January 29, 2020 by Gary Price
From a Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) Communiqué: 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. [Clip] Meeting participants reviewed and discussed a number of different use cases. While each case […]
July 21, 2015 by Gary Price
From a COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Announcement: The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and COAR, are organising an e-forum on “Sustainable Development Goals: The Impact of Access to Information on our Societies” which will take place from 7-18 September 2015. This […]
July 16, 2015 by Gary Price
From a Joint Announcement: On July 9 and 10, three major regional open access repository networks and aggregators (OpenAire, LA Referencia, and SHARE), along with the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and Center for Open Science (COS) met in Charlottesville, Virginia to discuss synergies and potential areas of collaboration. [Clip] The meeting was very […]
November 9, 2011 by Gary Price
Via LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries): The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. The website includes fresh content, added Web2.0 functionality, and an updated look and feel. The site http://www.coar-repositories.org reflects a great deal of input from […]