Fwd: Global consultation: Equitable scholarly communication for the implementation of Open Science

[Sridhar Gutam]

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From: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library <library...@un.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 at 19:52
Subject: Global consultation: Equitable scholarly communication for the implementation of Open Science
To: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library <library...@un.org>

Dear Colleague,

The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce a global consultation on a draft policy brief addressing equity in scholarly communication for the implementation of open science, a direct outcome of the 4th UN Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference. Produced by UNESCO in close collaboration with the Library, the brief will become part of the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit.

Open science is a cornerstone of the Pact for the Future and is essential for transparent, inclusive, and equity-based multilateralism. It provides the enabling environment for the achievement of the SDGs. Equitable scholarly communication is a practical means of realizing the vision of open science, in line with UN and UNESCO policies. Scholarly communication encompasses the processes by which researchers, scholars, and scientists share, disseminate, and preserve their findings and knowledge – and it includes academic publishing, peer review, open access, data sharing and the infrastructure and economic models that govern how knowledge moves from creation to public use.

The policy brief examines the history of scholarly communication in relation to equity, highlighting both the opportunities created and its unintended consequences. It identifies key equity-related challenges and recommends pathways for building more equitable scholarly communication systems by addressing those challenges. The document is intended to assist policymakers, scientists, researchers, librarians, publishers and other stakeholders.

Share your inputs and comments

All interested stakeholders are invited to review this brief and provide feedback.

Please download the PDF, add comments directly in the document, and email it to opens...@unesco.org with the subject line “Feedback on equitable scholarly communication”. Alternatively, you may provide your feedback in the body of the email as a written response, without annotating the PDF, while clearly referencing the relevant paragraph numbers of the brief.

The deadline for comments is 13 April 2026.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please email opens...@unesco.org

Dag Hammarskjöld Library

Department of Global Communications

www.un.org/library