> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://coartraining.gitbook.io/coar-repository-toolkit/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://coartraining.gitbook.io/coar-repository-toolkit/introduction/test-sub-page.md).

# COAR's vision

A sustainable, inclusive, and trusted global knowledge commons based on a network of open access digital repositories

COAR aims to position repositories as the foundation for a distributed, globally networked infrastructure for scholarly communication, on top of which layers of value added services will be deployed, thereby transforming the system, making it more research-centric, open to and supportive of innovation, while also collectively managed by the scholarly community.

## Resources in Other Languages

This is a video and presentation by Eloy Rodrigues, COAR Chairman, made to a group of University Rectors in Latin America in June 2018.

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Pensando globalmente y actuando localmente by Eloy Rodrigues
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