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Foreword

ACRL has a longstanding commitment to accelerating the transition to a more open system of scholarship through education, political advocacy, coalition building, and research. In January 2000, an ACRL task force on scholarly communications began discussing how ACRL might contribute to shaping and envisioning the future of scholarly communications. In the task force’s January 2002 report, they recommended that ACRL, as one of its highest strategic priorities, be actively engaged in working to reshape the current system of scholarly communications.

Based on the recommendations in the report, ACRL launched its scholarly communication initiative in spring 2002, establishing a new standing committee of the ACRL Board of Directors. Now, nearly two decades since that task force was formed, ACRL’s commitment to reshaping the system of scholarly communications remains strong. With leadership from ACRL’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee (ReSEC), the association has developed numerous programs and services to address what has remained one of ACRL’s primary strategic goals, including issuing scholarly communications research agendas in 2004 and 2007. In spring 2017, ReSEC recommended not only updating the 2007 research agenda but also broadening the scope to specifically include voices from historically underrepresented communities and those with different ways of knowing and making meaning.

Association of College and Research Libraries. Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future. Prepared by Nancy Maron and Rebecca Kennison with Paul Bracke, Nathan Hall, Isaac Gilman, Kara Malenfant, Charlotte Roh, and Yasmeen Shorish. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019. https:// doi.org/10.5860/acrl.1