[BOAI] COAR Briefing Paper "The Case for Interoperability for Open Access Repositories" & Online Discussion

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the Confederation of Open Access Repositories.  --Peter
Suber.]


*Apologies for Cross Posting*****

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Dear Open Access & Digital Repository Managers, ****

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The Confederation of Open Access Repositories
(COAR)<http://coar-repositories.org/>is facilitating a discussion
about interoperability among Open Access
repositories within the global context. To kick off this process, COAR has
released a briefing paper, “The Case for Interoperability for Open Access
Repositories,” an overview of interoperability and selected current issues.
The paper is available here: http://coar-repositories.org/interoperability.*
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The next step is to collect and analyze stakeholder input about the current
interoperability environment. We invite you to participate and submit your
thoughts about current and anticipated interoperability challenges, problems
for the research community that might be addressed by interoperability
guidelines, barriers to progress, and other related issues. Questions to
start the dialogue are posted on the COAR Interoperability web site at
http://coar-repositories.org/interoperability.****

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We encourage participants to raise new questions, respond to the posted
questions, and respond to others’ comments. ****


The discussion will be available on the COAR web site until approximately
22-October 2011. After that, we will review input and define and draft the
COAR Roadmap for Global Open Access Repository Interoperability (estimated
timeframe: 4th quarter 2011, 1st quarter 2012). ****

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We look forward to a lively discussion. ****

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Regards, ****

Eloy Rodrigues
COAR Interoperability Working Group Chair****

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Sent on behalf ****

by COAR e.V. Office****

c/o ****Göttingen** **State**** and University Library
****Germany****
Phone: +49 551 39-22215
Fax: +49 551 39-5222
E-Mail: office at coar-repositories.org****

http://coar-repositories.org****

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