Mar 18 Africa Libsense workshop – building library/NREN collaborations for open science
On March 11-12, 2019, COAR also participated in the second Libsense workshop organized by WACREN (West and Central African Research and Education Network). The program was developed by WACREN, EIFL and COAR, with support from OpenAIRE and the National Institutes … Continue reading
Mar 18 Asia OA 2019 Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh
On March 6-7, 2019, we had the COAR Asia 2019 meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The meeting was hosted by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and was well attended by government representatives, national open access advocates, local researchers and librarians, as … Continue reading
Feb 06 COAR Updated Feedback on the Guidance on Implementation of Plan S
February 6, 2019 – This is a slightly updated version of the COAR initial feedback published on December 13, 2018. The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) reiterates our strong support for the goal of Plan S to achieve “immediate … Continue reading
Jan 29 Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services
January 29, 2019 – Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research process, should be efficient, effective and fulfill the core values … Continue reading
Recent Highlights
- Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communications Services
- Behaviours and Technical Recommendations of the COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group
- Joint COAR-UNESCO Statement on Open Access
- Promoting Open Knowledge and Open Science – Report of the Current State of Repositories
- COAR Guidelines for Assessing Publishers’ Repository Services
- Statement against Elsevier’s sharing policy
