Jul 19 COAR Webinar and Discussion Series
COAR is pleased to announce the first session in the members-only COAR Webinar and Discussion Series, which aims to provide information about the latest trends and topics in open access and repositories. The first session will feature Oya Rieger, Associate … Continue reading
Jun 20 The Role of Collaboration in Building a Global Knowledge Commons: COAR Annual Meeting and Conference 2016
New roles for open access repositories, value-added services, improving the flow of research knowledge and international collaboration were among the major themes for this year’s COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Annual Meeting and Conference, held at the University of … Continue reading
Jun 14 Open Repositories 2016 conference
This week, the 11th Annual conference on Open Repositories takes place in Dublin, Ireland. COAR activities will be presented in several sessions. Join colleagues at these occassions: Tuesday, 14 June, 17:30-18:30 Poster Session: Current State of Metrics for Repositories – … Continue reading
May 20 Call for action!
Call for action! A new ecology for scholarly communications is emerging which involves openness and sharing of publications, data, research administrative information, and other research outputs. Libraries and universities are already contributing to this ecology by hosting systems and platforms … Continue reading
Recent highlights
- Joint COAR-UNESCO Statement on Open Access
- Videos and slides from the COAR Annual Meeting – April 2016 in Vienna, Austria
- 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
