Board of Supporters

Our principles How it works Membership list

Our principles

Community Governed

Decisions regarding the future directions of CORE are made based on community feedback and in line with our mission statement, giving the community confidence that we are here to serve open research.

Transparent

The Board of Supporters is a critical component of CORE’s governance structure. The processes through which members can influence our development roadmap are fully transparent and documented.

Inclusive

Participation in the Board of Supporters is non-discriminatory. Any data provider is welcome to become our Supporting or Sustaining member and participate in the governance of CORE.

While support for open access and open research is growing rapidly, the future of open scholarly infrastructure services, including CORE, is by no means secured. As the number of CORE users has been fast growing, reaching millions of monthly active users and being among the most used open infrastructures globally, so have costs.

To sustain CORE as a mission-aligned widely used open scholarly infrastructure, we need both the support and advice of the community of open repositories and journals.

Join our Board of Supporters and help shape our future!

How it works

Bi-annual Meetings

The board meets every six months to review recent progress, and the CORE operations team estimates time and costs for proposed enhancements. Members state their priority for specific enhancements.

Collecting Feedback

Any user of CORE can provide suggestions at any time. Working with our members ensures we are always fully aware of the needs of the community.

Prioritising Development Directions

Following member feedback, the roadmap for the next six months is determined. In this way, CORE commits resources to the development of functionalities that are most needed.

Voting Rights

Each board member has voting rights, and can participate in shaping the future development of CORE. Members can post suggestions for the roadmap on an open list, and can vote for items on the roadmap.

Membership List


Cardiff University	United Kingdom
Imperial College London	United Kingdom
Lancaster University	United Kingdom
Liverpool John Moores University	United Kingdom
Manchester Metropolitan University	United Kingdom
Queen Mary, University of London	United Kingdom
Queen's University Belfast	United Kingdom
Pure Portal (University of Bath)	United Kingdom
University of Bradford	United Kingdom
University of Bristol	United Kingdom
University of Durham	United Kingdom
University of Exeter	United Kingdom
University of Huddersfield	United Kingdom
University of Hull	United Kingdom
University of Kent	United Kingdom
White Rose University Consortium (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York)	United Kingdom
University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
University of Oxford	United Kingdom
University of St Andrews	United Kingdom
University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom
University of Birmingham	United Kingdom
Brunel University	United Kingdom
Open University	United Kingdom
City University, London	United Kingdom
St George's, University of London	United Kingdom
Nottingham Trent University	United Kingdom
University of Sussex	United Kingdom
Anglia Ruskin University	United Kingdom
University of Chicago
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