What’s new in the COAR community
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What’s new with COAR Notify?
Implementation partners Two major implementation projects have new, production-ready working implementations of COAR Notify. In early December, it was announced that authors who deposit their preprints into bioRxiv and SciELO Preprints can now send a request for review to the open review service, PREreview. The aim is to expand the functionality to other partner services… Read more
Categories: Repositories and Publishing
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New report on the state of repositories in Europe
Open Science is ushering in a new paradigm for research; one in which all researchers have unprecedented access to the full corpus of research for analysis, text and data mining, and other new research methods. A prerequisite for achieving this vision is a strong and well-functioning network of repositories that provides human and machine access… Read more
Categories: Regional Initiatives
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US Repository Network launches pilot to enhance discoverability of content in repositories
COAR has been working with the US Repository Network (USRN) to connect and strengthen the position of repositories in the US. With the advent of the recent OSTP Memorandum requiring Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research – which directs government research funders and agencies to adopt policies that require adopt immediate… Read more
Categories: Regional Initiatives