The first Toolkit for Equity, Toolkit for Organizations, was founded in The Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute. Please consider submitting a proposal for this event. The Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute invites you to participate in SCI 2022, its seventh year in North Carolina’s Research Triangle region. This year’s theme will be Reckoning, Care, and Repair, and the program will take place … Continue reading Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute
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New data show that female attendance at virtual science and engineering meetings grew by as much as 253%, and gender queer scientist attendance jumped 700%. Online conferences are attended by move diverse audiences than in-person events. The transformation of in-person science and engineering conferences to virtual events due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has not just reduced … Continue reading When scientific conferences went online, diversity and inclusion soared
Nature Sustainability | December 9, 2021 Conferences disseminate research, grow professional networks and train employees. Unfortunately, they also contribute to climate change and present barriers to achieving a socially sustainable work environment. Here, we analyse the recent impact of transforming in-person conferences into virtual conferences on improving diversity, equity and inclusion in science and … Continue reading Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?
C4DISC is honored and excited to announce that we’ve passed our 100-member milestone! The Coalition was founded by 10 trade and professional associations across the publishing and scholarly communications industry. We set out to discuss and address the diversity and inclusion issues we face as a community. When we came together, we had the … Continue reading Passed our 100-member milestone for Adoptees of the Statement of Principles!
The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion has launched a comprehensive glossary that aims to provide a reference for anyone interested in terminology used within inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. https://ccdi.ca/media/3150/ccdi-glossary-of-terms-eng.pdf
Jess Lamar Reece Holler | November 25, 2020 The Marion Voices Folklife + Oral History Program has worked, over the past three years, to develop & cultivate a critical model for bringing together economic justice + racial justice organizing in the community-based cultural work sectors. We call this model equity budgeting. True to its name, equity budgeting holds that … Continue reading Equity Budgeting: A Manifesto
C4DISC UPDATES STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES October 25, 2021 --- The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC), formed to discuss and address issues of diversity and inclusion within our industry, has updated their Joint Statement of Principles. In principle and in practice, collectively, C4DISC member and partner organizations value and seek accessibility, diversity, … Continue reading C4DISC Updates Statement of Principles
August 25, 2021 | Dawn Durante Guest post by Becca Bostock, associate editor and subventions coordinator, Ohio State University Press and Dominique J. Moore, acquisitions editor, University of Illinois Press A little background: when we met, we were an assistant editor and a Mellon Diversity Fellow at the same university press (UP). We had similar … Continue reading Show Me the Money: Talking about Dollars in a Way that Makes More Sense
August 25, 2021 A new diversity, equity, and inclusion resource for scholarly publishing professionals, the Antiracism Toolkit for Organizations was published today by Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) and Toolkits for Equity in Scholarly Publishing project volunteers. A cross-organizational effort, the toolkit is the second in a series of three focused on antiracism; additional toolkits … Continue reading Antiracism Toolkit for Organizations Now Available to Help Build Equity and Promote Antiracist Workplace Culture in Scholarly Publishing
September 20-24, 2021 | Aries Industry Advisory Board At the June Aries Industry Advisory Board (AIAB) meeting, Alice Meadows, Director of Community Engagement, NISO and SSP President (2021-22), joined as our guest speaker, leading an exploratory discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in scholarly publishing. Board members from leading industry organizations shared their current and future … Continue reading Join the Discussion: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing