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- Conduct the user survey - IN PROCESS
- Host IT external experts/consultants to advise us on future directions (Planning Meeting I) Additional Information
- 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
- Plan 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
June 2016-September 2016
- Analyze findings from the vision setting process, user study, and the hosted meetings IT workshop - prepare proposals and white papers for consideration
- Start developing scenarios, work plans, etc.
- Hold Planning Meeting II: arXiv@25 (tbd based on the findings of the user study and the IT workshop)
- Plan and hold SAB/MAB 25th annual meeting to review findings and develop strategies for moving us forward
October-November December 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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