"There are significant variations across the European #repository landscape with differing levels of support and funding…Some repositories have access to the resources they need…while others find it a challenge to maintain up-to-date software platforms and suitable staffing levels. For Europe to maintain its position as a global leader in #OpenScience, we must ensure there is a strong and sustainable network of open repositories."
https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-updates/openaire-liber-sparc-europe-and-coar-launch-joint-strategy-to-strengthen-the-european-repository-network/

#OpenAire #Liber #SparcEurope #COAR

#COAR Announces first recommendation for supporting multilingual and non-English content in #repositories https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-updates/coar-announces-first-recommendation-for-supporting-multilingual-and-non-english-content-in-repositories/
#multilingualism #harvesting #ODI #research #discovery #discoverability #publishing #languages

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (#COAR) has set up a working group to improve #language support in scholarly article archives. https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-updates/what-we-do/multilingual-and-non-english-content/

The first output is there.

COAR Announces first recommendation for supporting #multilingual and non-English content in repositories https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-updates/coar-announces-first-recommendation-for-supporting-multilingual-and-non-english-content-in-repositories/

SPOILER: It is: pretty please add metadata to indicate the language of the document. Very basic, but even this will take some time to flesh out for various metadata systems.