Addressing epistemic injustice through the lens of bibliodiversity and diamond open access

Presentation | Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 | 1:45pm – 2:45pm EST

The voices of scholars from the Global South (and poorly resourced institutions in the North) are marginalized. Their peripheral position is the outcome of a neoliberal scholarly communications system that enriches traditional, mainstream Global North corporate publishers who capture and monetize the scholarly lifecycle. This system perpetuates epistemic injustice, a silencing of scholars who are less privileged. Librarians can address epistemic injustice through the lens of critical librarianship by supporting library publishing and scholar-led publishing as well as educating our users about the politics of knowledge production as we seek a more humane and just scholarly ecosystem.

[This discussion will be recorded.]

Presenter: Monica Berger

Monica Berger (she/her/hers), Instruction and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Professor, Library, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, has published and presented extensively on scholarly communications topics. Her monograph Predatory Publishing and Global Scholarly Communications was published in 2024 and her work has evolved to consider key questions and solutions regarding the marginalization of scholars from the Global South. Monica is an avid birder and an aficionado of challenging and noisy music.