Today, my colleagues and I are issuing a “Call for Action!” We are calling on the community to make concerted efforts to develop strong, community-governed infrastructures that support diversity in scholarly communications (referred to as bibliodiversity). Diversity is an …
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, …
COAR and cOAlition S share a common aim to accelerate the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scholarly publications and COAR supports the vision and principles outlined in Plan S. Repositories offer a low-cost, high-value option for …
cOAlition S has published a revised Plan S Principles and Implementation Guidelines. cOAlition S is a group of (mainly European) public and private charity research funders who want to accelerate the transition to open access through the adoption of …
February 6, 2019 - This is a slightly updated version of the COAR initial feedback published on December 13, 2018. The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) reiterates our strong support for the goal of Plan S to achieve “immediate …
