The OpenAIRE Inception Report for the National Open Access Monitor has just been published: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10005956 Building on the Developing the National Open Access Monitor, Ireland: Stakeholder Webinar held in September 2023, this document provides stakeholders with a clear description of the National Open Access Monitor that OpenAIRE will deliver as part of this project. […]
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National Open Access Monitor: Organisational Identity Survey Webinar, 13th October 2023
Description: https://irel.ie/national-oa-monitor-survey-org-identity/ Click to view slides: here.
Read More →National Open Access Monitor Survey: Organisational Identity
The National Open Access Monitor Survey: Organisational Identity is now open https://maynoothuniversity.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/national-oa-monitor-survey-org-identity This survey will close on 31st October 2023. This survey is for Research Performing Organisations (RPOs), Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) and Publisher stakeholders of the National Open Access Monitor. The purpose of this survey is to empower stakeholders to self-identify how their entities will be […]
Read More →Free Wiley webinars for researchers
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 […]
Read More →Developing the National Open Access Monitor, Ireland: Stakeholder Webinar
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 […]
Read More →OpenAIRE Awarded Contract for the National Open Access Monitor, Ireland
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 […]
Read More →MicroCreds & ORCID Training
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 […]
Read More →IReL’s 2024 open access negotiations
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 […]
Read More →IReL’s approach to the negotiation of transformative agreements
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 […]
Read More →National Open Access Monitor Project: Mailing List
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
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