Creating a more inclusive journal: the Journal of the Medical Library Association's evolving process for selecting editorial board members.

ABSTRACT: The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) selects new editorial board members every year. In the spring of 2021, JMLA used a new process for reviewing and selecting applicants for the limited number of open editorial board positions. This reevaluation of the selection process was spurred by a desire to create a more diverse and representative board. Changes to the procedures for selecting new editorial board members included having an open call for editorial board members, creating an application form, creating a selection committee to screen applicants, creating a form for the selection committee to extract data from applications, and creating a two-step process for screening and then selecting board members. As part of construction of this new process, areas for

SUBMITTER: Henderson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830382 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature