Restore Fully Free and Open Access to the ACM Digital Library
323 Comments
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L Labelle
10 months ago
I came for the donuts
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Torsten Grust
10 months ago
ACM member since 2008, conference + workshop organizer, author, reviewer
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Rob Arthan
10 months ago
The ACM Digital Library is an invaluable resource. If the ACM denies free access to metadata, it is shooting itself in the foot.
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Simson Garfinkel
10 months ago
If the Author pages are not open, authors will need to find another place to showcase their writing.
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Bart Massey
10 months ago
I will be ending my ACM membership unless free access is restored. Stop being gross.
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Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog
10 months ago
ACM should lead the way to Open
Access to the DL for all computing scientists.
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Holger Hoos
10 months ago
As an ACM Fellow I call upon the ACM leadership to reconsider the decision to put important features, including commentary produced by volunteers, behind a paywall.
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Reinhard von Hanxleden
10 months ago
Who if not ACM should stay at the forefront of open access.
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Josep Silva Galiana
10 months ago
Open is open
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nuno guimaraes
10 months ago
Open should be open. ACM Senior Member, member since 1990
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Stephan Schulz
10 months ago
Knowledge should be free - especially knowledge collected and maintained by scientific organisations such as the ACM.
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Jaap Kamps
10 months ago
I have access to Premium Features through institutional and personal subscriptions. However, full metadata should be openly shared and reuse encouraged—in the true spirit of open science. In fact, we should view ACM Open as just a first step toward full diamond open access.
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Ross Gayler
10 months ago
I applaud the spirit of ACM Open and strongly condemn the new
metadata/search/commentary paywall at the ACM Digital Library (DL). Let’s keep papers as accessible as possible for *everyone*, regardless of status and employment.
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Roger Haskin
10 months ago
Ph.D., Computer Science, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Research Staff Emeritus, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose California
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Marc Rotenberg
10 months ago
When I read the recent ACM statement about the DL, I was surprised to see a paywall provision in an open-access announcement. I thought it was a mistake. In retrospect, it was a mistake.
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Peter Froehlich
10 months ago
Everybody wants open access, nobody wants AI summaries, especially not if they are on average less accurate than the author-provided summaries we've been calling "abstracts" for a really long time. Stop trying to jump on some stupid bandwagon and get back to providing the service we want you to provide.
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Anonymous
10 months ago
Don't slow the velocity of research -- keep information freely available.
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Djoerd Hiemstra
10 months ago
Also, please go diamond open access
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Joaquim Jorge
10 months ago
ACM Member since 1989
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Rishiyur S Nikhil
10 months ago
The penniless student should be your target audience, first and foremost.
I came for the donuts
ACM member since 2008, conference + workshop organizer, author, reviewer
The ACM Digital Library is an invaluable resource. If the ACM denies free access to metadata, it is shooting itself in the foot.
If the Author pages are not open, authors will need to find another place to showcase their writing.
I will be ending my ACM membership unless free access is restored. Stop being gross.
ACM should lead the way to Open Access to the DL for all computing scientists.
As an ACM Fellow I call upon the ACM leadership to reconsider the decision to put important features, including commentary produced by volunteers, behind a paywall.
Who if not ACM should stay at the forefront of open access.
Open is open
Open should be open. ACM Senior Member, member since 1990
Knowledge should be free - especially knowledge collected and maintained by scientific organisations such as the ACM.
I have access to Premium Features through institutional and personal subscriptions. However, full metadata should be openly shared and reuse encouraged—in the true spirit of open science. In fact, we should view ACM Open as just a first step toward full diamond open access.
I applaud the spirit of ACM Open and strongly condemn the new metadata/search/commentary paywall at the ACM Digital Library (DL). Let’s keep papers as accessible as possible for *everyone*, regardless of status and employment.
Ph.D., Computer Science, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Research Staff Emeritus, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose California
When I read the recent ACM statement about the DL, I was surprised to see a paywall provision in an open-access announcement. I thought it was a mistake. In retrospect, it was a mistake.
Everybody wants open access, nobody wants AI summaries, especially not if they are on average less accurate than the author-provided summaries we've been calling "abstracts" for a really long time. Stop trying to jump on some stupid bandwagon and get back to providing the service we want you to provide.
Don't slow the velocity of research -- keep information freely available.
Also, please go diamond open access
ACM Member since 1989
The penniless student should be your target audience, first and foremost.