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Do category aliasing for cs/math/stat and new category for q-fin - There are three category merges (aliases) requested and one new category requested. Some of these are problematic because there are pre-0704 (old id) submissions that exists with primary category that is becoming an alias and so will "break" the primary<->id correspondence. In the past aliases have been made on an ad-hoc basis by Simeon. We should instead work out and document procedures for such changes. We will need to create some tools for the bulk recategorization re-categorization of submissions affected by merges.
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Recruit an Interim arXiv Scientific Director -We created a new position to provide intellectual leadership for arXiv's operation. First we would like to test this position and refine the job description. In support of this goal, we'll recruit a temporary Scientific Director at 0.20 50 FTE capacity for an 18-month term to explore how such a position can contribute to arXiv in formulating overall scientific direction of the service and its policies.
Test and refine the operation of the new governance model -The arXiv principles aims aim to clarify the authority, responsibilities, and constraints of CUL, MAB, and SAB. Ironing out problems and developing a working system will require some time to test and observe the inner operation of the governance model. Both boards need to understand the vision, priorities, and challenges to be able to contribute to the arXiv's governance. We will continue our engagements with both of the advisory boards and experiment with different communication strategies to share our vision, priorities, and challenges and to seek their input.
Further refine the benefits of being a member for participating institutions - During the governance planning meetings, several ideas emerged as potential free services for members; however, implementing these features may require significant staff time. Therefore these services need to be considered in the context of arXiv's current maintenance and development priorities. We will engage the MAB to discuss MAB and SAB in discussing possible ideas and assess their potential value and requirements from the arXiv team.
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Continue the dialogue with publishers/societies - Continue information exchange with publishers/societies represented in arXiv, especially in exploring the evolving public policies and open access mandates. One of the ideas we are considering is implementing a pilot with the IOP for faciliating facilitating deposit of author version of articles to arXiv after they are published.
Define and communicate measures of success - To address this dynamic process, one goal over Over the next several months is , we want to create an assessment model to help CUL continue to fine-tune the sustainability model. Working with SAB and MAB, we will develop an assessment framework with three key components. Desired draft desired outcomes and success measures to measure progress measures (for instance, dynamics of the governance model, level of financial support, enhancements to arXiv, improvements to moderation system, etc.); Assessment model to gauge and report success based on the identified outcome measures.