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COAR Launches the International Repository Directory
On July 8, 2025, COAR officially launched the COAR International Repository Directory (IRD). The IRD will act as an authoritative source of information about repositories, providing the community with an accurate and timely record of the current repository landscape. This is more important than ever now that many countries are moving rapidly to widespread open
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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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Ten Recommended Practices for Managing Preprints in Generalist and Institutional Repositories
Today, COAR and ASAPbio are pleased to announce the publication of “Ten Recommended Practices for Managing Preprints in Generalist and Institutional Repositories”. As preprint sharing becomes more common, we need a cohesive and sustainable ecosystem to support researchers around the world. Currently, there are numerous gaps in geographic and domain coverage and some authors will
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CCSD and COAR announce the launch of a preprint directory
October 5, 2022: The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) of France and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce the launch of a directory of open access preprint repositories. Preprints are becoming an increasingly important part of the research communications landscape. Posting preprints allows researchers to share their research
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COAR Releases Community Framework for Good Practices in Repositories, Version 2
COAR is pleased to announce the release of the COAR Community Framework for Good Practices in Repositories, Version 2 The aim of the Framework is to provide a global, multidimensional framework for good practices in repositories that can be applied to different types of repositories (publication, institutional, data, etc.) and across geographical and thematic contexts.
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Open Consultation – COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories
We are seeking community input until March 20, 2022 The Framework brings together relevant criteria developed by other communities (and refined by the COAR Repository Assessment Working Group) into a global, multidimensional framework for assessing best practices that can be adopted and used by different types of repositories (publication, institutional, data, etc.) and in different geographical and
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COAR releases resource types vocabulary version 3.0 for repositories with new look and feel
We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.0 of the resource types vocabulary. Since 2015, three COAR Controlled Vocabularies have been developed and are maintained by the Controlled Vocabulary Editorial Board: Resource types, access rights and version types. These vocabularies have a new look and are now being managed using the iQvoc platform, hosted by the University of Vienna
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COAR Repository Toolkit
COAR Repository Toolkit is now updated with new resources. We invite you to visit the Toolkit to access the best practices and educational resources including websites, guides, videos, infographics and others. The Repository Toolkit was launched in the fall of 2018. The aim is to provide repository managers with best practices and educational resources to support interoperability, discoverability and the
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COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories
COAR is very pleased to announce the release of the COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories. The purpose of the framework is to assist repositories in evaluating and improving their current operations based on a set of applicable and achievable good practices. Currently, there are a number of existing frameworks and evaluation criteria that
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Overlay model for peer review on repositories
COAR is pleased to share with you a proposed model for a standard approach to peer review of resources in repositories. The proposed model, prepared by Paul Walk, Martin Klein, Herbert Van de Sompel, and Kathleen Shearer with input from use case contributors, is open for public comment until September 11, 2020. The resource-oriented nature of the Web
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