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 survey finds no large barriers for repository platforms in complying with Plan S
In 2019, a group of funders known as cOAlition S adopted Plan S, a set of principles and requirements for full and immediate Open Access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications resulting from the research they …
COAR Executive Director’s Keynote at Open Repositories
On June 1, 2020, Kathleen Shearer, COAR Executive Director delivered the keynote speech at the (virtual) Open Repositories Conference 2020. The topic of the speech was bibliodiversity Crises like this pandemic expose …
COAR Submission to UNESCO Open Science Consultation
The widespread and rapid sharing of research results, commonly referred to as open science or open scholarship, is fundamental for addressing some of today’s most critical problems. Repositories provide essential services that manage and …
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
COAR Submission to UNESCO Open Science Consultation
The widespread and rapid sharing of research results, commonly referred to as open science or open scholarship, is fundamental for addressing some of today’s most critical problems. Repositories provide essential services that manage and …
Members
COAR is an international association with 157 members and partners from 53 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:
