Meeting Information:
SAB/MAB DINNER: October 6, Monday, time and location TBD
MEETING LOCATION: 703 Olin Library, Cornell University Library
CORNELL MAP: add link
CONTACT: Oya Y. Rieger, (607) 351 9828 or .....
MAB WIKI WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT FORMS: add links ...
- Cornell Travel Reimbursement Request Form
- W-9 - Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
- W-8BEN - Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner
Draft Agenda
Time
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Topic
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8:15-8:30 am
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Arrivals & continental breakfast
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8:30-10 am
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Introductions and arXiv overview (10 minute each topic and Q&A)
- Meeting goals - review of last year's meeting outcomes (Oya Y. Rieger)
- arXiv Program at CUL (Oya Y. Rieger & Chris Myers)
- Membership Update (Jaron Porciello)
- Moderation (David Ruddy)
- IT (Simeon Warner)
- SAB update (Dave Morrison/Steven Gottlieb)
- Background documentsSAB Meeting Agenda: Add link
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10am-11:30am
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Business overview
- Budget review and projections (CY14 r& CY15)
- 'Give button' pilot as a fund raising strategy
- Strategies for reaching out to research councils for contributions
- Beyond 2013-2017 business plan - preliminary ideas
- Background Documents
arXiv Financial Projections for 2013-2017
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[https://confluence.cornell.edu/download/attachments/127116484/arXiv+Business+Model.pdf]]
CY14 budget (with mid-year adjustment)
CY15 - projected budget
(includes a 10-minute break) |
11:30am-noon
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arXiv users and current/emerging needs
Informal & brief presentation by MAB members about what they are hearing from their
local users about arXiv
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LUNCH
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Working lunch - morning discussion continued
(includes a 15-minute break)
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1-2pm
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arXiv and scholarly communication: Needs assessment and priority setting
- Interoperability of arXiv and Institutional Repositories
- Emerging open access mandates from funders & compliance issues (e.g., plans for integration of standardized metadata by use of ID like ORCID, Grant-IDs, or Institutional IDs)
- Updates on related initiatives vis-à-vis arXiv: SCOAP3, Orcid, SHARE, CHORUS, Epi Science, etc.
- Linking to research data
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2-3pm
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Future strategies and directions
- New subjects and fields on arXiv - disciplines and different publishing habits
- arXiv's interface and the technical development of arXiv - assessment of outsourcing development
- Collaboration with other related initiatives - ADS, Inspire - (include this topic if we have anything new to report or any issues that need input from MAB)
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3-3:30pm
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Conclusions
- Review of the meeting outcomes
- Communication strategies -- with MAB and other key stakeholders
- Any feedback, questions, recommendations for arXiv team
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Participants:
- ADD DELEGATE NAME - Tommy Ohlsson, Professor , KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Theoretical Physics, Sweden
- Carol Hoover, Digital Information Resources Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
- NAME -- 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
- Catriona Cannon, Associate Director, Collection Support, Bodleian Libraries, Representing Jisc, UK
- ADD DELEGATE NAME -- 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
- Chris Myers, Interim Scientific Director
- Jaron Porciello, Digital Scholarship Initiatives Coordinator, arXiv Membership Program Lead
- 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