The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice 

The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice

Workshop Abstract

Ireland’s commitment to Open Research is growing, with this comes the need to monitor what we’re doing, how we’re progressing, and where support is needed. From responsible metrics to FAIR data practices and compliance with Open Access policy, effective monitoring is essential for making change visible and actionable. 

This workshop focuses on open research monitoring in Ireland: what we track, why we track it, and how we can make these efforts more relevant and inclusive. It marks the next phase of community engagement around national monitoring infrastructure. 

Participants will explore: 

  • What we currently measure well? 
  • What practices and values are harder to capture? 
  • Design monitoring that supports our institutions and communities 
  • Building shared ownership of these efforts? 
  • The Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI), principles of responsible monitoring 

Contributions from: 

  • OpenAIRE, on Ireland’s link to broader European infrastructure; 
  • NORF projects: ABOARD; MOSS-I and Sonraí – whose work touches on open research practices, infrastructures, or assessment. 

The session will be hands-on and discussion-based. Discussions will inform continued evolution of national monitoring approaches, participants will be invited to join follow-up activities or working groups. It will provide an opportunity to reflect, contribute, and help shape the next phase of open research monitoring. 

About

IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries serving 18 higher education institutions​. It was established in 2004 and has been hosted by Maynooth University since 2016​. It provides access to a wide range of licensed e-resources, open access publishing agreements, and open research infrastructure​ (including the National Open Access Monitor, the national ORCID consortium and the DataCite consortium. 

OpenAIRE: Established in 2018, OpenAIRE AMKE is a non-profit organization that emerged from a series of European Commission projects initiated in 2009. OpenAIRE’s mission focuses on promoting open scholarly communication across Europe through adherence to international standards, policy advocacy, and capacity-building in the Open Science sector. OpenAIRE provides a portfolio of services, each designed to meet the diverse Open Science needs of various stakeholders. The OpenAIRE Graph, a robust and open scientific knowledge database, serves as the cornerstone of these services and forms the bedrock of our initiatives.