# SONAR Swiss Open Access Repository

- **Website:** <https://sonar.ch>
- **Primary alias:** `sonar.ch`

## Description

RERO+ is a Swiss competency center dedicated to supporting libraries through innovative solutions and services. Known for its advanced collaborative library management platform, RERO+ offers a unique Institutional Repository as a Service (IRaaS) called SONAR. This robust digital repository enables institutions to safely and customizably host their publications and academic documents, leveraging the powerful Invenio 3 infrastructure from CERN.

SONAR serves as both a Swiss Open Access Repository and a tool for managing scholarly outputs, providing essential features such as document authentication, customizable metadata management, and access control through persistent ARK identifiers. With multilingual support and flexible deployment options, RERO+ caters to a diverse range of clients.

Their offerings include a shared portal for aggregating Swiss open-access publications and a dedicated, customizable portal for hosting a variety of digital documents. RERO+ ensures that libraries have access to comprehensive assistance, tailored solutions, and a commitment to enhancing the visibility and accessibility of research outputs in Switzerland and beyond.

## Industries

- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Libraries and Museums _(under Science and Education)_
- 🖥 Computers Electronics and Technology
- 🖥 File Sharing and Hosting _(under Computers Electronics and Technology)_

## Links

- [twitter](https://twitter.com/sonardotch)
- [github](https://github.com/rero)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idTOolUlKS/w/820/h/244/theme/light/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1749885233818)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ecstasy | #f68212 | accent |
| Blumine | #205078 | dark |
| White | #ffffff | light |

## Fonts

- Roboto — asset _(google)_

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_See [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) for a full list of agent-readable pages, and [/auth.md](/auth.md) for how agents authenticate._