COARs
COARs, or the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, refers to an international network and community centered on advancing open access to scholarly communications through improved interoperability and governance of repository infrastructure. While COAR denotes the organization itself, the term COARs is sometimes used to describe its member repositories, libraries, funders, and national bodies that participate in its initiatives.
COAR aims to enhance the discoverability, access, and reuse of research outputs by promoting common standards,
The organization conducts working groups, collaborative projects, and community events to develop and disseminate guidelines and
COAR operates with a governance structure that includes a board and member representation from repositories, libraries,
Open access, repositories, metadata standards, digital preservation, open science.