COAR organises online sessions about the latest trends, hot topics and areas of interest to our members and partners. The aim is to have a webinar every few months, and develop programming that is of relevance and accessible in different regions and time zones.
If you have a suggestion for a topic, please let us know.
Watch our previous webinars on the COAR YouTube channel
COAR Forum on COVID-19, Open Science, and Repositories
On September 10, 2020, COAR hosted a 2-hour forum highlighting the role of open science and open repositories in the context of COVID-19. The forum showcased several collaborative initiatives from around the world aiming …
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 …
Webinar on Plan S and Repositories
COAR provided a response on the guidance on the implementation of the Plan S on December 13th and hosted a webinar with the repository community today to discuss Plan S requirements and the potential …
From Open Access to Open Science: Supporting the Transition to Managing Research Data
COAR hosted a members-only webinar on 5 December on role of open repositories in research data management (RDM). RDM is a large component of open science, and the role of repositories is crucial in …
Engaging the research community with repository services
One of the most challenging aspects of managing a repository is to raise the visibility of repository services in order to ensure researchers are contributing their research outputs. In our recent survey of COAR …
Presentations about ResourceSync
COAR recently hosted a webinar for platform providers about one of the next generation repository technologies, ResourceSync. The aim was to provide more information about the use cases and rationale for repository platforms to …
Recording and the slides of the COAR webinar by Leslie Chan are now available
The recording and the slides from today's webinar entitled Open Access in the global South: Perspectives from the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network are now available on Zenodo. Prof. Leslie Chan shared key …
Recording and the Slides of Webinar on IR Usage Statistics
CARL-COAR joint webinar on institutional repository (IR) usage statistics was held yesterday with number of participants. The webinar was moderated by Leah Vanderjagt, Digital Repository Services Coordinator at University of Alberta. She made an introduction …
CARL-COAR Joint Webinar on IR Usage Statistics
COAR Members are invited to a webinar entitled "Two Approaches for Accurately Counting IR Usage: RAMP and IRUS-UK" jointly organised by CARL and COAR. The speakers are Kenning Arlitsch, Dean at Montana State University Library and Paul Needham, Research …
DSpace-CRIS: How to Bring Repositories and CRIS/RIMS Webinar
CRIS/RIMS (Current Research Information Systems / Research Information Management Systems) are becoming more and more relevant to monitor research activities and outputs, highlighting strengths and weaknesses of institutional performance and providing insight for budget …
Las diapositivas y la grabación del webinar de vocabularios controlados para repositorios
Las diapositivas y la grabación del webinar de Vocabularios Controlados para Repositorios: Objetivos y Avances del Grupo de Trabajo COAR están disponible aquí.
Slides and recording of COAR webinar on Publishing Controlled Vocabularies
Slides and the recording of COAR webinar Publishing Controlled Vocabularies for Access and Reuse by Rowan Brownlee are now available. This work covers the questions of how may vocabularies be published online for access by people …
#OAWeek2016 Webinar Slides and Recordings are now available
COAR celebrates Open Access Week 2016 with the webinar on Next Generation Repositories. The webinar was streamed twice on 25th of October to ensure that it can be attended by people in several different …
Slides and the recording of the webinar on Controlled Vocabularies
The webinar on Controlled Vocabularies took place yesterday, October 4th. Thank you for your interest and the participation in the event. Please find the slides at the links below and click here for the recording: • …
Webinar: Oya Rieger on the arXiv User Survey
This webinar featured Oya Rieger, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Preservation Services at Cornell University and Program Director for arXiv. The session took place on Thursday, July 28, 2016. As part of its …