Common use of Commitment to Open Access Transition Clause in Contracts

Commitment to Open Access Transition. ACM represents in relation to this ACM Open Agreement Period that their strategic plan is to transition their entire portfolio of peer- reviewed scholarly publications to a fully open access model, as is acknowledged in Schedule B. Specifically, ACM represents that the ACM Open model, with its foundation in “hybrid” open access – where some articles are paywalled and others published open access – is a temporary and transitional business model whose aim is to provide a mechanism to shift over time to full open access publication for all ACM journals. The full transition is expected to occur, depending on adoption of the ACM Open model by universities, within an estimated time period of 5-7 years. ACM commits to informing the Licensee of progress towards this longer-term aim on an annual basis, and to adjusting ACM Open model terms based on its progress towards full open access. It is understood that in the early years of the Open Access Transition, there are likely to be additional surpluses generated by the ACM Open model.

Commitment to Open Access Transition. ACM represents in relation to this ACM Open Access Model Pilot Agreement Period that their strategic plan is to transition their entire portfolio of peer- peer-reviewed scholarly publications to a fully open access model, as is acknowledged in Schedule B. Specifically, ACM represents that the ACM Open Access Pilot model, with its foundation in “hybrid” open access – where some articles are paywalled and others published open access – is a temporary and transitional business model whose aim is to provide a mechanism to shift over time to full open access publication for all ACM journals. The full transition is expected to occur, depending on adoption of the ACM Open Access Pilot model by universitiesLicensees, within an estimated time period of 5-7 years. ACM commits to informing the Licensee Consortium of progress towards this longer-term aim on an annual basis, and to adjusting ACM Open model Access Pilot terms based on its progress towards full open access. It is understood that in the early years of the Open Access Transition, there are likely to be additional surpluses generated by the ACM new Open modelAccess Model.