Confederation of Open Access Repositories, COAR, is a young association which unites organisations from across the world. Its core mission is to enhance greater visibility and application of research outputs through global networks of Open Access digital repositories. Moreover, COAR aims to enable every citizen in the world to get access to – and be able to benefit from – knowledge produced from publicly-funded research.
institutional repositories vs research information management systems (aka CRISs). Repository Observatory of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)