The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), an international association of repository initiatives, is reaching out to develop its activities in Latin America. As a first step, at the BIREDIAL conference in Bogotá, Colombia on May 9-11, 2011, representatives of COAR, the Latin American organization RedCLARA and the network of CoLaBoRa signed a Memorandum of Understanding committed to work towards the establishment of a regional branch of COAR. Continue reading
Category Archives: Collaboration
COAR collaborates with Clobridge Consulting to develop and implement new strategies for international recognition and growth
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is pleased to announce that a consulting agreement with Abby Clobridge, Clobridge Consulting, United States, has been signed. Under this agreement, COAR and Clobridge Consulting will jointly develop and implement strategies to strenghen COAR’s visibility on an international scale and to support COAR in producing concrete products, such as COAR Guidelines, best practice reports and training programmes. Continue reading
COAR and OpenAIRE: Enhancing the Interoperability of Repositories for International Research
Joint Birds-of-Feather Session at the Open Repositories Conference OR2010, Madrid
Wednesday, July 7, 2010, Zone A (Room Goya), 17:30-19:00
Interoperability of open access repositories enhances the visibility of research outputs and adds value to repositories. Therefore, the development and implementation of interoperable standards and consistent policies is important for international repository initiatives. Continue reading