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EvenUP: A case study of building cross-publisher collaboration on equity, diversity, inclusivity and belonging

Authors :
Anthony Cond
Tasneem Bhopalwala
Valarie Guagnini
Source :
Insights: The UKSG Journal, Vol 36, Pp 16-16 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Ubiquity Press, 2023.

Abstract

This case study charts the building of an informal collaboration in the scholarly publishing ecosystem to bring like-minded presses together to enhance Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity and Belonging (EDIB) practice. It is not intended to be a step-by-step guide on EDIB because excellent introductory resources for publishers already exist, nor is it a theoretically informed explication of collaborative advantage. Instead, it is a messy narrative of how university presses founded in 1534 through to 2022, with outputs ranging from more than 6,000 books a year to not having published a single book yet, could come together with openness to try and push forward a moral imperative. We share this experience, as a group of university press publishers, in case it helps others considering informal modes of collaboration to drive change.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20487754
Volume :
36
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Insights: The UKSG Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.978132b08d1a46b1a010a771de253c57
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.623