The people at knowledge organisations deserve greater literacy and agency within the processes of publishing. The work of OSCU Publishing is as much to facilitate publishing projects as it is to provide education and accessibility on an activity that is integral to, yet too long alienated from, scholarship. We assert that by wresting the power of publishing into the hands of the people who act themselves as the infrastructure for science and progress, rather than those who extract from it, we can imagine mutually beneficial systems, rebuild trust between institutions and society, and generate more inclusive and vibrant forms of scholarly exploration and participation.
An open statement from the Open Science Community Utrecht. Read the full piece here.
