Coalition Publica — a partnership between the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and Érudit — along with the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and the University of Toronto Libraries, acting as the service provider for Scholars Portal, have signed a new memorandum of understanding to strengthen Canada’s open scholarly infrastructure. The agreement formalizes their longstanding collaboration and leverages shared expertise to advance the long‑term preservation of open research in Canada.
The partners will explore opportunities to improve interoperability across platforms such as Scholars Portal Journals, Scholaris, Borealis, Open Journal Systems (OJS), and erudit.org. They plan to collaborate on metadata enhancements and persistent identifiers to increase the discoverability and accessibility of research. The agreement also builds upon existing storage and preservation services, including the PKP Preservation Network and the Scholars Portal Journals Trusted Digital Repository (TDR), to ensure long‑term access to scholarly content.
Through this coordinated effort, the organizations aim to strengthen support for digital research infrastructure across Canada’s academic libraries and within the global research community.
The agreement reflects Coalition Publica’s role as a national, community-governed infrastructure for diamond open access. By combining resources and expertise, Coalition Publica, OCUL, and Scholars Portal intend to enhance the visibility and sustainability of critical digital infrastructures while advancing a collective approach to preservation and perpetual access to scholarship.
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