CCC, a leading organization in copyright, knowledge acceleration, and innovation, will be presenting an interactive webcast titled "The State of Scholarly Metadata in 2023: Industry Insights From Around the Globe" on July 20th, at 11 AM EDT/4 PM BST.
The webcast will feature a VIP panel of industry experts who will discuss the importance of prioritizing metadata management for the open scholarly community and explore practical solutions for future publishing workflows. The panel will include Randy Townsend, Editor in Chief of GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing and President of SSP; Ana Heredia, PhD, Affiliate Senior Associate at Maverick Publishing Specialists; and Wolfgang Mayer, Head of E-Resource Management at the University of Vienna. The session will be moderated by Deni Auclair, Media Growth Strategies, and Jamie Carmichael, Senior Director of Information and Content Solutions at CCC.
To register for the webcast, interested individuals can click here. Audience members are encouraged to submit their questions in advance to events@copyright.com.
During the London Book Fair in April, CCC unveiled "The State of Scholarly Metadata: 2023," a visual report conducted in collaboration with Media Growth Strategies. The report highlights the complexities and value of metadata throughout the scholarly research lifecycle. The findings, based on numerous research interviews, shed light on the significant economic and social impact of a fragmented metadata supply chain on researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers, particularly during the transition to Open Access.
At the same event, CCC hosted a Town Hall discussion where a VIP panel shared best practices for developing FAIR research data through culture, training, and technology. Attendees gained insights into identifying indicators of improvement and achieving breakthrough interoperability across research domains.
Following its acquisition of Ringgold, CCC has become a leading provider of persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for the entire scholarly ecosystem. CCC's RightsLink for Scientific Communications (RLSC), a scholarly communications workflow solution for the OA community, has utilized Ringgold identifiers to disambiguate author affiliations related to Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 600,000 Ringgold PIDs and metadata records, the Ringgold Identify Database provides curated organization data to improve data quality, support strategic decision-making, and enhance data interoperability across the scholarly communications ecosystem.
CCC has long been an advocate for identifiers and has supported initiatives such as ORCID and ISNI. The acquisition of Ringgold reaffirms CCC's commitment to promoting data interoperability, addressing market friction, and collaborating with stakeholders to develop solutions together.
CCC actively participates in the evolution of hybrid and pure OA publishing models and brings together key stakeholders from the author, publisher, institution, funding, and vendor communities through roundtables, panel events, webinars, and podcasts. CCC is a member of prominent associations such as OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association), ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers), STM (International Association of STM Publishers), and SSP (Society for Scholarly Publishing).
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