Non-profit copyright licensing solution provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has expanded its use of Rightslink. Rightslink is an online service from CCC that provides a content licensing solution for publishers. By expanding its use of the Rightslink service, AIP seeks to provide a quick and easy way for authors and customers to order reprints, purchase published works and manage charge processing in an efficient, online environment.
AIP initially implemented Rightslink in 2004 to manage permission requests. The expanded implementation integrates Rightslink with the publisher's manuscript processing system, enabling AIP and its publisher partners to provide links to authors throughout the manuscript processing schedule that take the author directly into the order processing system. Authors can select the product and/or service they wish to purchase and pay online via credit card or request an invoice for offline payment. All these features have been integrated into AIP's standard communications with the authors, replacing the need for time-consuming and labor-intensive author forms, faxes and email requests.
Rightslink's real-time management system provides AIP with an instantaneous view into daily operations. The system will also be integrated with AIP's print suppliers so that orders will flow seamlessly into the appropriate print workflow.
Rightslink is tagged on more than 17 million articles and manages hundreds of millions of rights globally. It is in use with more than 3,000 scientific, academic and professional journals and hundreds of leading publications, including Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, IEEE, Nature Publishing and many more.
