COAR is an international association that brings together individual repositories and repository networks in order to build capacity, align policies and practices, and act as a global voice for the repository community.

News and Updates

COAR releases resource types vocabulary version 3.0 for repositories with new look and feel

iholt2021-07-20T18:40:34+01:00July 20th, 2021|

COAR launches strategy to modernize the global repository network

Kathleen Shearer2021-07-19T15:18:01+01:00July 19th, 2021|

Catalyzing the Creation of a Repository Network in the US

Kathleen Shearer2021-06-30T22:03:01+01:00June 24th, 2021|

Towards a global knowledge commons – COAR advances interoperability and alignment internationally

Kathleen Shearer2021-04-20T09:16:26+01:00April 19th, 2021|

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What we do

Kathleen Shearer2021-06-30T21:29:06+01:00

Our Collective Voice

Kathleen Shearer2021-02-05T18:11:03+00:00

Repositories and Publishing

iholt2021-07-14T23:23:47+01:00

Next Generation Repositories

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Training and Capacity Building

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Upcoming Events

Asia OA – New Roles and Capabilities of Academic Libraries in the Open Access Landscape

August 3 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

COAR Annual Meeting 2021

September 29 @ 1:00 pm - October 1 @ 4:00 pm

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Latest Resources

COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories

Kathleen Shearer2020-10-08T15:48:15+01:00October 8th, 2020|Resources, Training and Capacity Building|

Overlay model for peer review on repositories

Kathleen Shearer2020-11-11T15:03:30+00:00August 3rd, 2020|Next Generation Repositories, Repositories and Publishing, Resources|

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Members

A global repository network

COAR is an international association with 151 members and partners from 51 countries, representing libraries, universities, research institutions, government funders and others.

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