arXiv-Data Conservancy Pilot
By Gail Steinhart, Simeon Warner, and Oya Rieger From April 2011 through March 2013, arXiv collaborated on a pilot project with the Data Conservancy to support remote data deposit for arXiv...
View ArticleInvitation to Apply for Digital Scholarship Fellowships
We are pleased to invite applications for the Digital Scholarship Fellowship position. Hosted by the DSPS unit since 2012, the fellowship program aims to provide opportunities for CUL staff to expand...
View ArticlearXiv Annual Update
arXiv started 2015 with an important milestone as we added the one-millionth paper at the end of December 2014 (press release & video). Since its inception in 1991 with a focus on the high energy...
View Article2016 Chinese Institutional Repository Conference
On September 21, 22 & 23 I represented arXiv at the 2016 Chinese Institutional Repository Conference at Chongqing University. China’s use of arXiv is rapidly growing; they are now 2nd to the US in...
View ArticleExciting Times for arXiv: Grants from the Sloan Foundation and the Allen...
We are pleased to receive a $450,000 grant from the Sloan Foundation and $200,000 from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to start establishing a new technical infrastructure for...
View ArticleLong distance usability testing for arXiv
The arXiv development team has been working on a new interface for its volunteer moderators, in order to make their work easier and to decrease the workload for arXiv administrators. When interface...
View ArticleA day in the life of the arXiv admin team
The arXiv administrator team handles the 500-600 new article submissions that come into arXiv every day (double that on Mondays). When a user sends a paper to arXiv it goes through a series of checks...
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