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- Recruited Chris Myers as the interim Scientific Director to formulate overall scientific direction of the service and its policies (arXiv's organizational model) (
- Formed several Member Advisory Board (MAB) and Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) subgroups to focus on specific issues such as the IT prioritization, recruitment of a scientific director, evaluation of membership & revenue model.
- Appointed two new SAB members based on a nomination and election process specified by the SAB bylawbylaws.
New Partnerships & Communication
- Continued the dialogue with several publishers and societies to assess the idea of facilitating deposit of author version of articles to arXiv after they are published (work-in-progress)
- Engaged the MAB members in an informal survey of arXiv user experiences from their home institutions to expand our understanding preferences and needs.and current and emerging use patterns
- Held an annual meeting for SAB and MAB to discuss IT development priorities, financial state, moderation tools and policies, and fund raising strategies.
Our 2015 plans are outlines in the 2015 roadmapRoadmap. We are grateful for your continuing support of arXiv and welcome your questions and comments.
Cornell University Library, arXiv Team
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