Our February newsletter is here!
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Our February newsletter is here!
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Our February newsletter is here!
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IReL is pleased to announce a new OA publishing agreement with @acm-asu.bsky.social. Under this new arrangement, authors across participating IReL institutions will be eligible for uncapped OA publishing rights with ACM,subject to standard article review & acceptance processes: tinyurl.com/2dy9v9ka
10.02.2026 12:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0IReL is pleased to announce a new OA publishing agreement with @acm-asu.bsky.social. Under this new arrangement, authors across participating IReL institutions will be eligible for uncapped OA publishing rights with ACM,subject to standard article review & acceptance processes: tinyurl.com/2dy9v9ka
10.02.2026 12:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks to @irelibrary.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social is supporting @ceu-press.bsky.social participation in #OtF the for 3 years (2026-2028)!
➡️ Funding #OA book publication AND allowing UL access to selected CEU closed content
#WinWin #OpenAccess #Monographs #DiamondOA
Thanks for your support 😘
Find out more about how your library can support @openingthefuture.bsky.social and @openbookcollective.bsky.social on their websites
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Since 2025,IReL has been promoting and coordinating member supports for #DiamondOpenAccess publishing. We are pleased to announce more participants in our Diamond OA programme in 2026:@unioflimerick.bsky.social @myiadt.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social irel.ie/irel-members...
03.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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We are happy to share that Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) has joined the @datacite.org Consortium via IReL! Learn more about DataCite and how it supports research: irel.ie/datacite/ @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social @tuslibrarymidwest.bsky.social
27.01.2026 15:54 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
IReL is pleased to announce a new 3-year #OpenAccess agreement with @aip.bsky.social. The agreement covers 8 participating institutions and expands access to AIP’s portfolio of physical sciences research while supporting a sustainable, transparent transition to OA publishing:
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Our first newsletter of the year is here! Subscribe to see the latest updates from IReL.
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The @ec.europa.eu has launched a public consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Act, and they want to hear from research and innovation communities, including higher education, training institutions, & research performing organisations. Have your say before 23 January: tinyurl.com/7x2b2xkk
07.01.2026 12:25 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0From 1st January 2026, IReL’s new one-year agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) will provide read-only access to ACS. Unfortunately, despite extensive negotiations,an agreement on pricing and terms for OA publishing could not be reached. Read our full statement: irel.ie/acs-readonly...
08.01.2026 12:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The @ec.europa.eu has launched a public consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Act, and they want to hear from research and innovation communities, including higher education, training institutions, & research performing organisations. Have your say before 23 January: tinyurl.com/7x2b2xkk
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We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy & peaceful Christmas break, & to thank you for all your support and collaboration throughout the year. A reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from the evening of Friday 19th December 2025,reopening on Monday 5th January 2026.
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It’s been a landmark year for IReL. You can read all about how we continue to transform the Irish research landscape in our Executive Report here:
mu.foleon.com/irel-report/... #OpenAccess #OA #ResearchIreland @deptoffhed.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @iua-official.bsky.social
An image of a snowy mountain in Ireland, with a caption saying "Season's greetings and warm wishes from all of us at IReL"
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy & peaceful Christmas break, & to thank you for all your support and collaboration throughout the year. A reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from the evening of Friday 19th December 2025,reopening on Monday 5th January 2026.
18.12.2025 15:45 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0IReL is delighted to announce the renewal of its five-journal #ReadAndPublish agreement with @biologists.bsky.social. Building on the success of our previous partnerships, we have signed a new agreement that will run from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028: irel.ie/the-company-... #OpenAccess
18.12.2025 14:53 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We're delighted to announce an agreement with @irelibrary.bsky.social, which gives researchers, staff and students at 18 participating IReL member institutions access to our complete collection of #journals and allows affiliated authors to publish their research #OA in our journals at no extra cost.
17.12.2025 10:20 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Welcome to the final newsletter of 2025 from the Irish Research eLibrary, where we discuss the latest updates for our 2026 publishing deals, Christmas opening hours, and more!
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Open Repositories Ireland has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. ORI, launched in December 2024 under the NORF Open Research Fund, is led by the @uniofgalway.bsky.social & a consortium of partners irel.ie/strengthenin...
10.12.2025 09:17 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to @unioflimerick.bsky.social who has just subscribed to Central European University Press' Opening the Future programme via IReL! Our members have access to a range of opt-in Diamond OA offers:
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/ @weareceu.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social
Happy to announce @unioflimerick.bsky.social has supported @ceu-press.bsky.social's OtF programme, after it was hosted by @irelibrary.bsky.social. We and the Press are really grateful to both the library at Limerick, and to IReL for facilitating this! ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/
08.12.2025 09:55 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Munster Technological University (@mtu.ie) has officially joined the @datacite.org consortium through IReL! This partnership enables researchers to register DOIs for datasets & other research outputs, ensuring greater visibility, accessibility, and impact. Learn more about it here: irel.ie/datacite/
04.12.2025 15:14 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
IReL held a workshop entitled "The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities & Practice",as part of #NORFest2025 which took place in @ria.ie on 7th November. You can read the full report on the workshop here: zenodo.org/records/1777...
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The Our Future Memory Movement has just announced IReL’s support of the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. IReL's Governance Committee has also given its support to the Statement: tinyurl.com/2fat2z4c #OurFutureMemory #InternetArchive
01.12.2025 12:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0We are pleased to announce that from January 2026, Ireland’s Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology will be joining IReL’s agreement with @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social! Read more: irel.ie/tus-and-iots...
27.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We’re thrilled to welcome the announcement of INSPIRE, a major step forward in strengthening Ireland’s research ecosystem. Launched today by James Lawless TD, Minister for @deptoffhed.bsky.social, the Working Group report underscores the critical role of IReL as foundational research infrastructure.
26.11.2025 12:24 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We are delighted to share the IReL Executive Report for 2024/25 in this latest edition of our newsletter! Subscribe to receive it directly into your inbox every month.
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Great blog post here from @openaire.bsky.social on our packed workshop at #NORFest2025, which brought together librarians, data stewards, and #OpenScience practitioners to shape the next phase of Ireland’s #OpenResearch monitoring! @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
18.11.2025 12:46 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0