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Agenda 

1) arXiv Update - Introductory Slides (20 minutes)

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4) Questions & suggestions

Meeting Synopsis: Questions & Issues Raised 

March 5, 2013

What is the future of the Simons Foundation interest? 

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How is arXiv affected by the recent US open access mandate (OSTP open access memorandum)? 
We are not sure if and how we will be affected by the new mandate particularly since arXiv is international in scope. Mackenzie pointed out that UC is developing funds to help researchers cover article processing costs but could avoid some of those if, for instance, arXiv is consider a repository of choice for government mandates.

Working Groups & Next Conference Call Agenda

The next conference call will be for each working group to discuss the mission of the group (modify it) and start working on these issues:

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Research and Development Agenda --> moving beyond the current sustainability model that focuses on operations to a strategic plan for arXiv's further development and innovation, setting R&D priorities, assessing collaboration opportunities, setting a 3-5 year strategic plan for arXiv (encompassing all aspects of arXiv, not limited to technologies)
Members: Tommy, Mackenzie

Conference Call Participants

March 5, 2013

• Catriona Cannon, Associate Director, Collection Support, Bodleian Libraries, Jisc, UKTommy Ohlsson, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Theoretical Physics, Sweden
• Steven Gottlieb, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Indiana University, US, Scientific Advisory Board Member
• Carol Hoover, Digital Information Resources Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
• Eva Isaksson, Physics Librarian, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Jim Mullins, Dean of Libraries at Purdue University, Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), US
• Esther Tobschall (German National Library of Science and Technology) standing in for:
  Uwe Rosemann, Director, German National Library of Science and Technology - TIB, Germany (Consortium arXiv-DH and HGF: Coordinated by the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany) 
• Yuri Tschinkel, Director of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, US, Simons Foundation Representative
• Molly White, Director, Math, Physics, Astronomy Library (PMA), University of Texas, Austin, US

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