Blog from January, 2017

1/26: A new sponsorship model for arXiv.org aims to encourage more libraries and research institutions around the world to support the repository by becoming members.

To help broaden membership, arXiv's leadership and Anurag Acharya, co-creator of Google Scholar, have worked together to develop a model in which individual sponsors provide membership fees for institutions unable to afford them. To help launch this model, Acharya has sponsored the membership fees for three leading physics research institutions in India.

Read full release here: https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/news/archive/new-sponsorship-model-broadens-arxiv-membership

We recently completed more than 30 interviews with members of arXiv’s existing advisory boards, arXiv-NG’s IT advisory board, and others. The interviews will help inform arXiv-NG’s project charter and communication plans. If you’re interested in the details of the process, you can read more here. 

Cornell University Library's Information Technology group seeks an experienced senior software engineer to serve as Lead System Architect for the next generation system of arXiv.org - the premier open access platform serving scientists in physics, math, computer science, and other disciplines. As a member of the arXiv “next generation” team (arXiv-NG), the lead system architect will design and develop a new integrated, modular system that will continue to provide the scientific community with access to the latest research results. For 25 years, arXiv.org has enabled scientists to share papers within scientific communities and to publish “pre-prints” that are scientific papers shared prior to a paper being published in a journal. Around the world, arXiv.org is recognized as an essential resource for the scientists that it serves. The new arXiv-NG system architect will play a key role in developing a modernized, next generation system to continue this legacy.

For more details and to apply, please visit our listing. 

Update (3/30/17): the deadline to apply for this position has passed.

We have posted an update with a brief summary of our 2016 activities and plans for 2017: 

https://confluence.cornell.edu/x/LMlRF

arXiv Team: Oya Y. Rieger (Program Director), Jim Entwood (Operations Manager), Chloe McLaren (Membership Program Coordinator), Sandy Payette (CTO), Gail Steinhart (Program Associate)

The 2017 roadmap is now available:

2017 arXiv Roadmap

The arXiv roadmap is a living document and communication tool to accommodate continuous prioritization throughout the year. Items are listed in approximate priority order, subject to change based upon consideration of input from arXiv stakeholders, consideration of new opportunities and initiatives as they arise, and progress on next generation arXiv development.