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The Steering Committee would like to invite you to participate in a Rapid Response Sprint on Thursday, February 13. See below for details. Purpose: To assemble resources and provide support to C4DISC member and partner organizations and community members as they respond to the current political landscape around DEIA work. Format: This will be a day-long, drop-in … Continue reading Invitation to C4DISC Rapid Response Sprint, 13 February 2025

The next C4DISC Community of Practice call will be on December 12, 2024 at 11 am Eastern / 4 pm UK. Time converter link. The theme this time is navigating difficult interpersonal situations. For professionals in scholarly publishing, these situations can arise across hierarchical lines, between colleagues of diverse backgrounds, and with various stakeholders in the … Continue reading December 12 Community of Practice Call – Navigating Difficult Interpersonal Situations

Thursday, October 24, 2024 https://youtu.be/9lzgdFFOCCg   The field of scholarly publishing faces significant challenges related to DEIA, and gender is one critical dimension that demands attention. While women are in many roles within publishing, there are too few leading publishing houses. Improvement is needed, and this session focuses on the role of women in leadership. … Continue reading Recording available: Women Leaders in Scholarly Publishing: Empowering Self and Inspiring Others

Date and Time: Thursday, October 24, 2024 11:00 (Eastern) | 08:00 (Pacific) | 17:00 (CET) | 16:00 (BST)  The field of scholarly publishing faces significant challenges related to DEIA, and gender is one critical dimension that demands attention. While women are in many roles within publishing, there are too few leading publishing houses. Improvement is … Continue reading Forthcoming Webinar: Women Leaders in Scholarly Publishing: Empowering Self and Inspiring Others

The next C4DISC Community of Practice call will be on October 10, 2024 at 11 am Eastern / 4 pm UK. Time converter link. The theme this time is AI - the aim of this session is to introduce AI in relation to DEIA and have a very broad discussion about the impact on publishing and … Continue reading October 10 Community of Practice Call – AI and DEIA

Produced by the Society for Scholarly Publishing Mental Health Task Force Date and Time: 5 September  – 11:00 (Eastern) | 08:00 (Pacific) | 17:00 (CET) | 16:00 (BST) We do our best work when we can bring our full selves to the job. When we feel comfortable taking risks and making mistakes without fear of … Continue reading Webinar: Fostering Psychological Safety in the Workplace: An Intro for Scholarly Publishers

The next C4DISC Community of Practice call will be on August 15, 2024 at 11 am Eastern / 4 pm UK. As we may we have a lighter attendance due to summer, this will be an open call without a specific theme. We will use the time to hear what is going on in each other's … Continue reading August 15 DEIA Community of Practice Call

The next C4DISC Community of Practice call will be on June 13, 2024 at 11 am Eastern / 4 pm UK. The topic will be Accessibility. Time converter link Participants will have breakout room discussions around any aspect of this topic they wish to bring and we will come together for the last part of the call to … Continue reading June 13 DEIA Community of Practice Call – Accessibility