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.
NORF Tender Open to Review and Analyse the Persistent Identifier Landscape in Ireland
NORF seeks a consultant to undertake a review and analysis of the Persistent Identifier (PID) landscape in Ireland with the aim of developing, a) an Irish PID Cost-Benefit Analysis and b) a National PID Strategy and Roadmap. PIDs are a key infrastructure supporting...
National Open Access Monitor Update
The tender process for the National Open Access Monitor is complete and the successful vendor will be announced shortly. Stakeholders that would like to participate in the National Open Access Monitor project are invited to register and provide consent here....
PublishOA.ie webinar – Discovering journal publishing platforms
On 10 July 2023, as part of its mission to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a national publishing platform for Ireland, the NORF-funded project PublishOA.ie held a webinar with platform providers Coko Foundation (Kotahi), Janeway and the Public Knowledge...
University of Galway Library Welcomes NORF Open Access Repositories Project Manager
Dr Christopher Loughnane has joined the University of Galway Library as NORF Open Access Repositories Project Manager. He has worked since 2010 as a librarian, archivist, researcher, digital project consultant and educator in various libraries and institutions in the...
Introducing the National Open Research Training Programme
In this blog post, Dr Dermot Lynott, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University, and Lead Investigator on the NORF-funded National Open Research Training Programme introduces the work of the project and its overall goals for open research training in...
PublishOA Webinar: Discovering Journal Publishing Platforms
On Monday, 10 July, 15:00-16:00, the NORF-funded PublishOA project will host a webinar introducing different journal publishing platforms. The webinar will feature demos from platform providers Coko Foundation (Kotahi), Janeway and the Public Knowledge Project's Open...
New National Open Access Monitor Project Mailing List
A new HEAnet-hosted mailing list has been launched, to provide ongoing updates, news and announcements on the National Open Access Monitor Project. All are welcome to sign up here: https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=NATIONAL-OA-MONITOR-UPDATES&A=1
NORF project PublishOA.ie launches the first Digital Directory of Irish Publishers
On Friday, 16 June 2023, PublishOA.ie unveiled a snapshot of publishing on the island of Ireland, which will help the project map the current publishing landscape. The team hope that the Directory – the first digital one of its kind - will also benefit the wider...
Strand II Online Consultations
On Tuesday, 30 May, 14:00-16:00, NORF will host a limited number of online consultations. The aim of these consultations is to support individuals intending to submit an application to Strand II: Open Research Stimulus of the NORF Open Research Fund 2023....
Council of the EU calls for Transparent, Equitable, and Open Access to Scholarly Publications
Today (23 May 2023) the Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions on ‘high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing’, in which it calls for immediate and unrestricted open access in publishing research involving public...
What’s love got to do with… data policies?
On Friday, 14 February 2025, the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) and the National Open Research Forum (NORF) hosted a one-hour webinar on Irish data policies, highlighting emerging trends in policy recommendations that are helping to shape the Irish research...
Save the date: National Open Research Festival 2025
Ireland’s National Open Research Festival (NORFest) will be held at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin on 6–7 November 2025. The theme of NORFest 2025 is 'Synergies'. Additional details will be shared in the coming weeks but for now, be sure to save the dates! Sign up...
Open Insight Sessions: One Year with the Irish 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)...
Webinar: ‘Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe’
On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 12 p.m. (UTC) SPARC Europe, under the Retain project as part of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme, hosted a webinar which aimed to empower institutions who are considering facilitating legal Open Access (OA) publishing by supporting...
Sign the statement of support for a global research ecosystem
Recent developments in the United States and other countries to cut critical funding and programmes for research and education pose a significant risk of disrupting the global research ecosystem and access to it, far beyond one country’s borders. There is a threat to...