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COAR, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, is a young, fast growing association of repository initiatives launched in October 2009, uniting and representing 90 institutions worldwide (Europe, Latin America, Asia, and North America). COAR, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, is a young, fast growing association of repository initiatives launched in October 2009, uniting and representing 90 institutions worldwide (Europe, Latin America, Asia, and North America). Its mission is to enhance greater visibility and application of research outputs through global networks of Open Access digital repositories.
Through its member institutions COAR is working towards the development of a global Open Access repository community of practice from across counties, regions and disciplines. Our vision is a global knowledge infrastructure of networking Open Access repositories. Currently, COAR has three working groups, each with its own set of responsibilities, objectives, and related activities.
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COAR has just published a new report, Asia Open Access Regional Survey The report presents the results of a survey of open access activities in Asia undertaken in early 2017. “The continent of Asia is rapidly increasing in prominence on the world stage, both in terms of R&D as well as scientific production. According to the UNESCO World Science Report (2015), the region encompasses “close to half of global economic output (45%) and expenditure on research and development (R&D, 42%) and is home to both some of the world’s most dynamic technological powerhouses”. In terms of research outputs, the Asian continent is already prolific and is growing quickly, with China poised to become the world’s leading country in terms of number of published research articles. As with other continents, open access policies and practices are being adopted in Asia, although progress varies greatly across the different jurisdictions and locations. This report provides an account of the current state of open access in 16 regions of Asia. It is expected that the survey results will contribute to the wider implementation of open access and help various regions make the case for greater investment in open access, both in terms of policies, as well as national and local infrastructure.” https://www.coar-repositories.org/files/Asia-OA-survey-results-June-8-2017-2.pdf
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COAR » Programme, presentations and posters
#COAR2017 posters are also available on the conference page https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/coar-annual-meeting-2017/programme/
COAR » Programme and presentations
Presentations from #COAR2017 are now available at https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/coar-annual-meeting-2017/programme/
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#COAR2017 Annual Meeting ended with gratitude to our participants including members & partners and organizing team at University of Ca Foscari. We are already looking forward to meeting you in Hamburg next year for #COAR2018
#COAR2017 Outcomes of the Learn Project presented by Paolo Budroni from University of Vienna http://learn-rdm.eu
#COAR2017 Martha Whitehead from Canadian Association of Research Libraries presents "Portage Network - a national, library-based approach"
#COAR2017 Research Data Management Session started. Robin Rice from University of Edinburgh now presents "Supporting researchers in managing data: focus on data management plans"
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#COAR2017 This morning, COAR members and partners had General Assembly.
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#COAR2017 Open Metrics Interest Group is having the last meeting of the day.
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#COAR2017 What can be done, right now? by Andrea Bollini from 4Science
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