Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. This partnership was formalised in September when Aaron Binchy, IReL’s Open Access Monitor Officer, assumed coordination duties for ORI. Both initiatives, rooted in NORF recommendations, aim to unify Ireland’s open research infrastructure and advance […]
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NORFest 2025 Workshop Report
IReL held a workshop entitled “The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice“, as part National Open Research Festival (NORFest) and took place in the Royal Irish Academy. This workshop focused on open research monitoring in Ireland and explored possibilities for the next phase of community engagement around national monitoring infrastructure. […]
Read More →IReL Persistent Identifiers Webinar – Programme
We are happy to share the programme for our forthcoming PID Community Webinar, which takes place on Wednesday, 30th July from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (Irish Time). The webinar will feature presentations from consortium members sharing their experiences with ORCID and DataCite integration, along with insights from PID organisation providers. Our goal is to […]
Read More →Project Support Officer joins IReL team
IReL is delighted to welcome Kyle Adams to the team. Kyle has been appointed Project Support Officer and is joining us from Perrett Laver where he worked as a Research Associate. In this new role, Kyle will support the administration and execution of a broad range of activities, centred around the development and expansion of […]
Read More →Subscribe to Open (S2O) and IReL
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 […]
Read More →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 […]
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