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On May 14-17, 2018, COAR will have its Annual Meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The meeting will bring together a growing and active community that aims to transform scholarly communication by developing a global knowledge commons that will be more inclusive, sustainable and innovative, and better serve the needs of the international research community. Next generation repositories, based at universities and research institutions (and their libraries) around the world, represent the infrastructure to support this vision. On top of the collective content contained in repositories - articles, data, and other valuable research products - we intend to build new services, including peer review, citation and usage metrics, and a transparent social network. The global knowledge commons must be distributed in order to better reflect the diverse needs and requirements of different communities and perspectives, and to protect from buyout or enclosure. To support strengthening regional and national services, the event will include a meeting with 14 repository networks from around the world at which we will discuss the principles, functionalities and standards needed to pave the way for greater global interoperability and enhanced services. These meetings will be a significant step in progressing our vision of a global knowledge commons. For more information, please see the COAR website <http://www.coar-repositories.org/>. Kathleen ------- Kathleen Shearer Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) m.kathleen.shea...@gmail.com <mailto:m.kathleen.shea...@gmail.com> - +1 514 992 9068 Skype: kathleen.shearer2 - twitter: @KathleeShearer www.coar-repositories.org <http://www.coar-repositories.org/>
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