Over the past few years, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has established the initiative “Aligning Repository Networks” in order to foster global repository interoperability and align policies and practices internationally. This paper outlines several activities to align major repository networks across the globe strategically, technically and on the service level.
Müller, Katharina, Arvid Deppe, Maxie Gottschling, Eloy Rodrigues, and Kathleen Shearer. "Stepping Up Towards Greater Alignment of Repository Networks." In Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas, 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 142-146. ELPUB. Göttingen, Germany, 2016.