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National Open Research Forum (Ireland) @norfireland.bsky.social · 6d

📢Registration is now open for Ireland’s National Open Research Festival! #NORFest2025

Book your ticket via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/national-o...

📅 6-7 November 2025
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin @ria.ie

View the event programme on the NORF website: norf.ie/news-2/norfe...
@dri.ie

National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025

A two-day event which will spotlight global open science, cross-cutting policy agendas, and emerging themes in open research and innovation.

www.eventbrite.ie

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 10d

The 2025 ICOLC EMEA meeting has kicked off with some lively discussions on Diamond Open Access in Europe and North America. Looking forward to what the rest of the conference brings! with @couperin.org.web.brid.gy & @univcotedazur.bsky.social

IReL team members standing in the Theatre of Université Cote d'Azur

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 12d

Welcome to our first newsletter of the academic year!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/septem...

September 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from the Irish Research eLibrary! As a new academic year begins, we’ll recap on some of our news from the last few months, and share some forthcoming events of intere...

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 13d

The #OpenCourses initiative is inviting proposals for the development & delivery of professional development courses. Up to €25,000 funding is available, & the final deadline for submissions is 30/10/25.
🔗 Learn more and submit your proposal: opencourses.ie
www.teachingandlearning.ie/invitation-f...

Open Courses – Enhance Your Professional Development

Engage in professional development, gain recognition and enhance your teaching practice with open courses and digital badge awards endorsed by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

opencourses.ie

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 13d

The #OpenCourses initiative is inviting proposals for the development & delivery of professional development courses. Up to €25,000 funding is available, & the final deadline for submissions is 30/10/25.
🔗 Learn more and submit your proposal: opencourses.ie
www.teachingandlearning.ie/invitation-f...

Open Courses – Enhance Your Professional Development

Engage in professional development, gain recognition and enhance your teaching practice with open courses and digital badge awards endorsed by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

opencourses.ie

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · 23d

IReL Director Susan Reilly on this morning's @osfair.bsky.social panel at @cern.bsky.social entitled “Tracking the Impact of Open Science: Are We Measuring What Matters?”, which explores how we assess the real-world effects of #OpenScience. #OSFAIR25 #OpenScienceMonitoring #OpenInfrastructure #CERN

Open Science Fair @osfair.bsky.social · 23d

Day 2 of #OSFair2025 kicks off with the panel “Are We Measuring What Matters?”

How do we assess the real impact of #OpenScience, beyond compliance, toward meaningful change?

🔗 Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXq1...

#CERN #OpenAIRE #FAIR @cern.bsky.social @openaire.bsky.social

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Sep 8

IReL Director Susan Reilly will be speaking at @osfair.bsky.social at @cern.bsky.social on 16th September. This panel will explore how we assess the real-world effects of #OpenScience. You can read more about this event and Open Science Fair here: www.opensciencefair.eu/panels/impac...
#OSFair2025

Open Science FAIR - Impact and Monitoring

open science, open access, open data, publishing models, cloud, infrastructure, conference

www.opensciencefair.eu

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Sep 8

IReL Director Susan Reilly will be speaking at @osfair.bsky.social at @cern.bsky.social on 16th September. This panel will explore how we assess the real-world effects of #OpenScience. You can read more about this event and Open Science Fair here: www.opensciencefair.eu/panels/impac...
#OSFair2025

Open Science FAIR - Impact and Monitoring

open science, open access, open data, publishing models, cloud, infrastructure, conference

www.opensciencefair.eu

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Aaron Binchy as our new Open Access Monitor Officer, effective from 1st September. Aaron has been with IReL as Licensing Officer since 2017, & has been the interim project manager for the National Open Access Monitor since 2024.
irel.ie/appointment-...

Appointment of Open Access Monitor Officer – IReL

IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 28

This morning we bid farewell to our home of almost 10 years, @mulibrary.bsky.social, as we move to our new office! We would like to thank the MU Library team for hosting us, and for all of their support through the years. @maynoothuniversity.ie

Maynooth University Librarian Cathal McCauley and IReL Director Susan Reilly cutting a cake

Maynooth University Librarian Cathal McCauley and IReL Director Susan Reilly holding a cake

A honey cake that says "IREL - APC you later" on it

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our August newsletter is out! Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss our latest updates. #IReLNews
www.linkedin.com/pulse/august...

August 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from the Irish Research eLibrary! Read on to see some of our news from the past month that you may have missed, and some forthcoming events of interest. IReL Reaches ...

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our August newsletter is out! Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss our latest updates. #IReLNews
www.linkedin.com/pulse/august...

August 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from the Irish Research eLibrary! Read on to see some of our news from the past month that you may have missed, and some forthcoming events of interest. IReL Reaches ...

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you @engagedroadmap.bsky.social!

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Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great milestone for Ireland’s research ecosystem. Congratulations @irelibrary.bsky.social Over 10,000 #OpenAccess publications is a strong signal of progress toward a more transparent and accessible system.

#OpenResearch #AcademicPublishing #Ireland

National Open Research Forum (Ireland) @norfireland.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎉 Congratulations to @irelibrary.bsky.social enabling over 10,000 #OpenAccess publications - a major step for #OpenResearch in Ireland! 🌍📖

This milestone highlights incredible progress toward transparency, accessibility and equitable #AcademicPublishing.

Visit👉 treemaps.openapc.net/apcdata/tran...

Making sure you're not a bot!

treemaps.openapc.net

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Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is a real achievement. Credit to @irelibrary.bsky.social for pushing open access forward and showing what coordinated effort can deliver.

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National Open Research Forum (Ireland) @norfireland.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎉 Congratulations to @irelibrary.bsky.social enabling over 10,000 #OpenAccess publications - a major step for #OpenResearch in Ireland! 🌍📖

This milestone highlights incredible progress toward transparency, accessibility and equitable #AcademicPublishing.

Visit👉 treemaps.openapc.net/apcdata/tran...

Making sure you're not a bot!

treemaps.openapc.net

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 13

IReL has reached a major milestone in its commitment to #OpenResearch and publishing transparency in enabling over 10,000 Irish research articles to be published #OpenAccess, and in contributing data on them to #OpenAPC:
irel.ie/irel-reaches... #OA

IReL Reaches Milestone of 10,000 Open Access Publications – IReL

IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.

irel.ie

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you missed it last Wednesday's PID Community Webinar, we have made the recording available here: tinyurl.com/2w84jkdr
Once again, we'd like to thank all of our speakers and participants for a hugely insightful morning. #PID #PersistentIdentifiers #OpenResearch #ResearchIreland

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 1

On 30th July we hosted IReL’s PID Community Webinar, featuring presentations from consortium members sharing their experiences with @orcid.org & @datacite.org integration, along with insights from PID organisation providers. For anyone who missed it, here's a link to the slides: tinyurl.com/ykhabp8n

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Jul 25

📣 Last Chance to Register!
A reminder that IReL’s PID Community Webinar takes place next Wednesday 30th July from 10:30am-12:30pm.
‼️Registration is essential by Tuesday 29th July‼️
Please register here: bit.ly/PIDregister
You can view the programme here: irel.ie/irel-pids-we...
Hope to see you there!

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our July newsletter is out! Click through to read and subscribe.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/july-2...

July 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from the Irish Research eLibrary! Read on to see some of our news from the past month that you may have missed, and some forthcoming events of interest. Ireland Leadi...

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Jul 21

IReL is delighted to share that Ireland is ranked #1 in the ESAC Marketwatch global Open Access listings. This is primarily driven by OA publishing agreements from IReL, & is measured by the %of corresponding authored papers, published immediately as OA. #OA2030
esac-initiative.org/market-watch...

MARKET WATCH – ESAC Initiative

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Jul 17

We are happy to share the programme for our forthcoming Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) Community Webinar, which takes place on 30 July from 10:30am to 12:30pm (GMT). All are welcome, further details including registration link here: irel.ie/irel-pids-we...

IReL Persistent Identifiers Webinar – Programme – IReL

IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Jul 2

Tomorrow 3rd July, IReL director Susan Reilly will present a session at the @libereurope.bsky.social conference at BCU Lausanne entitled Acting Locally, Thinking Globally: Developing a National Monitor for Open Research. LIBER is Europe’s largest association of research libraries.

KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · Jul 2

🏛️ KR21 is at the 54th #LIBER2025 Conference (@libereurope.bsky.social ‬| 2-4 July-Lausanne), together with 450+ library professionals
Join our engaging workshop + catch 2 presentations from Policy Committee members on #OpenResearch & #RightsRetention
Session details: www.linkedin.com/posts/knowle...

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IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our June newsletter is out! Click here to see our most recent updates:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/june-2...

June 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from the Irish Research eLibrary! Read on to see some of our news from the past month that you may have missed, and some forthcoming events of interest. IReL Announce...

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