Meeting Information:
SAB/MAB DINNER: September 21, Monday, Toledo Restaurant, 7pm
See directions at: http://toledonyc.com/#contact
MEETING LOCATION: Cornell Industrial and Labor Relations Conference Center, 16 East 34th Street, 6th Floor
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CONTACT: Oya Y. Rieger, (607) 351 9828 or (607) 254 5160
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT FORMS:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: arXiv Member Advisory Board Work Space
Agenda
Time | Topic |
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8:15-8:30 am | Arrivals & continental breakfast (muffins, bagels, cut fruit, orange juice, and coffee/tea) |
8:30-10:00 am | Introductions and arXiv overview (10 minute each topic and Q&A) - Introductions - welcome to new members (Steve Mandeville-Gamble and Lucie Burgess)
- arXiv Program at CUL (Oya Y. Rieger & Chris Myers)
- Moderation Update (David Ruddy)
- IT Update (Simeon Warner)
- Membership and financial update (Oya Y. Rieger)
- SAB update (Dave Morrison representing Karen Vogtmann and Steven Gottlieb who cannot attend as SAB delegates)
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10am-noon | Beyond 2013-2017 Business Plan
- Assessment of the current governance and business model
- Background Documents
arXiv Business Model, 2013-2017
CY15 budget (with mid-year adjustment)
CY16 draft budget (to be distributed during the meeting)
(includes a 10-minute break)
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LUNCH | Working lunch - arXiv users and current/emerging needs discussion
(includes a 15-minute break)
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1-2pm | arXiv Special Projects |
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?,
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3-3:30pm | Conclusions - Review of the meeting outcomes
- Any feedback, questions, recommendations for arXiv team
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Participants:
- Tommy Ohlsson, Professor , KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Theoretical Physics, Sweden
- Carol Hoover, Digital Information Resources Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
- Tracy Gabridge, Associate Director for Research & Instructional Services, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US,
- Zhixiong Zhang, Assistant Director of National Science Library, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (will not be able to participate)
- Philip G. Kent, University Librarian, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Molly White, Director, Math, Physics, Astronomy Library, University of Texas, Austin, US
- Tim Klassen, Head, Science and Technology Library, University of Alberta, Canada
- Eva Isaksson, Physics Librarian, University of Helsinki, Finland,
- James (Jim) L. Mullins, Dean of Libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor, Purdue University, Representing Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), US
- Esther Tobschall, German National Library of Science and Technology Germany, Representing Consortium arXiv-DH and HGF: Coordinated by the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany
Lucie Burgess, Associate Director for Digital Libraries and Collection Management, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford,Representing Jisc, UK - Steve Mandeville-Gamble, University Librarian, University of California, Riverside , Representing University of California, US
- Yuri Tschinkel, Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, Director of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, Representing Simons Foundation, US
Ex Officio Members
Cornell University Library
- Chris Myers, Interim Scientific Director
- Oya Y. Rieger, Associate University Librarian, Digital Scholarship & Preservation Services; arXiv Program Director (MAB Chair)
- David Ruddy, Director, Scholarly Communication Services, arXiv User Support Manager
- Simeon Warner, Director, Software Development & Repository Architecture, arXiv IT Manager
Scientific Advisory Board
- Steven Gottlieb, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Indiana University, US (will not be able to participate)
- David Morrison, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, US (will not be able to participate)
- Will be represented by David Morrison, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara