Wiley are running the following upcoming webinars covering a number of useful topics around getting your article published, as well as other aspects of the publishing process. These are led by editorial colleagues from across Wiley, and would be of particular interest to researchers considering publishing research for the first time. Further information on Wiley …
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Read More →Friday September 22nd, 2pm Project Overview: The National Open Access Monitor project is managed by IReL and is funded by NORF as a priority action under Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030. Following a public tender process, OpenAIRE has been awarded the contract to develop the National Open Access Monitor, based on public open …
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Read More →26th July 2023 IReL is pleased to announce that OpenAIRE has been awarded the contract to develop a National Open Access Monitor, based on public open data, to analyse and track progress towards 100% open access in Ireland. This contract results from an open tender run by IReL with Education Procurement Services. The work to …
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Read More →Following the launch last week of the new MicroCreds project by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, IReL is offering training for course administrators who would like to learn more about using ORCID to publicly acknowledge individuals’ completion of MicroCreds …
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Read More →IReL is currently engaging with publishers to renew of the following transformative agreements: BMJ Emerald IEEE Microbiology Society Nature Cell Press OUP Royal Irish Academy Royal Society Sage Taylor & Francis Negotiations will be in line with the IReL Statement on TAs 2023 and aim to maintain our current read access to content and the …
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Read More →Since 2020, IReL has replaced most of its traditional journal subscription licenses with transformative OA agreements. The IReL Steering Group recognises that such agreements are transitional, and in a statement published today outlines: its requirements for new transformative agreements from 2024, and its longer term plans for ending such agreements Read the full statement: Towards …
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Read More →A new HEAnet-hosted mailing list has been launched, to provide ongoing updates, news and announcements on the National Open Access Monitor Project. All are welcome to sign up here: https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=NATIONAL-OA-MONITOR-UPDATES&A=1
Read More →A public webinar was hosted as part of the National Open Access Monitor Project on 3rd May, to provide an overview of the project and the first stakeholder survey “Defining Requirements”; to review the results of the survey in detail; and to advise on next steps for stakeholders. The recording and slides are now available: …
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Read More →Survey Outcome The results of the first stakeholder survey of the National Open Access Monitor Project “Defining Requirements” have been published: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7822366. The purpose of the survey was to capture stakeholder input on the tender requirements for the National Open Access Monitor. The survey was designed to: Arrive at a community-agreed definition for open access …
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Read More →IReL seeks to appoint a Community Engagement Officer to support the consortium’s members and ensure stakeholders within the Irish higher education and research sector are informed about and engaged with IReL’s work to support access to research outputs. Closing Date for applications: Sunday, 30th of April 2023.
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