Rather, it is a process of constant reevaluation, of better understanding the needs of the people libraries are meant to serve. With that said, this resource seeks to inspire further conversation in scholarly communication about how we can adapt our practices to ensure the free and equitable sharing of information.

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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.

And a special introduction by Elliott Ferguson, CEO of Destination DC.

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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 and reflected demographics very similar to the original 2015 DBS. At the Association’s request, Lee & Low Books and survey coauthors Laura M. Jiménez and Betsy Beckert of Boston University’s Wheelock College isolated and analyzed the university press data, representing 926 individual responses out of just over 1500 staff contacted.

 

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Originally published by AUP

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.

 

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Originally published by Inc.com

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 in a way that’s simple, salient and comparable; 2) Leverage it to empower the right people to act; 3) Use it to set goals that create accountability and increase follow-through; and 4) Leverage it to shift social norms around DEI.

 

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Originally published by Harvard Business Review

June 30, 2020 | WBT Systems

As leaders in your industry, associations have a responsibility to help their staff, volunteers and members know and do better. By providing diversity, equity and inclusion education, you set an example for others in your industry and ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to advance in their career.

 

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Originally published by WBT Systems

December 9, 2020 | Stronger by Association Podcast

Host Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE, ASAE’s SVP of Public Policy welcomes co-host Robb Lee, ASAE’s Chief Marketing and Product Strategy Officer for a series of personal and poignant interviews about DEI and the current landscape resulting from the news-making injustices of 2020 and systemic racism of years past.

Click here to listen to this podcast.

 

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Originally Published in The Power of A

February 10, 2021 | Heather Dowdy, Accessibility Change Agent

 

The Microsoft #AIforAccessibility program is now calling for proposals that leverage AI to build and advance equity in education for students with disabilities. Check out this AI for Accessibility video featuring past grantees and how to apply for a grant.

 

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Originally published by Microsoft

 

January 25, 2021 | Nancy Roberts, Business Inclusivity/Umbrella and ALPSP Tutor

Amidst all the turbulence of 2020, one striking positive was an increased attention to diversity and inclusion, sparked in particular by the death of George Floyd and the global Black Lives Matter movement. Society, it would seem, is increasingly unprepared to tolerate discrimination of the basis of social demographics, and that is something to be warmly welcomed.

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Originally published in ALPSP