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<p class="MsoNormal">COAR (Coalition of Open Access Repositories) has recently become more involved with data repositories and IRs that serve as data repositories.
<a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/members/">If your institution is a member</a> you may want to join the mailing list. They’re ab international group and they have members on every continent (except Antarctica).
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<p class="MsoNormal">I won’t be able to make the call in the email below but hopefully someone else from RDAP can!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Megan O’Donnell<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Heather Joseph <heather@sparcopen.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 18, 2020 8:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> sparc-members@sparcopen.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SPARC] Community call to discuss US government draft repository characteristics<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you who are considering submitting comments on the OSTP “Request for Input” (RFI) on desirable characteristics of data repositories, our good colleagues at COAR are hosting a community call on Thursday to discuss possible
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in joining, please contact Kathleen Shearer at:
<a href="mailto:m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com">m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">for details!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The US Office of Science and Technology Policy has developed a proposed set of <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/17/2020-00689/request-for-public-comment-on-draft-desirable-characteristics-of-repositories-for-managing-and">desirable
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<p class="MsoNormal">We want to ensure that the characteristics represent good practice and are also feasible for the repository community broadly (as the criteria adopted in the US could be adopted in other jurisdictions) and COAR will work with SPARC to provide
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also want to try to align our input with other organizations, so we can have a greater impact.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To that end, COAR is hosting a community call at 2pm EST on Thursday, February 20 for organizations that are preparing input. The aim is to exchange information across organizations and identify areas of alignment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in participating in this call, please send me a message at
<a href="mailto:m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com">m.kathleen.shearer@gmail.com</a> and I will send you the connection details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please also feel free to share this message with colleagues who are not COAR members, but are preparing to submit comments. They are welcome to participate.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks and best, Kathleen<o:p></o:p></p>
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