Sorry for the cross posting
Please see the announcement below about a meeting last week in Rio de Janeiro between COAR, LA Referencia and OpenAIRE to discuss further alignment of these two major repository networks. The announcement will be available in English, Spanish and Portuguese on the LA Referencia website:
A major, important outcome was an agreement between the two networks that they would adopt common metadata guidelines (OpenAIRE Guidelines) and participate together in their further development over time. This will ensure much greater interoperability between the content in the repositories in these regions.
Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions.
Best, Kathleen
Kathleen Shearer
Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
Skype: kathleen.shearer2 - twitter: @KathleeShearer
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Communiqué
Rio de Janeiro,
November 25 & 26, 2015
There is growing recognition worldwide
that our substantial global investments in research have
much greater impact if they are widely shared and openly
available to everyone. LA Referencia, OpenAIRE and COAR
reaffirm their strong support for a shared vision of a
global network of repositories as fundamental
infrastructure for providing sustainable and open access
to research outputs, ensuring that all researchers and
citizens have access to the results of publicly funded
research.
On November 25 and 26, 2015
representatives from LA Referencia, OpenAIRE and COAR met
in Rio de Janeiro to discuss the adoption of common
metadata guidelines for repository networks and identify
areas for further collaboration. The meeting was hosted by
the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), along with Ibict
(Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e
Tecnologia), and is part of the Aligning Repository
Networks work being lead by COAR.
OpenAIRE and LA Referencia represent
two of the most advanced regional networks of open access
repositories in the world. Closer collaboration between
these two networks will enhance the usability and
visibility of the collective content in the networks and
enable the development of value added services across the
two regions.
The three
organizations therefore resolve to pursue their common
vision through the following activities:
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LA Referencie and OpenAIRE will adopt common
metadata practices, based on the current OpenAIRE
guidelines and the vocabularies being developed in the
context of COAR, for repository networks and develop
these guidelines in collaboration.
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COAR, LA Referencia, and OpenAIRE will
explore ways to build capacity for managing
repositories and repository networks in Latin America,
particularly in terms of the implementation of best
practices.
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Under the auspices of COAR, LA Referencia,
and OpenAIRE will continue to work with other national
and regional networks to promote the vision of a
global repository network and investigate common
services in support of open access and open science.
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LA Referencia is the
network of open access repositories from eight Latin
American countries. It supports national open access
strategies in Latin America through shared standards and a
single discovery platform. LA Referencia harvests
scholarly articles and theses & dissertations from
national nodes, which, in turn, harvest from repositories
at universities and research institutions. This initiative
is based on technical and organizational agreements
between public science and technology organizations
(National Ministries and Science & Technology
Departments) with RedCLARA.
OpenAIRE, funded by the European
Commission under H2020, is the Open Access Infrastructure
for Research in Europe, based on the
network of open access repositories.
The Confederation of Open Access
Repositories (COAR) is an international association with
over 100 members and partners from around the world
representing libraries, universities, research
institutions, government funders and others. COAR brings
together the repository community and major repository
networks in order build capacity, align policies and
practices, and act as a global voice for the repository
community.