Restore Fully Free and Open Access to the ACM Digital Library
323 Comments
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Uohna Thiessen
10 months ago
Make science free!
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Leslie Coney
10 months ago
Access to information should never be a point of privilege
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Anoush Najarian
10 months ago
Please restore fully free and open access to the ACM Digital Library!
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Casey Roberson
10 months ago
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I am a university research librarian, and any deterioration in access to metadata is deterioration of utility. What are the things the ACM needs this extra money for which could be offloaded to distributed volunteer work among its users?
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Simola Nayak
10 months ago
No paywalls for science
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Aline Santos Barbosa
10 months ago
This is absurd. Without inclusion technology can improve human life.
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Saniat Javid Sohrawardi
10 months ago
Taking away previously open features is an unethical move especially given that a lot of the work is driven by academic volunteers like us.
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Tilahun Shiferaw Shibeshi
10 months ago
Knowledge must be free
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William L Anderson
10 months ago
ACM member for decades. Open access to research publications is vital for everyone.
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Goran Butorac
10 months ago
As a former member of ACM, this is beyond sad
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mec zilla
10 months ago
Protect Science!
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Deborah Stacey
10 months ago
Please prioritize research and student learning, not profits.
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Bill Dodd
10 months ago
What you have done is NOT fully open access.
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Cristina Zaga
10 months ago
It's disappointing that ACM decided to introduce a paywall, especially when science and education are already facing significant challenges.
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Zachary Rosen
10 months ago
There is no reason to paywall access to what is necessary information about the state of technologies that actively effect all of our lives. Everyday folks should be able to read researchers work as much as a tenured professor or rich tech mogul.
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Ernst Biersack
10 months ago
No Paywalls, open science and not money making should be ACMs mission
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Robert Armstrong
10 months ago
Being a long time member of the ACM, Member Number: 7610504, I would like to register my opposition to the paywalling of the library.
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Jason Velazquez
10 months ago
I strongly appose the recently announced
metadata/search/commentary paywall at the ACM Digital Library (DL).
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Anonymous
10 months ago
keep open publications open! it is critical to have access to good information for free.
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Timnit Gebru
10 months ago
Shameful of ACM to add a paywall at a time when science and education are already under fire.
Make science free!
Access to information should never be a point of privilege
Please restore fully free and open access to the ACM Digital Library!
I am a university research librarian, and any deterioration in access to metadata is deterioration of utility. What are the things the ACM needs this extra money for which could be offloaded to distributed volunteer work among its users?
No paywalls for science
This is absurd. Without inclusion technology can improve human life.
Taking away previously open features is an unethical move especially given that a lot of the work is driven by academic volunteers like us.
Knowledge must be free
ACM member for decades. Open access to research publications is vital for everyone.
As a former member of ACM, this is beyond sad
Protect Science!
Please prioritize research and student learning, not profits.
What you have done is NOT fully open access.
It's disappointing that ACM decided to introduce a paywall, especially when science and education are already facing significant challenges.
There is no reason to paywall access to what is necessary information about the state of technologies that actively effect all of our lives. Everyday folks should be able to read researchers work as much as a tenured professor or rich tech mogul.
No Paywalls, open science and not money making should be ACMs mission
Being a long time member of the ACM, Member Number: 7610504, I would like to register my opposition to the paywalling of the library.
I strongly appose the recently announced metadata/search/commentary paywall at the ACM Digital Library (DL).
keep open publications open! it is critical to have access to good information for free.
Shameful of ACM to add a paywall at a time when science and education are already under fire.