“A MODERN DIGITAL LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA”

Preparations are underway for the much-anticipated launch of the Digital Public Library of America. The public unveiling is to occur on April 18^th and 19^th at the Boston Public Library. This ambitious project, envisioned by Harvard University Librarian, Robert C. Darton to be an important step towards “a modern Digital Library of Alexandria”.

ACM: tear down this paywall.

We, the undersigned researchers, technologists and citizens, demand that the Association for Computing Machinery make the complete contents of the Digital Library available to everybody.

The ACM Digital Library is published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

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Posted: Februar 21, 2013
Tags: Association for Computing Machiery digital library paywalls