The Newest Edition of The State of Scholarly Metadata Report Will Provide an Updated Snapshot of the Current Metadata Supply Chain and Highlight Industry Initiatives to Improve Metadata Management Across the Research Lifecycle

May 23, 2024 – Danvers, Mass. –  CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces that the newest edition of The State of Scholarly Metadata report, which depicts the complexities and value of scholarly publishing metadata, will be made available at the 2024 Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) 46^th Annual Meeting 29-31 May at the Westin Boston Seaport District.

The CCC team will be in Booth #403 to unveil recent updates to The State of Scholarly Metadata interactive report, which includes a snapshot of the current metadata supply chain and an examination of the significant economic and social impact for researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers on the journey to Open Access (OA). Based on direct input from the community, the report now showcases important initiatives working to improve metadata management. The report will be available online via the CCC website.

CCC is also hosting four sessions at the SSP Annual Meeting:

“As the 46^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing comes to our hometown of Boston, the team at CCC is looking forward to connecting with publishers, institutions, researchers, funders, and others on important topics in the scholarly publishing community,” said Emily Sheahan, Vice President & Managing Director, CCC.

CCC recently hosted “Publishers, Copyright & AI: Taking Action” at the 2024 London Book Fair where executives from leading scholarly publishers discussed topics at the intersection of publishing, copyright, and AI. The London Book Fair panel followed a series of CCC Town Hall events on the topic of AI:

Founded in 1978, CCC provides copyright licensing solutions, information services, and software solutions. CCC is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) workplace. CCC’s DEI Employee Resource Group launched a pilot Girls Who Code team at the elementary school level in 2023 and piloted the first chapter north of Boston last year. CCC is a member of the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC), whose mission is to accelerate innovation, growth, and development of an inclusive tech ecosystem in Massachusetts, and is also a member of the North Shore Juneteenth Association, an emerging 501 (c)(3) organization of community leaders creating awareness about Juneteenth, educating the community about positive aspects of Black American culture, and dismantling racism by using events and programming as tools of change. To learn more about CCC, visit https://www.copyright.com/.