IReL is pleased to announce that we have reached a new OA publishing agreement with Elsevier for their Cell Press journals. The agreement, back-dated to January 2024, and running until December 2026, will allow authors at participating IReL member institutions to publish the Cell Press articles open access without author-facing OA fees. The agreement will […]
Read More →Vacancy: Open Scholarship Officer (Temporary)
We are seeking a candidate for the position of IReL Open Scholarship Officer: managing IReL-led national consortia for persistent identifiers (ORCID and Datacite); managing the externally funded National Open Access Monitor project; and contributing to the overall development of the IReL service. Candidates should be self-motivated, resourceful and enthusiastic, and should enjoy working in a […]
Read More →OA publishing deal renewals
IReL is in negotiation with the following publishers to renew OA publishing deals: Optica Publishing Group Rockefeller University Press American Psychological Association IOP Publishing PLOS Royal Society of Chemistry Springer Nature Wiley IReL is currently in negotiations with these publishers for a new agreement from 2025. We will update this site when a new agreement […]
Read More →IReL OA workshop at CONUL conference 2024
At the CONUL conference in Belfast in June, Susan Reilly and Jack Hyland from IReL led a workshop titled “OA in 2030: IReL planning for the growth of OA in Ireland”. The workshop was primarily attended by library staff of all grades, and also by publishers. You can read our report on the event here: […]
Read More →IReL Celebrates 20 Years
On 10th June, IReL celebrated 20 years of strengthening Irish research infrastructure at an event hosted at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin by its chairperson, President of Maynooth University Professor Eeva Leinonen. IReL brought together librarians, academics, and policymakers to reflect on IReL’s impact on the Irish research and education landscape and discuss its […]
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