Organisation

Since June 23, 2010, COAR is a registered association under German Law (Register of Associations / Vereinsregister: Göttingen VR 200463)

Launch of COAR
Launch of COAR, Ghent, October 21, 2009

Executive Board

  • Chairperson: Dr. Norbert Lossau, Göttingen State and University Library, Germany
  • Vice Chairperson: Sugita Shigeki, University Library, Otaru University of Commerce, Japan
  • Treasurer: Alicia López Medina, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain

General Assemblies of COAR

  1. Constitutional Assembly 2009
    On October 21, 2009, representatives of 28 institutions met at the University Library in Ghent, Belgium to deliberate on the constitution of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories "COAR".
  2. General Assembly 2010
    On March 2, 2010 the first General Assembly of COAR was held at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia in Madrid, Spain.
  3. General Assembly 2011
    The second General Assembly of COAR was held on March, 28-29, 2011 at the University and National Library of Debrecen, Hungary

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