Library Technology Guides

PLOS adopts CCC Ringgold Identify Database as its PID Solution. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announced The Public Library of Science has adopted the industry-leading Ringgold Identify Database as its Persistent Identifier solution to streamline organizational data, helping power its Open Access publishing process with reliability and inclusivity. [Full Announcement].

The American Society for Microbiology adopts CCC RightsLink for Scientific Communications to manage its growing open access program. CCC, a leading provider of Open Access workflow solutions, announces the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), has adopted RightsLink for Scientific Communications to manage its growing OA program. [Full Announcement].

CCC to host Workflow of the Future virtual event focused on standards & sustainability. The Copyright Clearance Center will host its next virtual Workflow of the Future event on Thursday, 8 December at 11:00 am EST focused on standards and sustainability. Industry experts will discuss how standards help businesses prioritize the environment. They will also explore how standards development organizations are finding new ways to make it easier for engineers and researchers to access these authoritative materials while protecting intellectual property and respecting copyright. [Full Announcement].

The Women's Edge and The Boston Globe Again Name CCC to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. The Women's Edge together with its partner The Boston Globe, announced CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering Innovation, was named to the 22nd annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts list. [Full Announcement].

Morressier Integrates with CCC's Ringgold Identify Database to Improve Data Interconnectivity for Early-Stage Research. Morressier is now integrating CCC Ringgold Identifiers in its service offering to improve data transparency in early-stage research. As the ecosystem of scholarly communication becomes increasingly more interconnected, high-quality data is needed. That data is difficult to capture and manage without persistent identifiers, which enable data interoperability across the research lifecycle. Ringgold offers the industry-leading solution for organizational identifiers. The company became part of CCC in May 2022. [Full Announcement].

UK AI Tech-Bio Company, Biorelate, and CCC Announce Strategic Integration. Biorelate and CCC announced a strategic integration. Biorelate's customers will immediately have the option to access subscription-only scholarly article content in XML format licensed through and delivered by CCC's RightFind XML platform. With this XML integrated into Biorelate's Galactic AI platform, Biopharma companies can now work with the combined services to automatically curate biomedical data from millions of additional full-text articles, revealing previously unseen biomedical insights. [Full Announcement].

New CCC Tool Could Accelerate OA Agreements. Copyright Clearance Center has launched a new automated, data-driven tool designed to improve content providers' ability to generate the clean, actionable information required to craft agreements with research institutions and funders of open-access publishing. [Full Announcement].

CCC Launches OA Agreement Intelligence. CCC, a leading provider of Open Access workflow solutions, has launched OA Agreement Intelligence, the only agreement modeling solution that enables publishers to prepare, build, and analyze their OA data so that they can create and communicate sustainable and transparent agreements with their partners. The solution combines sophisticated data preprocessing with easy-to-use analysis and export capabilities. [Full Announcement].

David Foster Named Chairman of CCC Board of Directors. Copyright Clearance Center announced the appointment of David Foster as Chairman of its Board of Directors. [Full Announcement].

New features in CCC Marketplace help publishers engage with leading medical communications professionals. CCC announced powerful new permissions and project management capabilities for medical communications professionals on CCC Marketplace, a one-stop shop for licensing requests and article reprints. Medical communications professionals can now visit CCC Marketplace and follow a single workflow process to license content from a number of leading STM publisher partners for reuse in medical communications projects. Publisher partners that choose to offer reuse rights through CCC Marketplace have a streamlined workflow, using CCC Publisher Portal to communicate with the requestor, price and approve orders, and search a complete history of prior medical communications requests. [Full Announcement].

New features in CCC Marketplace help publishers engage with leading medical communications professionals. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announced powerful new permissions and project management capabilities for medical communications professionals on CCC Marketplace, a one-stop shop for licensing requests and article reprints. [Full Announcement].

Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Participating in CCC's Annual Copyright License for Curriculum and Instruction. Copyright Clearance Center announced Evan-Moor Educational Publishers as the newest publisher participating in its Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction. Nearly 60 publishers have joined the license since its launch in July 2021. The ACLCI addresses the diverse licensing needs of EdTech providers, core and supplemental curriculum developers, and custom publishing companies, as well as U.S. State Departments of Education and K-12 school districts. [Full Announcement].

CCC announces acquisition of Ringgold, leading provider of organization identifiers in scholarly communications. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has acquired Ringgold, a longstanding provider of persistent organization identifiers widely used by the scholarly communications community. With offices in the US and UK, Ringgold is now a wholly owned subsidiary of CCC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. [Full Announcement].

CCCs Roy Kaufman named to the board of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance. Copyright Clearance Center, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations, has been appointed to the Board of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance. [Full Announcement].

CCC Exceeds 1,000 Institutions and Funders on its RightsLink for Scientific Communications Platform. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces that it has surpassed 1,000 institutions and funders on its RightsLink for Scientific Communications platform. RLSC is the most widely adopted, community-led market solution to support Open Access agreements. It is trusted by more than 30 leading publishers representing over 2,600 journals to simplify the management of OA agreements among publishers, institutions and funders in more than 60 countries. [Full Announcement].

Search with EBSCO Discovery Service using RightFind. Market-leading content discovery and award-winning content management have been combined in a single platform with CCC's partnership with EBSCO Information Services. [Full Announcement].

Copyright Clearance Center announces RightsLink for Scientific Communications. Copyright Clearance Center announces the release of RightsLink for Scientific Communications, formerly RightsLink Author, which builds on a market-leading platform to help publishers quickly model and support a wide variety of transformative agreements. Moreover, CCC offers professional services that help organizations address the ever-evolving user expectations, promote a data-driven culture, and drive business model innovation. [Full Announcement].

Copyright Clearance Center announces RightFind Suite for emerging life science companies. Copyright Clearance Center and its wholly-owned subsidiary, RightsDirect, announce the RightFind suite for emerging life science companies. This content workflow solution provides fast, easy access to a full range of published content – anytime, anywhere – providing a more efficient research process and competitive advantage. [Full Announcement].

Copyright Clearance Center names Jill Shuman as Director of Product Engagement. Copyright Clearance Center announced the appointment of Jill Shuman as Director of Product Engagement. In this role, Shuman will focus on customer engagement and development of products and services that meet their emerging needs. [Full Announcement].

Copyright Clearance Center Launches RightFind Insight, Transforming Scientific Research. Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global leader in content management, licensing, discovery and delivery solutions, today announced the release of RightFind® Insight, a groundbreaking scientific research solution. RightFind Insight was developed through CCC’s continuing partnership with Cambridge, UK-based SciBite, a leading provider of semantic solutions for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. [Full Announcement].