ECS’s OA Mission: Free The Science – ECS for Libraries

Our mission, since our formation in 1902, has been to quickly and efficiently exchange information and ideas among those interested in electrochemistry. That made it easy. ECS started publishing journals because it was the fastest and most efficient way to disseminate information at the time: but “the times, they are a-changin’.” Open Access was a blindingly obvious progression for our publishing program in light of our mission: we wanted to be Open Access, we wanted to be completely Open Access, and we wanted to be Open Access NOW.