Watching with interest.

"COAR Notify and the Launch of a Publish, Review, Curate Alliance."
https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/coar-notify-and-the-launch-of-a-publish-review-curate-alliance/

PS: I'm a big fan of #COAR, #COARNotify, #PRC, #Preprints, and taking full advantage of #OpenAccess #Repositories.

#GreenOA #OpenPeerReview #ScholComm

Currently attending a @coar_repositories webinar which summarises recent work to better manage abusive #bot behaviour on #repositories (mostly #AI + #LLM based #bots).

@paulwalk presents some useful criteria for characterising bots: (Un)Welcome? Good/Bad behaviour?

#COAR advice on this topic available here:
https://dealing-with-bots.coar-repositories.org/

Very helpfully @coar_repositories have published the outcome of the 'Dealing with #Bots Task Group'. Thanks! This includes a toolkit for #repository managers devised around the phases: Preparation, Protection and Mitigation. Essential reading for any institution with one or more repositories -- or indeed any digital library or archive. Let's bust the abusive bots!

Dealing With Bots: A #COAR Resource for Repository Managers
https://dealing-with-bots.coar-repositories.org/ #repositories #DigitalLibraries #LLMs

Attention #repository people! @coar_repositories has issued a call for identifying new use cases of the #COAR #Notify protocol. This could include prototyping of innovative deployments of Notify to link, interact or integrate with repository resources and/or other services. Grants of €10.000 to be awarded.

Deadline for applications is **18 January 2026**. Full eligibility criteria at the link below. Get writing, folks!

https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/open-call-for-innovative-uses-of-coar-notify/ #OpenResearch #OpenAccess

Yay! Attending the soft launch of the new International #Repositories Directory (IRD), created under the ausprices of @coar_repositories and led by @paulwalk. Kudos to all involved! The IRD presents a long needed superior model of #repository directory maintenance -- much needed to ensure we can leverage the power of networked repositories and build value added services on top of these repositories.

https://ird.coar-repositories.org/ #COAR #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenResearch #scholcomm

#COAR (@coar_repositories) is exactly right about what's wrong with the #ACS and #IEEE demands that their authors pay them a fee for the right to deposit their accepted author manuscripts (#AAMs) in #OpenAccess #repositories.
https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/unfair-publisher-fees-for-deposit-into-repositories-highlight-the-need-for-authors-to-exercise-their-rights/

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* The charges applied are completely arbitrary and not based on any real service provision (for example, IEEE applies a fee to authors who want to apply a CC-BY licence to their AAM; and ACM applies a fee for removing the embargo period). They are just another funding stream for publishers that are already making huge profits.
* Deposit fees disadvantage authors who do not have funding to pay
* These fees amount to #DoubleDipping since the final published version of the AAM is made available behind a paywall with no discount
* This practice prevents universities and research organisations from creating an accessible record of their scholarly output.
</blockquote>

And COAR is exactly right about the solution: author #RightsRetention. When authors retain key rights, they don't need publisher permission to deposit their works in OA repositories -- or to use and reuse them in other important ways as well.

PS: See my similar argument on a related ACS move last year.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/112688754504974477

#Publishers #Copyright #ScholComm

Coming July 8: The COAR International Repository Directory (IRD) officially launches!

A global, community-curated resource offering trusted, up-to-date info on repositories!

Click the link below and register for the launch webinars:

-COAR IRD #1 🕛 12h CEST (Asia/Africa/Europe)
-COAR IRD #2 🕕 18h CEST (Americas/Europe/Africa)

Register and read the details: https://shorturl.at/UBY2D

#COAR #OpenScience #Repositories #OpenAccess #Metadata #ResearchInfrastructure

#COAR hat eine Umfrage zu einem Thema durchgeführt, welches auch uns sehr intensiv beschäftigt: Maschinelle Zugriffe auf Repositorien, spezifisch AI-Bots: https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/open-repositories-are-being-profoundly-impacted-by-ai-bots-and-other-crawlers-results-of-a-coar-survey/

Die Ergebnisse überraschen uns nicht. Das Verhalten und die Menge von #AI #Bots sind Herausforderungen für den Betrieb von Repositorien. Eine dauerhafte Lösung zeichnet sich noch nicht ab. Wir finden es deswegen wichtig, die Probleme anzusprechen und uns in der Community dazu auszutauschen.

#OpenAccess #Repository