<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class="">(Sorry for any cross-posting)</div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class="">Members of this list might be interested in a recent report describing the international repository environment.</div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><b class="">Promoting Open Science and Open Knowledge: Report of the Current State of Repositories</b></div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class="">This briefing <a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/files/Promoting-Open-Knowledge-and-Open-Science-Report-on-the-current-state-of-Repositories.pdf" class="">paper</a>, published in May 2015, presents an overview of the international repository landscape. The paper was produced by COAR on behalf of the Aligning Repository Networks Committee, a group of senior representatives from repository networks around the world. While originally intended for the Global Research Council (GRC), the paper has also been written with a broader audience in mind.</div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/files/Promoting-Open-Knowledge-and-Open-Science-Report-on-the-current-state-of-Repositories.pdf" class="">https://www.coar-repositories.org/files/Promoting-Open-Knowledge-and-Open-Science-Report-on-the-current-state-of-Repositories.pdf</a></div><div data-canvas-width="249.96333333333334" style="left: 95.3731px; top: 196.573px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<div class="">Kathleen Shearer</div><div class="">Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com" class="">m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com</a> - +1 514 992 9068</div><div class="">Skype: kathleenshearer2 - twitter: @KathleeShearer</div></div></body></html>