Trust and Integrity: A Research Imperative (A Joint Statement From ACRL, ARL, AUPresses, STM, & SSP)
From the Joint Statement (via The Scholarly Kitchen):
This year has brought unprecedented challenges to the U.S. research enterprise – sweeping federal funding cuts, capricious reductions in the federal workforce, and destabilizing attacks on universities, laboratories, and federal research agencies.
More than simply a policy shift, these actions adversely affect America’s scientific enterprise and will negatively reshape higher education for generations. These disruptions are not merely a flashpoint, but underscore a deeper crisis: a loss of public trust in the essential role of American research and scholarship in driving economic growth, innovation, and the public good.
Libraries and publishers represent the interests of thousands of authors, readers, scientists, researchers, students, and lifelong learners. While we don’t always agree, we are speaking out together to convey our shared commitment to the integrity, trustworthiness, accessibility, and continuity of the scientific and cultural record. Today, we stand united to face the mounting risks to public trust and the social benefit that research delivers.
Read the Complete Statement (about 580 words)
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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