In January 2010, Cornell University Library (CUL) undertook an effort to establish a long-term sustainable support model for arXiv. This effort aimed to reduce arXiv's financial burden and dependence on a single institution, instead creating a broad-based, community-supported resource. As a three-year interim strategy for 2010-2012, CUL initially established a voluntary institutional contribution model and invited pledges from 200 libraries and research laboratories worldwide that represent arXiv's heaviest institutional users. The ultimate goal has been developing a long-term business and management plan by summer 2012. A planning grant from the Simons Foundation enabled CUL to develop a strategy to transition arXiv from CUL's exclusive initiative to a collaboratively governed, community-supported resource.
Document to be added on March 28, 2012
Document to be added on March 28, 2012
Oya Y. Rieger. arXiv Sustainability Update. arXiv Planning Grant Meetings, February 2012.
Oya Y. Rieger. Assessing the Value of Open Access Information Systems: Making a Case for Community-Based Sustainability Models. Journal of Library Administration, 51/5-6, 485-506, 2011
Oya Y. Rieger & Simeon Warner. Sustainability Case Study: Exploring Community-Based Business Models for arXiv, International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects, Vienna, Austria, September 2010
Oya Y. Rieger & Simeon Warner. Developing Sustainability Strategies for arXiv. Information Standards Quarterly, Fall 2010, Vol. 22, Issue 4.
Oya Y. Rieger. Developing Community-Based Sustainability Models for Open Access Repositories: Business Planning Methodology for arXiv, Berlin 8 Conference, Beijing, China, October 2010.
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