What is signposting? Signposting is a standardized way of presenting information about a scholarly resource in a repository record, or other type of information provider, that allows machines to identify where the full text resource is located. Why signposting? …
If you run an aggregator service, COAR would like to invite you to respond to this short, bilingual (English/Spanish) survey. There is a growing number of national and regional repository aggregator networks that harvest metadata (and in some cases …
It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that we will be cancelling the COAR Annual Meeting 2020 in Cusco and Lima, Peru. The COAR Executive Board, along with the local organizers: CONCYTEC, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, …
COAR and SPARC have published a joint response to the OSTP Request for Public Comment on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research. Good data management is critical for ensuring validation, …
On January 23-24, 2020, COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) convened a meeting to investigate the potential for a common, distributed architecture that would connect peer review with resources in repositories. The aim of the meeting, hosted by Inria …
