MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013, NEW YORK CITY

draft for review

SAB/MAB DINNER: September 16, Monday, at 7pm
Marché du Sud, W1136 1st Ave. (Midtown/Upper East Side between 62nd/63rd Street)

MEETING LOCATION:  Cornell Industrial and Labor Relations Conference Center, 16 East 34th Street, 6th Floor
Directions

CONTACT: Oya Y. Rieger, (607) 351 9828

• Scientific Director Proposal
• Additional Programmer Position Proposal
• arXiv Financial Projections for 2013-2017 |

  11am-noon

  arXiv user study  (includes a 15-minute break)

• research questions
• methodology
• role of member libraries
• input from SAB |

  LUNCH	morning discussion continued
  1-2pm	collaboration with society and publishers
  2-3pm	arXiv and scholarly communication

• emerging open access mandates & arXiv's core mission
• R&D agenda for arXiv |

  3-4pm

  conclusions and next steps

• assessment of meeting outcomes - role of MAB
• meeting frequency and ideas for future discussion items
  |

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
• Diane Geraci, Associate Director for Information Resources, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US,
• Zhixiong Zhang, Assistant Director of National Science Library, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• 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 (standing in for Uwe Rosemann), 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
• Catriona Cannon, Associate Director, Collection Support, Bodleian Libraries, Representing Jisc, UK
• MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian at UC Davis, 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

• 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
• Jaron Porciello, Digital Scholarship Initiatives Coordinator, arXiv Membership Program Lead

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