[BOAI] Launch of New COAR Website

[Birgit Schmidt]

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

*Launch of New COAR Website*
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The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is pleased to 
announce the launch of its new website at: 
http://www.coar-repositories.org <http://www.coar-repositories.org/>. 
The website includes fresh content, added Web2.0 functionality, and an 
updated look and feel.

The site reflects a great deal of input from members. In particular, it 
includes:

-Online discussions hosted by working groups such as the 
Interoperability Forum <http://bit.ly/coar-interop-discussion>

-Published documents by COAR working groups, such as /The Case for 
Interoperability for Open Access Repositories/ <http://bit.ly/coarwg2>/, 
/a new Open Access briefing paper

-A global map <http://www.coar-repositories.org/member-and-partnership/> 
of COAR's members and partners

-Announcements of upcoming events

-Links to the COAR Facebook <http://on.fb.me/coar-members> page and 
Twitter <http://bit.ly/coar-twitter> presence

-RSS feeds to new content

Norbert Lossau, chairperson of COAR, comments "We are delighted to 
launch the new COAR website. We feel that the new infrastructure will be 
extremely valuable as COAR expands its membership and leaves us better 
prepared to meet future needs."

If you are interested in collaborating with COAR please contact the COAR 
Office at office at coar-repositories.org 
<mailto:office at coar-repositories.org>.

About COAR
COAR, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, is a young 
association of repository initiatives launched in October 2009, uniting 
over 60 members and partner organisations from 24 countries from 
throughout 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. More 
information about COAR and its members and partners is available at the 
COAR web site <http://www.coar-repositories.org/>.


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Dr. Birgit Schmidt
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