Events
This page features National Open Research Forum (NORF) and NORF-funded projects events, other relevant open research events both nationally and internationally, along with past events.
Pilot Training on the Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM)
The project partners are delighted to share an update on our ongoing project to develop a pilot training resource on the Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM) for the Irish research community. In the past few months, the project partners have completed five...
CORD Partnership hosts webinar on developing research partnerships
On Thursday 2 May, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership hosted its second event of 2024. Funded by the National Open Research Forum (NORF) under the Open Research Fund Call 2023, CORD is bringing its partners together for three events...
NORF is delighted to launch ‘Efficiency and Insight: A cost-benefit analysis for a central support service to support persistent identifier implementation in the Republic of Ireland’.
The National Open Research Forum is delighted to launch ‘Efficiency and Insight: A cost-benefit analysis for a central support service to support persistent identifier implementation in the Republic of Ireland’. This is the first of two publications in the NORF-led...
Galway reflections: charting MOSS-I’s mission to drive open source policy within Irish universities
In this blog post, Michael Meagher, Project Manager on the ‘Managing Open Source Software in Irish Universities’ (MOSS-I) project led by Lero’s Dr Patrick Healy (University of Limerick) summarises a recent public event. On March 20th, we gathered at the University of...
Irish PID roadmap project – upcoming community events
For the past six months or so, MoreBrains Cooperative has been working with NORF to develop a national persistent identifier (PID) strategy roadmap for Ireland. Community consultation is a critical element of this project, and we are grateful to everyone who has...
Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) Virtual Coffee Morning: Towards a National Strategy for Persistent Identifiers
As part of the National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 the National Open Research Forum (NORF) are collaborating with the MoreBrains Cooperative and a national Task Force to develop a national strategy for persistent identifiers (PIDs). In April’s coffee...
Launch of the NORF-funded pilot National Open Access Monitor and Report
The NORF-funded pilot National Open Access Monitor has been launched and is available at https://oamonitor.ireland.openaire.eu/. The Monitor was launched at a webinar on 20 March 2024 and will be followed by training events for Research Performing Organisations on...
MOSS-I Project – Steering Innovation in Open Source Software
In this blog post, Michael Meagher, Project Manager on the ‘Managing Open Source Software in Irish Universities’ (MOSS-I) project led by Lero's Dr Patrick Healy (University of Limerick) summarises a recent workshop. The MOSS-I Project aims to become an enabler for...
Call for proposals for concurrent sessions at PIDfest Conference 11-13 June 2024
PIDfest is an international conference looking at the central theme of how persistent identifiers (PIDs) can contribute to high quality research infrastructure. The event will be co-hosted by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and the Czech National Library...
New webinar series for the Irish National Open Access Monitor
On 18 November 2024, the Irish Research e-Library (IReL) confirmed the extension of their 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)...
IReL to Host the National Open Research Forum (NORF)
The Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) has been appointed as the new host of the National Open Research Forum (NORF). This transition follows a formal mandate issued by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS), which...
The ENGAGED Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap Roadshow
The ENGAGED Roadshow is well underway, and the conversations happening across the country have been energising. Over the past number of weeks, we have had the opportunity to bring the ENGAGED Roadmap to colleagues and communities at Trinity College Dublin, South East...
Managing an Open Repository? Here’s how Open Repositories of Ireland can help
The Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) invites managers of Open Access repositories who want to improve their repository's visibility to join the OpenAIRE Adopter Assistance Programme. Adopting the OpenAIRE version 4 metadata standard is a clear step towards repository...
iFrame workshop: Building the national RDM framework
We would like to invite you to participate in the final iFrame workshop on the 25th March at the Asiera offices (formerly HEAnet) in Dublin (93/94 North Wall Quay) The iFrame project is a NORF-funded investigation into the support for research data management in Irish...
Community voices shaping the ENGAGED roadmap
The ENGAGED project continues to be shaped through genuine co creation with the communities it serves. Across our collective intelligence workshops, NGOs, policy makers, citizen scientists, community partners, and people with lived experience have actively contributed...