The IReL Negotiation Group has been busy finalising the renewal of several of our open access (OA) agreements and putting new OA agreements in place for 2025. All of our OA agreements are negotiated in line with our principles for transformative agreements: American Physical Society ASME IOP Publishing Optica Publishing Group Rockefeller University Press Royal […]
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National OA Monitor: A Year in Review
It has been an eventful year for the National Open Access Monitor Ireland which was launched last April, and followed by extensive information, training and support sessions organised by OpenAIRE. We are excited to let you know that OpenAIRE will host a series of webinars titled “Open Insight Sessions: One Year with the Irish Monitor”, […]
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 →Minister O’Donovan extends congratulations to stakeholders on 20 years of IReL
On the occasion of the launch of IReL’s Executive Report 23/24, Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has extended his congratulations to everyone who has been involved in building the shared service that is IReL. This report marks the 20th anniversary of the foundation of IReL. As a shared […]
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 →IReL Newsletter
We’ve just sent out the first of our monthly newsletters, which will be sent automatically to our LinkedIn subscribers. We’ll recap on some of our news from the last few months, and share some forthcoming events of interest. Click here to read the latest edition: IReL Newsletter September
Read More →Cell Press OA Deal Announcement
IReL is pleased to announce that we have reached a new OA publishing agreement with Elsevier for their Cell Press journals. The agreement, back-dated to January 2024, and running until December 2026, will allow authors at participating IReL member institutions to publish the Cell Press articles open access without author-facing OA fees. The agreement will […]
Read More →Vacancy: Open Scholarship Officer (Temporary)
We are seeking a candidate for the position of IReL Open Scholarship Officer: managing IReL-led national consortia for persistent identifiers (ORCID and Datacite); managing the externally funded National Open Access Monitor project; and contributing to the overall development of the IReL service. Candidates should be self-motivated, resourceful and enthusiastic, and should enjoy working in a […]
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 […]
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