COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and resources are excellent to understand ethical editorial practices and peer review standards.
Open Access Publishing resources-OASPA
ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit provides a clear introduction to publishing workflows and best practices. Check the research lifecycle in the same page.
A short guide to Ethical editing for new editors COPE
The Creative Commons-CC website support creators choose a license, understand what permissions each one gives, and apply it to their work so others know how it can be shared or reused.
CC License chooser page helps you choose the right Creative Commons license for your work. It asks a few simple questions about how you want others to use your work such as like sharing, adapting, or using it commercially and then gives you the license that matches your preferences.
SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) offers great primers on licensing and author rights.
European Science Foundation-ESF: present a strategy for rights retention in the OA .