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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) announces the publication of the report,</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span><a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/repository-content/sustainable-practices-for-populating-repositories-report/" style="font-family:Arial" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(56,110,255)">Incentives,
Integration, and Mediation: Sustainable Practices for Populating Repositories</span></i></a><span style="font-family:Arial">. The report profiles a variety of successful practices for populating repositories collected from around the world. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt"><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">There is an active, thriving community of open access repositories worldwide and their visibility is rising as funding agencies and governments implement open access <span style="color:rgb(10,8,14)">policies. Still,
repositories must continue to adopt strategies that demonstrate their value to the wider research community. The aim of this report is to assist the global repository community in implementing sustainable methods for recruiting content. The profiles were gathered
from organizations across the globe, and represent a mixture of approaches involving the introduction of incentives/mandates; integration of the repository with other institutional services; and mediation of the deposit process. The practices reflect a tradition of
innovation and openness i</span>n the repository community, and are characterized by creative approaches to staffing, imaginative software developments, and adoption of novel policies.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:13px">The report will also be available soon in Spanish.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="Arial">COAR is a young, fast growing association of repository initiatives with a membership of over 100 institutions worldwide from 35 countries and 4 continents. Its
mission is to enhance the visibility and application of research outputs through a global network of open access digital repositories. </font><span style="font-family:Arial">For more information about COAR, please visit the website </span><span style="font-family:Arial; color:rgb(56,110,255)"><a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/" target="_blank">www.coar-repositories.org</a></span></span></p>
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<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">Kathleen Shearer</font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">Executive Director, COAR</font></div>
<div><a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/" target="_blank"><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">http://www.coar-repositories.org/</font></a></div>
<div><a href="mailto:m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com</font></a></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">@KathleeShearer</font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:13px" face="Arial">Skype: kathleen.shearer2</font></div>
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