COAR launches strategy to modernize the global repository network – COAR

"To take advantage of this moment, COAR is launching an international strategy to modernize repositories.

Despite the widespread adoption of repositories around the world, many struggle with low visibility in their research community, are running old versions of software platforms, and/or are understaffed.

This strategy, which was launched on July 6, 2021 with a meeting of interested national and regional partners, will help position repositories to embrace their new and expansive role in the scholarly communications landscape.  Working with key partners in each region and country, the strategy will develop individualized plans for each participating country and region – plans that will be highly tailored to the local context and address each country’s most salient and acute challenges.

The meeting was attended by participants from Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Europe, Latin America and the United States.

The strategy and plans will be developed from July – September 2021. Following this, COAR will work to assist each participating country and region in implementing them...."