C4DISC believes in valuing the skills and viewpoints of professionals from diverse backgrounds who have historically had less representation in scholarly communications. This approach sparks innovation, supports sustainability and produces research that better serves diverse academic communities — which complements STM’s current work in the social responsibility realm.

“C4DISC’s mission closely aligns with STM’s work in social responsibility, which seeks to create a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable world while advancing trusted research,” STM CEO Caroline Sutton said. “We have already been working to support our members in prioritising diversity, inclusion and accessibility and meeting the SDGs. We look forward to collaborating with C4DISC and its members to build further momentum to advance this work.”

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Read more about C4DISC here.

Learn about STM’s Social Responsibility efforts. 

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“STM, along with our member organisations, is actively working to ensure everyone can benefit from scientific advancements,” said STM CEO Caroline Sutton. “This commitment aligns with our strategic focus areas and STM’s core values of Inclusion, Integrity, Impact and Collaboration.” 

STM’s statement draws specific attention to how STM members are working to support Articles 19 and 27 of the Declaration. This includes respecting, protecting and advocating for academic freedom; and fostering collaboration and participation across geographies and disciplines.

Read the Official Statement

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“This Roadmap was crafted collectively by STM members from across the globe,” said Rachel Martin, Global Director of Sustainability at Elsevier and Chair of the STM Social Responsibility committee. “We’re committed to translating these ambitions into tangible outcomes.” While Level 1 offers publishers a foundation for getting started, Level 2 is where you can move from planning to action using the provided tools, templates and actionable blueprints. Inside, you’ll be guided to:

Embed SDG commitments deeply within your organization

Mobilize communities for action

Implement systematic changes for transformative outcomes

“Each step we take brings us closer to our goals,” said Martin.

Join us: https://www.stm-assoc.org/sdg-roadmap-home/

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“Under such difficult conditions, free access to electronic resources of scientific information is especially important for Ukrainian scientists,” Kudriavets wrote. “Maintaining such access will help them to continue effectively their scientific activities. That is why we will be grateful to the Research4Life Partner Publishers for maintaining access for Ukrainian scientists to the electronic resources of scientific information provided on the Research4Life platform during 2023 and 2024.”

Research4Life continues to look for ways to support Ukraine during this time of conflict. In addition to extending Ukraine’s free access to Research4Life through 2024, the partnership also explores opportunities such as translating massive online open courses (MOOCs) into Ukrainian and supporting publishers who waive processing fees for open access, marking a resilient path forward for Ukraine’s researchers amid ongoing adversity. Ukraine has also strengthened its local research community by joining the Research4Life Country Connectors Network, made up of local library representatives who foster a community of evidence users.

Since its founding in 2001, Research4Life has become a driving force for equality in research publishing by providing access to free and low-cost academic content and training in information literacy and research communication. It fosters inclusion and equity through partnerships with UN agencies, universities, and over 200 publisher partners. The collaboration’s reach extends to 11,000 institutions across 125 countries, fueled by volunteer efforts and initiatives like Friends of Research4Life. 

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Hosted by the National Academy of Sciences last week, we heard about the impressive work of our R4L ‘Country Connectors’ – library representatives from the Republic of Tanzania, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Bhutan and Ghana. Start up funding has been provided by the Elsevier Foundation, recently joined by Springer. Led by Blessing Mawire, our team is building a community of evidence users in country, assisting with researcher and librarian training, understanding blockers to access, routes to publishing and taking action. By 2024 we will have 15 Country Connectors including the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine with support from the Ministry of Education & Science.

The power of local community building is clear: to engage with lapsed institutions, to aid password to IP transition, to set up new access in smaller institutions, to run writing-up workshops, deliver subject-based research skills training. The longer term goal is to develop an ambassador network to future-proof the Connector model, working successfully in Kenya. Many of our Connectors are setting up WhatsApp groups to engage with user queries and communicate training, but equally they are building south-south collaborations — for example, Tanzania and Bhutan sharing repository set-up knowledge. Opportunities to stimulate local publishing are kicking off too with publisher workshops assessing local needs in Ghana and Tanzania.

Working in a home office environment means you can sometimes miss the deeper level of connection to your work. Meeting everyone last week was a wonderful reminder that R4L is doing work rich with meaning and purpose. We’d love more publishers to get involved beyond your generous donation of content. Contact Sarah@stm-assoc.org.

STM R4L DC July 2023

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The roadmap offers practical suggestions, starting with small steps like signing the SDG Publishers’ Compact and sending a questionnaire to gather your colleagues’ views about SDGs. Later, it guides you through selecting the SDGs that are most relevant to your organisation, nominating individual(s) to coordinate SDG efforts and more.

Our goal is to have at least 50% of STM members sign up. Will you join us in supporting sustainability and social responsibility?

Explore the roadmap & sign up here.

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