This get-together of the main volunteers involved in RePEc intends to assess where the projects stands after 20 years, identify pain points, address them as well as think about the future of the project.
Process
Meet for two days, coming prepared with ideas and proposals. Leave with clear ideas on how to proceed.
Logistics
Location
The meeting will be October 12-13, 2017 at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (map). The Tennessee room on 6th floor is reserved from 8 to 5.
All visitors must enter the Bank through the main entrance, located on the pedestrian plaza at Broadway and Locust Street. You must have a valid driver's license or other government-issued picture ID to enter the building. Everyone who enters the building will be required to walk through metal detectors. All bags, keys, cell phones and other hand-held items will be sent through X-ray equipment. You may wish to arrive 20 minutes before the conference start time to give yourself time to go through the Bank's screening process.
Getting to St Louis
While St. Louis airport does not have flights to Europe, it is well connected by all major airlines. Note that it is a hub for Southwest Airlines (which does not participate in all airline ticket aggregator sites). You get to downtown by taxi (~$50) or Metrolink light rail ($4, Convention Station stop).
Lodging
The Bank will reserve and pay for three nights at the Downtown Hampton Inn, located close to the Bank. For those who need to stay longer, contact Christian.
Contact
Emilee Dufford is your contact for all logistical issues, including hotel reservations, visa letters and reimbursements. You can also text (but not call) Christian Zimmermann at +1 314 585-4825.
Participants
Confirmed
José Manuel Barrueco Cruz (Universidad de Valencia)
Kit Baum (Boston College)
Pamela Campbell (St. Louis Fed, first day)
Douglas Hanley (University of Pittsburgh)
Jan Höffler (University of Göttingen, first 1.5 days)
Areerat Kichkha (Lindenwood University, first 1.5 days)
Thomas Krichel (RANEPA)
Christian Mongeau Ospina
Mahdi Moqri (University of Florida, last day)
Robert Parks (Washington University)
Genevieve Podleski (St. Louis Fed)
Soledad Zignago (Banque de France)
Christian Zimmermann (St. Louis Fed)
Skype (chris.zimm)
Bernardo Batiz-Lazo (Bangor University)
Sune Karlsson (?, Örebro University)
Sergey Parinov (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Volker Schallehn (Universität München)
Jan Weiland (ZBW)
Sorry
Ludovic Gauvin
Bille Goffe
Marco Novarese
Joachim Winter
Agenda
Format: first morning rapid presentations, thereafter open discussions with designated leaders.
Daily schedule (US Central time):
8:30 Light breakfast
9:00 Start
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Start
17:00 Stop
Day 0, evening
Meet-up at Tigin, starting at 18:00.
Day 1, morning: Where are we now?
Timed precisely, as outsiders will report through Skype and need to dial in. Note: Use projection only if absolutely necessary (Time is always lost with that). Participants can go to sites on their own.
9:00-9:15 Lightning round introductions (one minute per person, max).
9:15-12:30 Project status updates. BRIEF updates, including what work goes into the projects. There are potential volunteers in the audience eager to learn about opportunities. Points to hit: what the project is about, current status, what is ahead, pain points, help needed.
Metadata acquisition and overall infrastructure
9:15 Kit Baum: RePEc email, support for new archives
9:25 Sune Karlsson?: syntax and link checker, mirroring
9:30 Thomas Krichel: DNS
9:35 Christian Zimmermann: all.repec.org, RePEc Input Service
9:40 Volker Schallehn: MPRA
9:45 Jan Weiland: EconStor
9:50 Kit Baum (+JB, CZ): archive hosting for publishers
Dissemination tools
10:00 Christian Zimmermann: IDEAS
10:10 Sune Karlsson?: EconPapers
10:20 Thomas Krichel: NEP
10:30 Sergey Parinov: Socionet
10:40 Break
Tools supplementing metadata
11:00 Christian Zimmermann: RePEc Author Service, EDIRC
11:15 Sune Karlsson?: LogEc
11:20 Jose Barrueco: CitEc
11:35 Sergey Parinov: CyrCitEc, SocioRePEc
11:45 Christian Zimmermann: Genealogy, Biblio, EconAcademics
11:55 Thomas Krichel: CollEc, "rogue" publishers
12:05 Christian Zimmermann: Plagiarism Committee
Tools that supplement dissemination
12:10 Christian Zimmermann: myIDEAS, ranking, API, monthly mailing
Day 1, afternoon: Where do we want to be in 5 years?
Closing some projects?
Opening new projects?
Christian Zimmermann: Gateways from other formats/publishing platforms to ReDIF
Thomas Krichel: ArchEc
Thomas Krichel: ReDIF-Perl rewrite
Thomas Krichel: reassessment of RePEc usage conditions
Thomas Krichel: renewal of ReDIF and Guildford protocol
Thomas Krichel: central series registration
Expanding in new directions?
Jose Barrueco: CitEc use of CrossRef, OpenCites
Christian Zimmermann: Peer review
Day 1, evening
Reception at Christian Zimmermann's home located a 40-minute walk or 10-minute bike ride from the Bank. There will be cars available.
Day 2, morning: How to handle lack of resources
Christian: Fail-over for IT resources
Does every project have a plan if IT resources are failing? We will be asking each project manager to explain how this is handled (or not). We will identify gaps and try to address them.
Kit Baum: Fail-over for volunteers: substitutes, succession.
Does every project have more than one person who can take care of things in emergency? Can this person eventually take over permanently?
Christian Zimmermann: Recruitment of new volunteers
Thomas Krichel: Mailing list policy.
Day 2, afternoon: Open questions (including from Day 1)
Christian Mongeau: Social media: can we do more? Should we?
Christian Zimmermann: Drop in measured use of RePEc services