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<b>Launch of New COAR Website</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Confederation of Open
Access
Repositories (COAR) is pleased to announce the launch of its new
website at: <a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/">http://www.coar-repositories.org</a>.
The website includes fresh content, added Web2.0 functionality,
and an updated
look and feel. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The site reflects a great
deal of input
from members. In particular, it includes: </span></p>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span
lang="EN-US">Online
discussions hosted by working groups such as the <a
href="http://bit.ly/coar-interop-discussion">Interoperability
Forum</a></span></span></p>
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New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span
lang="EN-US">Published
documents by COAR working groups, such as <a
href="http://bit.ly/coarwg2"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Case for
Interoperability for Open
Access Repositories</i></a><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">, </i>a new
Open Access briefing paper</span></span></p>
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New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span
lang="EN-US"><a
href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/member-and-partnership/">A
global map</a>
of COAR’s members and partners</span></span></p>
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style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span
lang="EN-US">Announcements of
upcoming events</span></span></p>
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New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span
lang="EN-US">Links to the COAR
<a href="http://on.fb.me/coar-members">Facebook</a> page and <a
href="http://bit.ly/coar-twitter">Twitter</a> presence</span></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span
lang="EN-US">RSS feeds to new
content</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic"
lang="EN-US">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.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you are interested in
collaborating with
COAR please contact the COAR Office at <a
href="mailto:office@coar-repositories.org">office@coar-repositories.org</a>.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">About COAR<br>
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">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 <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. 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 </span><span lang="EN-US"><a
href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/"><span
style="font-family:
"Gill Sans MT";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB">COAR web site</span></a></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">.</span></p>
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COAR <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.coar-repositories.org">www.coar-repositories.org</a>
OpenAIRE <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.openaire.eu">www.openaire.eu</a>
OAPEN <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.oapen.org">www.oapen.org</a>
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