September 22, 2015 Meeting Agenda

8:15-8:30 am

Arrivals & continental breakfast (muffins, bagels, cut fruit, orange juice, and coffee/tea)

8:30-10 am

Introductions and arXiv overview (10 minute each topic and Q&A)          

• arXiv Program at CUL (Oya Y. Rieger & Chris Myers)
• Moderation Update (David Ruddy)
• IT Update (Chris Myers)
• SAB update (Dave Morrison representing Karen Vogtmann and Steven Gottlieb who cannot attend as SAB delegates)
  
  Introduction & Business Overview
  SAB Meeting Agenda
  IT Updates (from SAB meeting)

10am-11:15am

Business model overview

• Budget review and projections (CY14 & CY15)
• 'Give button' pilot as a fund raising strategy
• Strategies for reaching out to research councils for contributions
• Beyond 2013-2017 business plan - preliminary ideas and strategies for increasing funding sources
• Background Documents
  arXiv Business Model, 2013-2017
  CY14 budget (with mid-year adjustment)
  CY15 - projected budget (to be distributed during the meeting)
  (includes a 10-minute break)

11:15am-noon

arXiv users and current/emerging needs

Informal & brief presentations by MAB members about what they are hearing from their local users about arXiv:

--Is arXiv meeting scientists' needs? Both as readers and submitters of papers. Any features that arXiv is not providing and needed by scientists (research data support, social networking tools, better interoperability with other related system, etc.)? Are there any other online databases or repositories that scientists prefer to arXiv?

--What do you see as graduate students' up-and-coming needs? How do they differ from the current generation of scientists? What do we need to do to continue to meet current and emerging needs?

--Opinions on arXiv's quality parameters. Our goal is to ensure that articles are of interest, relevance, and value to the disciplines in which they are listed. Submissions are reviewed by expert moderators to verify that they are topical and refereeable scientific contributions that follow accepted standards of scholarly communication. Submissions may be rejected or reclassified based on moderator input. Does arXiv strike the right balance between quality and openness? Are article classifications appropriate and useful?

--Any 'stories' you hear about how arXiv is affecting their research or communication.

LUNCH

Working lunch  - arXiv users and current/emerging needs discussion continues

(includes a 15-minute break)

1-2pm

arXiv and scholarly communication: arXiv operates on limited resources therefore it is critical for us to identify priorities. We'll discuss the importance of several initiatives vis-à-vis arXiv to review arXiv's plans and get your input on identifying what should be a priority for us.

• Interoperability of arXiv and Institutional Repositories
• Emerging open access mandates from funders & compliance issues (e.g., plans for integration of standardized metadata by use of ID like ORCID, Grant-IDs, or Institutional IDs; SHARE & CHORUS)
• Linking to research data

2-3pm

Future strategies and directions: We invite your questions & recommendations. Here are the questions we've received so far from the MAB members to be addressed at this meeting:

• Are there any new subjects and fields on arXiv responding to different disciplines' publishing habits?
• What is the desirability and feasibility of  outsourcing arXiv's technical development and support?
• Are there any new developments in regard to your collaboration with ADS, Inspire, Epi Science, etc.?
• What are the new developments with SCOAP3 & arXiv collaboration?,

3-3:30pm

Conclusions

• MAB 2-year terms
• Review of the meeting outcomes
• Communication strategies -- with MAB and other key stakeholders
• Any feedback, questions, recommendations for arXiv team