Regional Initiatives
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USRN Discovery Pilot: Outcomes and Next Steps
An interoperable network of repositories is an essential component of our national research infrastructure, offering rapid and open access to research outputs. They play a critical role in safeguarding research outputs and are typically housed and managed by long-lived universities and research institutions. In 2022, SPARC and COAR initiated the USRN to strengthen and increase
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Action Plan for Open Repositories in Europe: IMPACT-REPO
March 12, 2025 – Today, LIBER, OpenAIRE, SPARC Europe, and COAR are publishing a plan of action to strengthen and future-proof research repositories in Europe. A robust repository network is key for safeguarding Europe’s research production and advancing scientific excellence in Europe. And while currently, Europe has one of the most well-developed networks globally with
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COAR launches task force on sustainable and interoperable PIDs models
Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are an important part of the scholarly ecosystem. However the current global approach to PIDs excludes many developing regions and contributes to creating significant inequalities in the scholarly ecosystem. The costs of minting DOIs, for example, makes them unaffordable in most parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where there are often
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Open Consultation: Crafting a Vision for European Repositories
European repositories are critical components for open science Repositories collectively acquire, preserve, and provide open access to tens or possibly hundreds of millions of valuable research outputs. In January 2023, OpenAIRE, LIBER, SPARC Europe, and COAR unveiled a joint strategy to strengthen the European repository network. This aim is to further strengthen the open science
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COAR and INFLIBNET agree to launch a community of practice for repositories in India
After two very successful days of meetings with many esteemed local and international representatives, COAR and INFLIBNET are pleased to announce an agreement to work together to coalesce and strengthen the substantial network of open science repositories in India. The meetings, which took place on April 17-18, 2024 at UNESCO offices in New Delhi, were
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The Promise and Practice of Open Science – Asia OA Meeting in New Delhi, India
The critical role of repositories in providing access to research New Delhi, India – April 17-18, 2024 Bi-annually, COAR and a local Asian host organize a meeting to support information sharing and collaboration on open access and open science across Asian countries. This is part of the Asia OA Community of Practice that is hosted
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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
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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
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Persistent Identifiers: Addressing the challenges of global adoption
The aim of this blog post is to raise awareness about certain issues related to the adoption of persistent identifiers (PIDs), which especially impact developing countries and to propose an alternative approach that will enable greater global inclusiveness and more widespread adoption of PIDs across the world. Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are an important part of
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OpenAIRE, LIBER, SPARC Europe and COAR Launch Joint Strategy to Strengthen the European Repository Network
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 novel research methods. A prerequisite for achieving this vision is a strong and well-functioning network of repositories that provides human and machine access
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