IReL is happy to welcome Andra Matthews to the team as our new Licencing Officer. In this role, she will work with publishers, IReL member libraries and IReL colleagues to negotiate and manage a large number of IReL’s license agreements, and ensure that these agreements meet IReL’s Principles for Negotiations.
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ACS Read-Only Agreement for 2026
From 1st January 2026, IReL’s new one-year agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) will provide read-only access to ACS content. Unfortunately, despite extensive negotiations with the publisher, an agreement on pricing and terms for open access publishing could not be reached. IReL remains committed to supporting open access and will continue to work with […]
Read More →The Company of Biologists Read & Publish Agreement Renewed for Three Years
IReL is delighted to announce the renewal of its five-journal Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. Building on the success of our previous partnerships, we have signed a new agreement that will run from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028. Corresponding authors at participating institutions in Ireland can publish an uncapped number of […]
Read More →New De Gruyter Brill Read & Publish Agreement
Academic publisher De Gruyter Brill and the consortium Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) are pleased to announce the signing of a new agreement which gives over two hundred thousand researchers, staff and students at eighteen participating IReL member institutions access to the complete collection of De Gruyter Brill journals while allowing affiliated authors to publish their research open […]
Read More →Strengthening Open Repository Collaboration in Ireland
Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. This partnership was formalised in September when Aaron Binchy, IReL’s Open Access Monitor Officer, assumed coordination duties for ORI. Both initiatives, rooted in NORF recommendations, aim to unify Ireland’s open research infrastructure and advance […]
Read More →NORFest 2025 Workshop Report
IReL held a workshop entitled “The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice“, as part National Open Research Festival (NORFest) and took place in the Royal Irish Academy. This workshop focused on open research monitoring in Ireland and explored possibilities for the next phase of community engagement around national monitoring infrastructure. […]
Read More →TUs and IOTs join IReL-Emerald agreement
We are pleased to announce that from January 2026, Ireland’s Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology will be joining IReL’s agreement with Emerald Group Publishing. This will give their staff and students access to Emerald’s Premier journal collection and allow them to publish an uncapped number of open access articles in the journals without publication […]
Read More →IReL Executive Report 2024/25
We are pleased to publish IReL’s Executive Report 2024/2025, which showcases IReL’s activities and achievements in the past year. Ireland’s future depends on our ability to harness knowledge, curiosity, and collaboration. IReL plays a vital role in enabling that future – by providing researchers, educators, and students with access to world-class scholarly resources. As Minister, […]
Read More →Vacancy – IReL Officer (Specified Purpose Contract)
IReL is seeking to appoint an IReL Officer who will work with publishers, IReL member libraries and IReL colleagues to negotiate and manage a large number of IReL’s license agreements with publishers, and ensure that these agreements meet IReL’s Principles for Negotiations. Salary Scale: €45,792– €64,302 p.a. (Assistant Librarian – Grade II) This a full-time, […]
Read More →Appointment of Open Access Monitor Officer
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Aaron Binchy as our new Open Access Monitor Officer, effective from 1st September. Aaron has been working at IReL as Licensing Officer since 2017, and has been the interim project manager for the National Open Access Monitor since 2024. In this new role, he will oversee the […]
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