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Important Changes to OSF Repository

The Center for Open Science has announced fundamental changes to its OSF platform that will eliminate the platform’s current workflow for project management. This includes file management and storage.

If you use OSF to manage your projects and/or data, please read their communications about this transition here: https://help.osf.io/article/727-osf-projects-transition

Key Dates

November 16, 2026

  • New projects will no longer be able to be created from this date onwards.
  • Child projects of existing projects will no longer be able to be created from this date onward.

February 19, 2027

  • All projects will become read-only. Project creators and managers will continue to be able to access them, and DOIs will continue to function.

If you wish to contact the Library and Archives regarding this, please email us at: rdm@laurentian.ca

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