%0 Conference Paper %B Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas, 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing %D 2016 %T Stepping Up Towards Greater Alignment of Repository Networks %A Müller, Katharina %A Arvid Deppe %A Maxie Gottschling %A Eloy Rodrigues %A Kathleen Shearer %K Harmonization %K Interoperability %K Repositories %K Standards %X

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.

%B Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas, 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing %S ELPUB %C Göttingen, Germany %P 142-146 %8 06/2016 %@ 978-1-61499-648-4 %! ELPUB2016 %R 10.3233/978-1-61499-649-1-142