National Open Research Forum

Three weeks to go! Join the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) on Tuesday 26 Nov at 15:00 to learn about inclusive approaches to creating #Metadata and describing digital #CulturalHeritage collections. With speakers Beulah Ezeugo, Margaret Middleton, and Sofie Taes. Find out more and register on the event page: https://lnkd.in/eNW2NUE5 #Inclusive #Queer #Metadata #DigitalCulturalHeritage #DigiPres

I was invited to the launch of Ireland's National Perdidtant Identifier, another step towards Irish research openness and impact. Many interesting discussions and ideas were discussed, highlighting a deeper understanding of what open research is, what the enablers are and how we will be paving the road towards it!

Last week NORF launched Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap 'Impact, Openness, Interoperability: Recommendations and a Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy'. "The launch of this roadmap is a very welcome development. A coordinated approach to the adoption and implementation of PIDs will help to make quality Irish research more visible globally and to better understand its impact and the impact of Ireland’s investment in research." - Susan Reilly, Director at IReL, Maynooth University. Read and download the PID Strategy and Roadmap via the NORF website: https://lnkd.in/eC8dihAJ The report, which was prepared by MoreBrains Cooperative the NORF PID Task Force, presents recommendations and detailed actions aimed at establishing a more efficient, transparent, and open research ecosystem in Ireland, spanning the period until 2030. #OpenResearch #NationalOpenResearchForum

🚨 ALLEA – The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities published a statement supporting Secondary Publishing Rights (SPRs) on the occasion of International Open Access Week 2024. 📢 ALLEA calls for harmonised rules that enable SPRs for European Union researchers: “SPRs are proving to be strong enablers of OA to publicly funded research output, without the excessive costs associated with Gold OA models”. 📺 ALLEA refers to the EC study on “improving access to and reuse of research results, publications and data for scientific purposes”. Join our 29 October webinar with Professor Caterina Sganga (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna), co-author of this report 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePDVyy7z. 📃 Read the SPR statement from ALLEA’s Permanent Working Group on IPRs, with Professor Bernt Hugenholtz (University of Amsterdam) as principal author, on the Kluwer Copyright Blog: ↪️ https://lnkd.in/eRaHetMa 🗃️ For more on SPRs, check out: ↪️ KR21's position paper: https://lnkd.in/eH94G4fQ ↪️ LIBER Europe’s SPR report for KR21: https://lnkd.in/eC7E-hNW #ALLEA #OAWeek #OpenAccessWeek #OpenAccess #OA #SecondaryPublishingRights #SPR #OpenScience #KluwerCopyrightBlog #AccessToKnowledge #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

'Unharnessing Open Research in Ireland' event by #SCOIR sparked quite a few interesting discussions and helped us connect with the key stakeholders in #OpenAccess in different ways. We sincerely hope to incorporate the feedback into our project outputs. We thank our incredible speakers Lisa Marie Griffith Dr. Sally Smith Michelle Doran Frances Madden Niamh Brennan and Arushi Sharma for their incredible contribution to these discussions. Also, a big thanks to all those who could make it to the event to participate and bring forth all the insightful points to add to our project outputs. Here's the draft version of Copyright and Related Rights (Research Outputs and Open Access) Bill 2024: https://lnkd.in/gWCB4c5T Please reach out to us at basuk@tcd.ie for your feedback and suggestions in case you missed the event! #OpenAccess #OpenResearchIreland #CopyrightIreland #CopyrightEventIreland #EventsinIreland #ResearchEvents #ResearchDiscussion

A wonderful day was spent in the surroundings of the beautiful RIA at the National Open Research Forum All Projects Workshop. The day focused on how to progress selected action areas within the national action plan for open research, based on expertise being brought together and developed in current NORF projects. The programme also included workshopping with representatives of key stakeholders and the launch of Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap.

It was a pleasure for the National Open Research Forum (NORF) to launch today Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap 'Interoperability, Openness, and Impact – Recommendations and Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy' during a meeting of the nineteenth-NORF funded projects at the Royal Irish Academy. 'Interoperability, Openness, and Impact – Recommendations and Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy' can be accessed via the DRI Repository: https://lnkd.in/eShVW6hG PIDs are a cornerstone of a modern, digital research system. They uniquely identify entities involved in research, such as grant awards, researchers, instruments, datasets, or publications, and enable structured information about those entities to be shared. The report presents 15 key recommendations and detailed actions aimed at establishing a more efficient, transparent, and open research ecosystem in Ireland, spanning the period until 2030. The objective is to enable seamless information flow between systems and organisations, reduce bureaucratic burdens, and enhance research transparency and integrity. PIDs underpin this vision as they act as critical bridges between entities. "The launch of the National Persistent Identifier Recommendations and Roadmap is a major milestone in strengthening Ireland's research infrastructure...." - Dr Michelle Doran, National Open Research Coordinator. The strategy was prepared by NORF and the NORF PID Task Force, in consultation with the scholarly communications consultants MoreBrains Cooperative. "This PID strategy was drafted after undertaking a number of national workshops, a survey of the Irish landscape and an analysis of best international policies and practices. It reflects Ireland’s ambitions to support researchers in engaging globally and meeting the highest open research standards." - Dr Lisa Marie Griffith, Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland and Chair of the NORF PID Task Force. The project to deliver this roadmap was initiated in response to Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 which outlines objectives and actions for the next chapter in Ireland’s transition to #OpenResearch. IReL Higher Education Authority

The launch of the National Open Research Forum Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy is now underway online & at the Royal Irish Academy https://lnkd.in/evMu-g9a

This Friday (October 25) sees the official launch of the National Persistent Identifier Strategy and Roadmap for Ireland - Impact, Openness, Interoperability: Recommendations and a Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy. To celebrate, the National Open Research Forum is hosting an open webinar from 10.00-10.45am IST/9.00-9.45am UTC. MoreBrains' Josh Brown will be talking about our work with NORF on this project, including the 15 recommendations we developed in consultation with the Irish research community, and some immediate next steps. Everyone is welcome to join and no registration is needed; the link can be found in this announcement. The report and recommendations will be openly available on the NORF website following the launch. Enjoy! https://lnkd.in/edWw9f7Q

This #OpenAccessWeek, let's take a look at the National Open Access Monitor, which was launched in March 2024 by IReL, National Open Research Forum & OpenAIRE AMKE. The Monitor provides a cornerstone in Ireland’s move towards a fully open access research ecosystem and has been very well received by the Irish research community. The Monitor will support the shift towards transparency and accessibility of Irish research publications, and track Ireland’s goal of 100% of publicly funded research being #OpenAccess by 2030. #OAWeek You can access the National Open Access Monitor here: https://lnkd.in/ej2DhMVR