In 2018 three Canadian federal granting agencies have agreed to partner with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) on a project which seeks to use the OpenAIRE infrastructure to improve the discoverability of Canadian Open Access content. This collaboration resulted in the newly released CANADA EXPLORE Portal, which allows users to search, browse and access Canadian research outcomes.
Using the OpenAIRE Research Graph, we co-developed a text mining module capable of identifying highly accurate links between publications and the funding agencies and collected these into one portal. But this is only the beginning! CARL's efforts are now to empower the Canadian institutional repositories to be part of the national and the global open science ecosystem through the adoption of the OpenAIRE Metadata Guidelines. Their connection to CANADA EXPLORE will ensure a highly valuable service for the country and the world.
