Presentation by Byron Russell, an expert on the transformation of scientific journals from print to digital formats and the implementation of Open Access business models

  • Introduction

ACM – Established in 1947. The leading computing science association. The ACM Digital Library averages over 4 million unique users from 195 countries every month. On average, users generate 4.4 million page views and 1.75 million downloads each month. Publishes over 50 Journals plus conference proceedings from ~170 conferences held each year. All content is in the ACM Digital Library. Publishing arm is not-for-profit

  • Why Open Access? Traditional vs Open Access Journal publishing options
  • Imperatives and benefits for Publishing OA
  • Case Study: ACM Open – a scaled bundle Read and Publish model