An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing

July 26, 2018 – The Library Publishing Coalition is excited to announce the publication of An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing, Version 1.0.

Inspired by discussions at the 2017 Library Publishing Forum, the Framework introduces library publishers to important ethical considerations in a variety of areas and provides concrete recommendations for ethical scholarly publishing. As the version number in the title suggests, this is meant to be an evolving document – to be updated and expanded over time. We would love to hear from the community about how this document is useful to you and how it could be improved – please email contact@librarypublishing.org with feedback and suggestions!

The Framework is now available in HTML and PDF, both of which can be accessed via LPC’s Resources page. Many thanks to Purdue University Libraries for their production support and for hosting the PDF version of the document! https://librarypublishing.org/resources/#publications

The Framework is released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, so it can be freely copied, distributed, and built upon. However, where possible, please link to the version of record rather than reposting, to help us track the document’s impact and to ensure that the latest version is easily discoverable.

Ethical Framework for Library Publishing Task Force:

    Jason Boczar, University of South Florida

    Nina Collins, Purdue University

    Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative

    Terri Fishel, Macalester College

    Valerie Horton, Minitex

    Harrison W. Inefuku, Iowa State University

    Sarah Melton, Boston College Libraries

    Joshua Neds-Fox, Wayne State University

    Wendy C. Robertson, University of Iowa

    Charlotte Roh, University of San Francisco

    Jaclyn Sipovic, University of Michigan

    Camille Thomas, Texas Tech University Libraries

    Monica Westin, California Digital Library