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
Collaborating to Support Greater Visibility and Discoverability of Open Scholarship
DSpace 5 & 6 extension will soon enable support for new OpenAIRE Guidelines. Several Canadian research libraries are providing funding to ensure that the vast majority of DSpace repositories around the world can be …
Pubfair, version 2 now available
We are happy to announce that the revised version of the Pubfair paper is now available. Pubfair A distributed framework for open publishing services Version 2, November 27, 2019 Authored by Tony Ross-Hellauer, Benedikt …
Webinar: Getting up to Speed on Repository Discovery and Deposit Services
Having trouble keeping track of the increasing number of discovery services? Want to learn more about how they work, who are their main users, and how to ensure your repository content is visible in …
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
One priority use case for COAR is the development of overlay services on the distributed repository network is peer-review …
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
Pubfair, version 2 now available
We are happy to announce that the revised version of the Pubfair paper is now available. Pubfair A distributed framework for open publishing services Version 2, November 27, 2019 Authored by Tony Ross-Hellauer, Benedikt …
Members
COAR is an international association with 153 members and partners from 50 countries, representing libraries, universities, research institutions, government funders and others.