News
This page includes news from NORF, its associated research projects and initiatives and the broader open research community, featuring opportunities such as calls for papers and awards, both nationally and internationally.
Vacancy – Community Engagement Officer (Permanent)
As the new host of the National Open Research Forum (NORF), the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) is seeking to appoint a Community Engagement Officer. The appointee will build and strengthen engagement with open research across the Irish research community by raising...
Vacancy – National Open Research Forum Manager (Permanent)
As the convenor of the National Open Research Forum (NORF), the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) is seeking to appoint a National Open Research Forum Manager. The appointee will provide strategic leadership on the open research agenda in Ireland and oversee and...
Irish Reproducibility Network Summer Series
Following a successful first talk in the IRN Summer Series, the Irish Reproducibility Network (IRN) are pleased to invite you to Talk#2 on 18 August 2026. We will have the pleasure of welcoming: Dr. Rebecca Hirst (Chief Science Officer, Open Science Tools) Henrik...
Save the Date – Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit 2026
Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit is a national gathering for publishing and open access professionals taking place on Thursday 3 September 2026 at the McNeill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Diamond Ireland Press is Ireland's national diamond...
Share your thoughts on outreach for open research initiatives
OSPARK is an OSCARS funded project developing outreach and communications training for open research initiatives. Following their first Bootcamp in Belfast, the OSPARK team are conducting research to learn about experiences, barriers to engagement, and training needs...
Developing RDM expertise: A Librarian’s Review of the Introduction to Data Stewardship Micro-Credential
In a recent LibFocus guest post, Margaret Irons (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) reflects on her experience of completing Sonraí’s Introduction to Data Stewardship micro-credential. She shares how the course strengthened her knowledge of research data...
Advocacy for Data Stewards: It’s about people too, not just data
Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network recently hosted a Masterclass on Advocacy Skills for Data Stewards with DANS, the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data, and CaSDAR, the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research Network+ in the UK....
Data steward competencies: findings from a European job description study
Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network is pleased to share the outcomes of a recent UCD MLIS Service Learning internship hosted in partnership with Asiera. Over four weeks, Ruoxin Liu, collected and analysed 43 data steward job descriptions from 13 European countries,...
NORF-funded CORD Partnership showcased at DFHERIS conference
On 25 June 2026, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) organised a conference entitled, Strengthening the Impact of Research and Data on Policy Development. Invited to present on the work of the previously...
Dr Dermot Lynott contributes to Nature paper on research reproducibility
Only half of the published research findings in disciplines such as economics, psychology and education can be replicated by others according to new findings reported in Nature by Dr Dermot Lynott, project lead of the TROPIC project and chair of the Irish...
Vacancy – Community Engagement Officer (Permanent)
As the new host of the National Open Research Forum (NORF), the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) is seeking to appoint a Community Engagement Officer. The appointee will build and strengthen engagement with open research across the Irish research community by raising...
Vacancy – National Open Research Forum Manager (Permanent)
As the convenor of the National Open Research Forum (NORF), the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) is seeking to appoint a National Open Research Forum Manager. The appointee will provide strategic leadership on the open research agenda in Ireland and oversee and...
Irish Reproducibility Network Summer Series
Following a successful first talk in the IRN Summer Series, the Irish Reproducibility Network (IRN) are pleased to invite you to Talk#2 on 18 August 2026. We will have the pleasure of welcoming: Dr. Rebecca Hirst (Chief Science Officer, Open Science Tools) Henrik...
Save the Date – Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit 2026
Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit is a national gathering for publishing and open access professionals taking place on Thursday 3 September 2026 at the McNeill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Diamond Ireland Press is Ireland's national diamond...
Share your thoughts on outreach for open research initiatives
OSPARK is an OSCARS funded project developing outreach and communications training for open research initiatives. Following their first Bootcamp in Belfast, the OSPARK team are conducting research to learn about experiences, barriers to engagement, and training needs...