{"product_id":"open-and-equitable-scholarly-communications","title":"Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications","description":"Prepared by Nancy Maron and Rebecca Kennison with Paul Bracke, Nathan Hall, Isaac Gilman, Kara Malenfant, Charlotte Roh, and Yasmeen Shorish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many years, the academic and research library workforce has worked to accelerate the transition to more open, inclusive, and equitable systems of scholarship. Enacting change in the scholarly communications environment is complicated by a broad range of issues that need to be addressed: the challenges of the global digital divide and information inequality, decolonization, democratization, the politics of technology, privilege (or lack thereof), the public or common good, unbiased policymaking, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpen and Equitable Scholarly Communications\u003c\/i\u003e is an action-oriented research agenda designed to provide practical, actionable information for academic librarians; include the perspectives of historically underrepresented communities in order to expand the profession’s understanding of research environments and scholarly communication systems; and point librarians and other scholars toward important research questions to investigate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized into three major priority areas—People, Content, and Systems—each area includes actions that can be taken now and ideas for further research:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbracing Diversity and Inclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproving the Working Lives of People Engaged in Scholarly Communications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncreasing Awareness Concerning Creators’ Rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsidering How Value is Assigned to Scholarly Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating More Representative and Open Collections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupporting Sustainable Technological Infrastructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating Systems That Permit More Access to More People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding Mission-Aligned Organizational and Financial Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvancing Innovation in Academic Libraries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAccompanying the agenda are extensive appendices, including an essay on issues of social justice in scholarly communications that have informed this agenda, findings from an online survey, and an annotated list of recommended readings. With your engagement, the effective practices and important research questions in \u003ci\u003eOpen and Equitable Scholarly Communications\u003c\/i\u003e can help accelerate the transformation of the scholarly communications system.","brand":"Association of College \u0026 Research Libraries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56797031465304,"sku":"9780838946237","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780838946237_5caeda70-d35e-4586-a4a9-cab73b2cd967.jpg?v=1778786127","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/open-and-equitable-scholarly-communications","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}