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The Library Publishing Coalition has launched an <span style="color: rgb(18, 100, 163);">
<a href="https://us.list-manage.com/6yIHFQtQXWJ?e=9b2b294ba6&c2id=12e73a7f0d540fdcaa8b7b1e0baa3024" target="_blank" id="OWAf3faa767-ce65-4303-9dc6-4509dfe87e53" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(18, 100, 163);">AI Editorial Policy
Guide</a></span> or <a href="https://librarypublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AI-Editorial-Policy-Guide-LPC-2026.pdf">
https://librarypublishing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AI-Editorial-Policy-Guide-LPC-2026.pdf</a></div>
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The guide provides practical advice on how to develop and maintain an AI editorial policy, including the importance of establishing a working group, consulting stakeholders, defining the scope and purpose of the policy and setting up a process for review and
ongoing updates.</div>
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It also outlines key elements that journals may wish to include, such as guidance for authors, editors and peer reviewers; expectations around transparency and disclosure; accountability for the accuracy of submitted work; and cautions around privacy, intellectual
property and the use of unpublished manuscript content in generative AI tools.</div>
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The document includes examples of existing AI policies from journals and publishers, as well as further resources that may help editorial teams develop policies suited to their own journal context.</div>
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