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4) Questions & suggestions

Meeting Synopsis: Questions & Issues Raised 

March 5, 2013

What is the future of the Simons Foundation interest? 

The Simons Foundation has pledged support for five years (2013-2017) and indicated interest in another five years, depending on the success of the current model.

Is arXiv continuing with the Data Conservancy pilot?

In 2011,  in collaboration with the NSF Data Conservancy project (http://dataconservancy.org/), we launched a pilot interface that allows arXiv submitters to upload data associated with their articles directly to the Data Conservancy repository. Links to the data are added in the arXiv record automatically. This was a pilot project and we are in the process of finalizing the project. After analyzing the usage data (data submissions), we have decided that the best way to support data at this point is to bring the data from the Data Conservancy back into arXiv. We will assign unique and persistent IDs to every data set. 

Where are we getting URLSyou getting the URLs for the data sets?

We'll use the EZID system from the CDL (http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid/).  Jim Mullins mentioned that Purdue is a provider of DOI's through the CDL program, too. Jim is interested in participating in the research data support issues identified in the arXiv road map.

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In celebration of the arXiv's 20th anniversary, on September 23, 2011 Cornell University Library (CUL) hosted a meeting at Cornell with the representatives from several publishers and societies that are interested in Cornell's sustainability planning efforts. There is a report that provides a synopsis of the discussion and recommends next steps for continuing this dialogue (http://www.miniurl.com/s/7p8).  Since the meeting, the Cornell team has had a couple of exchanges but we decided to wait and form a small working group with representation from MAB and SAB before continuing our work.  One of the proposed MAB sub-groups focuses will focus on this work. 

Can arXiv's success translate into other disciplines (expanding arXiv's scope)? 

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We currently have 134 organizations that pledged a five-year support for arXiv. These are good-faith intention and are not seen as a lump-sum payment or a legally binding contract.  The purpose of the Member Relations arXiv member relations sub-group will be to develop strategies to broaden partnershippartnerships, including strategies such as working with scientists to increase awareness about arXiv's business model and collaboration with libraries.  Broadening our membership base will help us to build a strong financial base, engage a larger community, and also allow reducing the annual membership fees.

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We will be inviting members from the SAB to MAB and vice versa (as suggested in the SAB (to be completed in April'13 and MAB bylaws:
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/culpublic/Member+Advisory+Board+Bylaws)

Any news from the arXiv SAB?

Steven Gottlieb (Scientific Advisory Board member) described the current process to reconstitute a physics subject advisory committee group.  SAB is also discussing the possibly bringing on a Scientific Director. Steve noted that the development of bylaws has been very helpful as well as meeting face-to-face or online in between annual meetings is important. 

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