COAR 2021 Annual Meeting and General Assembly took place virtually from September 29 – October 1. It was attended by over 160 people and offered a great opportunity to consult and discuss current COAR initiatives and priorities with members and partners.
A brief report of the Annual Meeting is available here
Program
| Wednesday, September 29 | |
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| UNESCO Open Science Recommendations Ana Peršić, PhD Programme Specialist, Science Policy and Capacity Building, Science Policy and Partnerships, Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO.Dr. Peršić introduced the UNESCO draft Open Science Recommendations, process behind their development, and the next steps for implementation. The presentation was followed by an interactive discussion about the implications of the recommendations for the COAR community, and how we can help with their adoption.Building a global consensus on Open ScienceSlidesSession recording | |
| COAR Strategy for Modernizing RepositoriesThis session will present the COAR Strategy for Modernizing Repositories, which was launched in July 2021. The strategy involves COAR working with regional and national partners to help position repositories to embrace their new and expansive role in the scholarly communications landscape. The session will include a round table of representatives from different regions to present their action plans, which are tailored to the local context and address each country’s most salient and acute challenges.Session recordingIntroductionSlidesRound table slide coming soon: Africa, Latin America, Canada, United States, Asia, Europe | |
| Thursday, September 30 | |
| Approaches to Adopting Good Practices in RepositoriesThis session discussed some of the latest developments around repository criteria, what communities are trying to define new criteria and how these will impact local repositories. We discussed some of the benefits and challenges from different countries around the world and their experiences with trying to implement/adopt certain criteria. Session was moderated by Ilkay Holt.Session recordingGail Steinhart, Cornell University – Introduction and the current context. (So many) Data Repository Good Practices.Evelin Arust, University of Tartu – Estonia’s experience with the Core Trust SealGultekin Gurdal – Izmir Institute of Technology – National approach to improve practices in repositories in TurkeyKoh Sugawara – Hitotsubashi University – Using the COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories in Japan | |
| Transforming the Role of Repositories: The Notify ProjectThis session provided an update on the progress to-date of the COAR Notify Project. The aim of this project is to develop a standard and interoperable approach that will link reviews and endorsements from different services with the research outputs housed in the distributed network of preprint servers, archives, and repositories. We asked participants to contribute other use cases (beyond peer review) and to bring their ideas, questions, and comments.Paul Walk, Martin Klein, and Kathleen ShearerSlidesSession Recording | |
| Friday, October 1 | |
| 12th COAR General Assembly The General Assembly is the COAR Business Meeting where present COAR’s accomplishments over the last year, new activities for this year, and the election of the next Executive Board. | |
| Presenting Some New ResourcesLearn more about the COAR Controlled Vocabularies and the COAR/FECYT Aggregator Dashboard. Slides update on the COAR Resource Types VocabularySession recording |
