The Governance of Open Repository Programs: Progress and Possibilities

This presentation will focus on the role governance plays in ensuring the future of repositories and their content. How do we sustain and preserve open repositories while keeping the spark alive that started it all? How do we provide a reliable and stable repository platform and embrace blue-sky thinking? How do we keep the light of inspiration alive while working to keep the actual lights on? DSpace is now in its twenty-third year. How did it come this far, and what is the community roadmap of its future? arXiv is now in its thirty-fourth year and recently re-structured its governance. Comparing and contrasting these programs, this presentation will explore the impact governance models have in sustaining long-standing programs and how leadership teams stay the course while grappling with ever present challenges in a constantly changing scholarly communications ecosystem.