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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

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 (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)

10am-11:15am

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)

 

11:15am-noon



LUNCH

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

(includes a 15-minute break)

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?,

3-3:30pm

Conclusions

  • Review of the meeting outcomes
  • Any feedback, questions, recommendations for arXiv team

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
  • David Morrison, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, US
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