Cornell University Library Engages More Institutions in Supporting arXiv | Cornell University Library News

"In a move to expand support for sustaining arXiv, Cornell University Library is broadening the funding base for the online scientific repository....arXiv will remain free for readers and submitters, but the Library has established a voluntary, collaborative business model to engage institutions that benefit most from arXiv.... The 200 institutions that use arXiv most heavily account for more than 75 percent of institutional downloads. Cornell is asking these institutions for financial support in the form of annual contributions, and most [22] of the top 25 have already committed to helping arXiv....The proposed funding model is viewed as a short-term strategy, and the Library is actively seeking input on a long-term solution. Currently, Cornell University Library supports the operating costs of arXiv, which are comparable to the costs of the university's collection budget for physics and astronomy...."