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- Analyze and report findings of the vision setting exercise - IN PROCESS COMPLETED
- 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) - IN PROCESS COMPLETED
- Plan and test a user survey based on the initial findings of the vision-setting exercise, taking into consideration different segments: users as readers, users as submitter, users as moderators - IN PROCESS COMPLETED
- 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 (Planning Meeting I) - COMPLETED
March-May 2016
- Conduct the user survey - IN PROCESS
- Host IT external experts/consultants to advise us on future directions (Planning Meeting I) Additional Information
- Plan and hold a 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 (Planning Meeting II: arXiv@25) We will discuss the future of arXiv based on proposals that will be shared in advance.
- Consider submitting an NSF workshop proposal (based on finding thus far that need to be further explored)
- 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
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