ALPSP is committed to supporting equity, diversity and inclusion in all its activities. We have collated the following list of resources to support ALPSP members as they develop and implement EDI/DEIA strategies for their own organizations.

Committees, Forums, Working Groups

• Association of University Presses Equity, Justice, Inclusion & Belonging Committee
• Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC)
• EASE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• EvenUP - A UK and Irish University Presses Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity
• Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing
• SSP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee.

Frameworks

• Diversity and Inclusion Progression Framework 2.0 for Professional Bodies from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Science Council
• A framework for action in scientific publishing - RSC
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Creative Diversity report: ‘What Works’ to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion in the creative sector.

Industry Initiatives, Best Practice and Communities

Broad EDI/DEI initiatives

• Publishers Association list of industry initiatives
• Society for Scholarly Publishing DEI Resource Forum
• CSE DEI Scholarly Resources
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading EDI/DEIA policy, resources and support.

Accessibility and inclusive communications

• Incorporate inclusion into your communications masterclass from The International Bunch
• Accessibility of Cambridge Core
• Accessible publishing best practice guidelines for books publishers
• Inclusive language policy: CSIRO Publishing journals.

Disability

• Publishing Enabled LinkedIn page
• The problem solvers you don't know about yet: valuing disability in the publishing industry
• Scholarly Kitchen posts on disability in publishing.

Race and Ethnicity

• Standard questions for collecting self-reported gender identity, and race and ethnicity data
• IFORS Developing Countries OR Resources
• Anti-racism toolkits for Allies
• https://www.annuity.org/financial-literacy/black-community/
• UK Black Tech stock photography
• https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/contributions-from-women-of-color/
• https://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/publishingpolicies#sensitivities-statements

To help Minority students interested in finding money to help them earn a college degree, see these two papers: 

• elfi.com/scholarships-for-black-african-american-students/
• elfi.com/scholarships-for-latino-hispanic-students/

Writeup on Critical Race Theory (CRT) from Perlego:

• https://www.perlego.com/knowledge/study-guides/what-is-critical-race-theory/.

HR/ Recruitment

• Edinburgh University Press - Best Practice Recruitment Guidelines
• Emerald Publishing culture in recruitment
• Diversity in Research Jobs
• Measuring diversity, Umbrella Analytics
• What are illegal interview questions that you should be looking out for · Career.io.

Gender

• RSC report ‘Is publishing in the chemical sciences gender biased?’
• European Consortium for Political Research Gender Equality Plan
• Annual Gender Studies (participation of Women in ECPR’s activities)
• Women’s Media Group

9 women of colour in the workplace statistics you need to know: 
https://www.fingerprintforsuccess.com/blog/women-of-color-in-the-workplace

https://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/publishingpolicies#1 (name change policies)

To receive the white paper on Women in Leadership contact Abigail Barclay, Search Director at Inspired Selection.

Editorial Boards/Journal Policy

• ‘Who Are the Gatekeepers? An Examination of Diversity in INFORMS Journal Editorial Boards
• How to create a journal diversity, equity & inclusion statement.

Progress Reports

• eLife’s July 2022 update on actions to promote equity, diversity and inclusion
• OUP’s Responsible Publishing Report 2021-22
• SpringerNature’s Sustainable Business Summary 2021
• Wiley’s FY22 ESG and Impact report
• Royal College of Physicians improving EDI/DEIA.

Parachute/helicopter research & Ethics dumping

• PLOS policy on inclusion in global research: Announcing a new PLOS policy on inclusion in global research - The Official PLOS Blog
• Nature policy on helicopter research and ethics dumping: Nature addresses helicopter research and ethics dumping.

Other resources

Research/Surveys

• 2022 Wiley Society Membership survey - EDI is a top priority
• Research Report, The Future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 2021 from HR.com and Wiley Beyond.

Courses/Training/How to

• LinkedIn Learning courses
• Microsoft email accessibility
• Virgin Pulse's "Quick Read" pdfs on Inclusive Culture, Redefining Wellbeing, and Equity vs Equality
• ALPSP Creating an Inclusive Culture course (run yearly).

Accessibility

• Web accessibility evaluation tool
• Read Aloud
• Reader View
• Website accessibility W3
• PDF accessibility
• Website accessibility from WebAIM
• Colourblind support for images etc
• Data Wrappers.

HR/Recruitment/Diversity toolkits

• Bias Interrupters open source toolkits to improve diversity
• Crunchr
• Creative Access resource for paid internships and jobs for people from under-represented backgrounds
• Scope disability research.

Get Involved

If you have resources that should be added to this page, or require any links to be updated, please email us.