We all know it has been a rough spring, and we are focused on larger issues than copyright and licensing. But while we all hunker down and hope for better days, policy and practice issues are not holding still; Congress is still in session, suits are still being brought (or settled), courts are still rendering decisions, and so on.

The meaning of “open science” is in the eye of the beholder. In other words, everyone favors more openness in science, but there are many views on what “openness” entails and how scholarly and scientific publishing should get there.

Publishers must maintain clean, reliable metadata for their content, including about authors, institution, license types, and citations.

CCC’s Shannon Reville details her experiences at the Researcher 2 Reader Conference and what it means for the scholarly publishing ecosystem

Open access is much more than just a publishing business model. When a work of scholarly research is made freely available to readers across the globe, the impact is dramatic.

Copyright Clearance Center introduces enhanced support for transformative agreements with touch-free workflow