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- Recruited over 12 new physics moderators. arXiv is a moderated scholarly communication forum informed and guided by scientists and the scientific cultures it serves. Over 150 expert experts worldwide moderate submissions to verify that they are topical and of interest to the scientific community, follow accepted standards of scholarly communication, and are classified in the appropriate subject categories.
- Worked with the Physics Advisory Committee to implement an effective moderation process analyze and redesign moderation coverage and workflow for the General Physics category and recruited a moderator as this category requires a more extended and experienced review, including the recruitment of a General Physics moderator.
- Started working with various stakeholders to define the role of the Scientific Director with respect to daily moderation processes and workflows.
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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 bylaws.
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- 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 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.
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