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
Africa and Latin America agree to closer collaboration around open science
Today, LA Referencia, RedCLARA and the three African regional research and education networks - ASREN, WACREN and UbuntuNet Alliance - signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their relationship as the two continents …
Joint Position Statement on “Data Repository Selection – Criteria That Matter”
Issued by Confederation of Open Access Repositories, CoreTrustSeal, European University Association, Science Europe, and the World Data System Open science requires a sustainable, trustworthy and comprehensive network …
Input to “Data Repository Selection: Criteria that Matter”
Data Repository Selection: Criteria that Matter are a set of criteria that are being proposed by a group of (mainly) publishers. COAR has a number of concerns about these criteria: Many repositories currently don’t …
What we do
Our Collective Voice
COAR acts as the international voice for the repository community, and promotes the vision of an inclusive and sustainable …
Repositories and Publishing
The mainstream system for research communications, which was built in the print age and has not evolved to meet …
Next Generation Repositories
Next Generation Repositories (NGRs) is an ongoing initiative of COAR to identify common behaviours, protocols and technologies that will …
Training and Capacity Building
Providing support for the Open Access repository community is an important objective for COAR. COAR participates in numerous conferences, …
Upcoming Events
Latest Resources
COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories
COAR is very pleased to announce the release of the COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories. The purpose of the framework is to assist repositories in evaluating and improving their current operations …
Members
COAR is an international association with 157 members and partners from 52 countries, representing libraries, universities, research institutions, government funders and others.
COAR would like to especially thank our supporting members who contribute to COAR’s sustainability by providing extra funding beyond membership fees. Current supporting members of COAR are:
