COAR is a not-for-profit membership organization based in Göttingen, Germany. Since June 23, 2010, COAR is a registered association under German Law (Register of Associations / Vereinsregister: Göttingen VR 200463)
Executive Board

Photo from left to right: Daisy Selematsela, Bianca Amaro, Wolfram Horstmann, Eloy Rodrigues, Martha Whitehead, Kazu Yamaji, William Nixon, Oya Rieger
- Chairperson: Eloy Rodrigues, University of Minho, Portugal
- Vice Chairperson: Kazu Yamaji, National Institute for Informatics, Japan
- Treasurer: William J. Nixon, University of Glasgow, UK
- Bianca Amaro, Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology, Brazil
- Daisy Selematsela, University of South Africa, South Africa
- Oya Rieger, Cornell University, USA
- Marta Whitehead, Queen’s University, Canada
- Wolfram Horstmann, Göttingen State and University Library, Germany
Executive Director
- Kathleen Shearer (m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com )
- Twitter: @KathleeShearer
- Skype: kathleen.shearer2