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- Identify a number of areas to be considered for a vision setting process and create a survey instrument - COMPLETED
- Conduct a SAB/MAB survey to poll their opinions on future directions and priorities (Vision Setting Survey) - COMPLETED
- Start the user survey planning process - COMPLETED
- Hire a part-time person (or assign this role to an existing staff) to work with us in coordinating the planning activities - COMPLETED
January-April February 2016:
- Analyze and report findings of the vision setting exercise and organize follow up discussions
- Start the 2016 annual fund raising campaign with the goal of increasing annual contributions (arXiv MAB subgroup will come up with recommendations to increase annual membership revenue through a platinum membership model)
- Plan , test, conduct and test a user survey based on the initial findings from findings of the vision-setting exercise, taking into consideration different segments: users as readers, users as submitter, users as moderatorsHold the first planning meeting with a small group (10-12) of colleagues representing scientists, librarians, publishers/societies, foundations, federal agencies to discuss our preliminary findings and discuss the future of arXiv and the evolving nature of scientific communication
- Hold the first planning meeting with a small group (10-12) of colleagues representing scientists, librarians, funders, publishers/societies, federal agencies to discuss our preliminary findings
- Receive recommendations from the MAB IT subgroup about the goals and desired outcomes of a workshop with repository experts to consider arXiv's current infrastructure and workflows & put in place a plan for hosting a workshop
March-April 2016:
- Conduct the user survey
- Host IT external experts/consultants to advise us on future directions
- Consider submitting an NSF workshop proposal (based on finding thus far that need to be further explored)
- Continue to identify funding sources, make initial contacts
- Repeat the online fund raising campaign (Give button) based on the findings of the pilot conducted in September 2015
- Continue to identify funding sources, make initial contacts
May 2016-June 2016
- Hold a planning meeting with a small group (10-12) of colleagues representing scientists, librarians, publishers/societies, foundations, federal agencies to discuss our preliminary findings and discuss the future of arXiv and the evolving nature of scientific communication
- Analyze findings from the vision setting process, user study, and the hosted meetings - prepare proposals and white papers for consideration
- Develop scenarios, work plans, etc.
- Plan an August workshop (in conjunction with MAB/SAB annual meeting)
August 2016-September 2016
- 25th anniversary workshop to discuss the future of arXiv based on proposals that will be shared in advance
- Goals: engaging different stakeholders in a conversation about arXiv's future
SeptemberOctober-November 2016
- Vision - grant writing and creating work plans (our hope is that by then through the planning activities during the last several months, we'll already have ideas for funding sources and even might have done some initial work)
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