Journal Article: “Accountability in the Knowledge Commons: Lessons From Next Generation Library Publishing and the 2022 Values and Principles Summit”

The article (commentary) linked below was published today by Insights.

Title

Accountability in the Knowledge Commons: Lessons From Next Generation Library Publishing and the 2022 Values and Principles Summit

Authors

Sarah Lippincott
Product Owner, Next Generation Library Publishing, Educopia Institute

Katherine Skinner
Independent Contractor, (Previously Educopia Institute)

Source

Insights 35: 20
DOI: 10.1629/uksg.588
Published on 29 Nov 2022

Abstract

Values and principles provide a scaffold for community governance of the knowledge commons, engaging stakeholders in the construction of a system that encourages participants to adhere to a shared set of ethical and functional practices. This article introduces the FOREST Framework for Values-Driven Scholarly Communication, a toolkit and approach developed by the Next Generation Library Publishing project to assess a community or organization’s alignment with scholarly values and principles. The article situates the FOREST Framework within the context of other initiatives advancing values-based scholarly communication and explains the importance of assessment mechanisms as a core element in governing an equitable and sustainable knowledge commons. It also synthesizes the findings of a half-day summit hosted in February 2022 that convened representatives of values-and-principles-based frameworks and initiatives in scholarly communication to strategize a collective future for these efforts.

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