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.
Read More →IReL is pleased to announce that Annika Lindh has joined the IReL team in the newly created position of Open Access Analyst. Annika will be working on enhancing our understanding of the usage and impact of our open access publisher agreements. She says “happy to be part of the IReL team! I’m looking forward to …
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Read More →Registration is now open for stakeholders to patriciate in the National Open Access Monitor project. We encourage anyone with a role in currently (or potentially) monitoring open access to research publications in Ireland, or who will enable monitoring of open access in Ireland, or who will use the resulting open access Monitor, to contribute to …
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Read More →Following the success of our first three-year Read & Publish Open Access (OA) agreement with IReL, The Company of Biologists are delighted to announce that we have signed a renewal agreement from 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025. Click here for more information
Read More →As we near the end of 2022, an overview of IReL’s work, challenges and achievements during the year: Expanding IReL membership: work has been ongoing to prepare for new institutions joining the consortium in 2023 – we’ll be announcing details of this very soon. Our work included securing additional funding; coordination between the new members …
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