Subscribe to Open (S2O) is an innovative OA business model designed to transition scholarly publications from traditional subscription-based access to open access (OA) without authors or their institutions facing publication charges. Under S2O, academic libraries continue to renew their subscriptions with the promise that, if enough libraries participate, the journal’s content will be made freely […]
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Next generation OA publishing deals
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 […]
Read More →Vacancy: Project Support Officer (Specified Purpose Contract)
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 […]
Read More →IReL continues support for open research infrastructure
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 […]
Read More →IReL extends National Open Access Monitor contract with OpenAIRE
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 […]
Read More →IReL and Open Book Collective sign agreement
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 […]
Read More →International Open Access Week
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 […]
Read More →OA publishing deal renewals
IReL is in negotiation with the following publishers to renew OA publishing deals: Optica Publishing Group Rockefeller University Press American Psychological Association IOP Publishing PLOS Royal Society of Chemistry Springer Nature Wiley IReL is currently in negotiations with these publishers for a new agreement from 2025. We will update this site when a new agreement […]
Read More →IReL OA workshop at CONUL conference 2024
At the CONUL conference in Belfast in June, Susan Reilly and Jack Hyland from IReL led a workshop titled “OA in 2030: IReL planning for the growth of OA in Ireland”. The workshop was primarily attended by library staff of all grades, and also by publishers. You can read our report on the event here: […]
Read More →National Open Access Monitor, Draft Report: Stakeholder Feedback: Response Dataset
Published: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10245116 This dataset contains the response data from the ‘National Open Access Monitor, Draft Report: Stakeholder Feedback’ Form which was open from 16th to 30th November 2023 under the National Open Access Monitor Project. A PDF reference copy of the Feedback Form is available here: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10141988 The purpose of the form was to capture stakeholder feedback on […]
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