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Changes to the arXiv team model - In order to strengthen the daily oversight of arXiv, we will transition to a team model that has two full-time managers, one for IT and the other one for user support. Here is a slide that shows the current and new model: arXiv Org Chart
New Partnerships & Communication
arXiv’s role in scholarly communication ecology - We will continue following the new developments in regard to open public access mandates from funders and related compliance issues. Also of interest to the arXiv team are plans for integration of standardized metadata by use of IDs like ORCID, Grant-IDs, or Institutional IDs; SHARE & CHORUS; and depositing and linking research data associated with papers.
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