The NORF Action Plan aspires that “by 2030 Ireland will have implemented a sustainable and inclusive course for achieving 100% open access to research publications.” While IReL’s current suite of over 20 transformative OA publishing agreements have been a success in rapidly accelerating the volume of Irish works make immediately open on publication, they have …
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Read More →IReL is seeking to appoint a Project Support Officer to oversee the administration and execution of a broad range of activities, centred around the development and expansion of IReL services. The role will be based in Maynooth University. Salary Scale: €46,241 – €56,265 p.a. (Senior Executive Assistant, 2025) This a full-time, temporary post, for a …
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Read More →IReL is pleased to announce that it is continuing support for open research infrastructure. We have renewed membership agreements with Jisc, the OAPEN Foundation and DOAJ to support vital resources for open scholarship. The three year agreements (2025-2027) are aligned with the National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030, which calls for “support [for] the …
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Read More →The IReL Negotiation Group has been busy finalising the renewal of several of our open access (OA) agreements and putting new OA agreements in place for 2025. All of our OA agreements are negotiated in line with our principles for transformative agreements: American Physical Society (now completed) ASME IOP Publishing (now completed) Optica Publishing Group …
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Read More →It has been an eventful year for the National Open Access Monitor Ireland which was launched last April, and followed by extensive information, training and support sessions organised by OpenAIRE. We are excited to let you know that OpenAIRE will host a series of webinars titled “Open Insight Sessions: One Year with the Irish Monitor”, …
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Read More →The Irish Research e-Library (IReL) is delighted to confirm the extension of our agreement with OpenAIRE to develop and roll-out the National Open Access Monitor. The original contract, which ended in June 2024, has now been extended for a further ten (10) months, until the end of April 2025. In March 2024, the National Open …
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Read More →IReL and Open Book Collective are pleased to announce an agreement allowing IReL members to support the work of diamond open access (OA) book publisher via the Open Book Collective. The Open Book Collective (OBC) is a charity bringing together publishers, publishing service providers, and scholarly libraries to secure the diversity and financial futures of …
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Read More →On the occasion of the launch of IReL’s Executive Report 23/24, Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has extended his congratulations to everyone who has been involved in building the shared service that is IReL. This report marks the 20th anniversary of the foundation of IReL. As a shared …
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Read More →International Open Access Week takes place from October 21st – 27th. This year’s theme “continues the call to put Community over Commercialisation and prioritise approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community”. This Open Access Week, IReL presented an overview this of the current OA agreements at …
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Read More →We’ve just sent out the first of our monthly newsletters, which will be sent automatically to our LinkedIn subscribers. We’ll recap on some of our news from the last few months, and share some forthcoming events of interest. Click here to read the latest edition: IReL Newsletter September
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