The Library is pleased to announce another Open Access (OA) Agreement with ACM (Association of Computing Machinery).  Effective from 1 December 2023, Lingnan researchers can publish unlimited number of accepted research articles as OA in ACM Journals, Conference Proceedings and Magazine at no cost to the author, upon fulfilling the following conditions:

1. ACCEPTED for publications within ACM Open Program (Eligible Publication List for OA)
2. Date of Acceptance: Fall within 1 December 2023 to 31 December 2024
3. Have a Corresponding Author AFFILIATED with Lingnan University
4. Corresponding Author MUST use Lingnan Email Address (ending with @LN.edu.hk or @LN.hk) upon submission, in order to attribute your manuscript with OA Agreement between LU and ACM.
5. Eligible Article Types - articles in ACM Digital Library designated as "research articles": 
   • Research Articles
   • Review Articles
   • Conference or proceedings papers
   • Other articles that ACM charges Article Processing Charge (APC) (See APC-Eligible Article Types @ ACM)

 Feel free to contact Library – Research Support Team if you need support with OA publishing.
(Tel: 26168553 ; Email: scholars@LN.edu.hk)

The Library would continue to explore suitable means to support OA publishing at Lingnan.

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