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.
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...
Vacancy for the National Open Research Forum (NORF) Project Manager
Applications are invited for the position of Project Manager, National Open Research Forum (NORF) at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), located at the Royal Irish Academy. This is a fixed term contract working as a project manager to support the implementation...
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...
Job vacancy: Open Health Engagement Officer, HSE Health Library Ireland
Expressions of interest applications are invited for a specified-purpose post for an Open Health Research Engagement Officer, HSE Health Library Ireland. The 12-month post will facilitate delivery of the NORF-funded Open Health research project aiming to establish an...
Dr Michelle Doran appointed as National Open Research Coordinator
The National Open Research Forum (NORF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Michelle Doran to the role of National Open Research Coordinator (NORC) based at the Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy. Dr Doran has been an outstanding member of the...
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...
Preserving Legacy Research Collections with the Digital Repository of Ireland and Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) and Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network have launched a research data pilot scheme to preserve legacy research collections. Researchers can apply to deposit a single dataset (project or collection) and receive tailored data...
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...
Job Opportunity – National Open Research Coordinator, Digital Repository of Ireland
Applications are invited for the position of National Open Research Coordinator based at the Royal Irish Academy. This is a twelve-month post with Digital Repository Ireland (DRI) as National Open Research Coordinator to drive the open research agenda in Ireland and...
Dr. Michelle Doran Appointed to the UK-IE DH Association Governance Working Group
The National Open Research Forum is pleased to announce that Dr Michelle Doran has been appointed to the Governance Working Group for the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association. Dr Doran is a project manager for NORF, which is coordinated by the Digital Repository...
NORF TROPIC winter school: Advancing open research practices
The NORF TROPIC winter school was a resounding success! Hosted from 27–29 January at Maynooth University by Dr Dermot Lynott, principal investigator of TROPIC and lead researcher Dr Dounia Lakhzoum, this dynamic event united researchers across disciplines and career...
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...