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Supporting Open Research and FAIR Data at University College Cork
Our Team will be represented with three colleagues! Looking forward to it!
We are all set for the National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 taking place in the @ria.ie 19 Dawson St tomorrow (Thursday) & Friday 6-7 November!🎉

The event is fully booked but you can opt to join Day One of NORFest ONLINE. Register for free via Zoom: ria-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@dri.ie
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Great to present yesterday as part of #OpenAccessWeek 2025 about #ScenarioJournal - journals.ucc.ie/index.php/sc...

Thanks for the opportunity @ucclibraryresearch.bsky.social and great to hear about the range of student journals in UCC, the future of #OpenAccess is in safe hands!
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Today's #OpenAccessWeek event at @ucclibrary.bsky.social was called "Unlocking Open Research: From First Steps to Lasting Impact" (libcal.ucc.ie/calendar/Eve...), focusing on PaPOR TraIL, the Navigating Open Research guide and checklists for research data management and OA publishing.
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We opened #OpenAccessWeek 2025 at University College Cork Library with an event on our UCC Diamond Open Access journals: Pathways to your first publication – celebrating the diversity and impact of UCC’s Open Access Journals. journals.ucc.ie
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Two great events next week at @ucclibrary.bsky.social ! All welcome! #OpenAccessWeek
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Check out the upcoming events for Open Access Week 2025 at UCC: libcal.ucc.ie/event/4442839. An event by Sonraí also helps researchers with getting started with open research: libcal.ucc.ie/event/4437252. Registration is now open, but seats are getting scarce!
Pathways to your first publication – celebrating the diversity and impact of UCC’s Open Access Journals
Join us for an in-person seminar dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the diversity and impact of UCC’s Open Access journals on Tuesday 21 October 2025, during International...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join us for the launch of Navigating Open Research – A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Learn what the guide is and how it was created. 4 Sept, 1200. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4398826
Launch - Navigating Open Research: A guide for Early Career Researchers
Join us for the launch of Navigating Open Research, a new national guide designed to support Early Career Researchers in Ireland. Inspired by similar initiatives in France and the...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Join Prof Dame Jane Francis, Director of @bas.ac.uk and Chancellor of @universityofleeds.bsky.social, for a special Insight Series session, where she will reflect on her interdisciplinary research career.

📅 Thurs 17 July
🕚 11am - 12 noon (GMT+1)
🌐 Online

Free and open to all. Registration 👇
Insight Series: Prof Dame Jane Francis
With Prof Paul Vickers from Northumbia University
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June 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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With support from the Irish Government's Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, we are pleased to announce a PhD Scholarship on the Irish Language to start in October 2025.
cardiff.ac.uk/welsh/course...
Application form: cymraeg@cardiff.ac.uk
Closing date: 28 June 2025
June 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Please join us on 10 June! Registration is open.
Join us for the Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) Group meeting on 10 June, 1200-1300. www.universityofgalway.ie/openreposito.... This is a friendly and informal community event and everyone who is involved in repository work is welcome. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4374649
Open Repositories Ireland - University of Galway
www.universityofgalway.ie
June 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Great to see this opening in July and worth a visit!
First public exhibition of Richard Harris Archive in Limerick

The Hunt Museum, in collaboration with UCC and the Harris family, presents a landmark exhibition celebrating the life, legacy, and creative spirit of Richard Harris.

Opening on 4 July: www.huntmuseum.com/whats-on/fro...
May 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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📚 #Libraries: it’s time to realise the full potential of #eBooks to support your communities! Join KR21's next webinar on 12 June (12h CEST) to hear inspiring stories from Finland & the UK with @annatuomikoski.bsky.social & @heroicendeavour.bsky.social
🎟️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The @irelibrary.bsky.social Advisory Committee has reviewed and redrafted IReL’s principles for negotiations with academic publishers: irel.ie/wp-content/u...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Does anyone know how this collaboration with #perplexityai will look like in practice? Will libraries be involved? www.uksg.org/newsletter/w...
Wiley and Perplexity announce new AI search partnership - UKSG
With the agreement, Wiley becomes Perplexity's first education partner, creating new pathways for educational institutions to interact with trusted scholarly resources through AI search.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Great reflection on the importance of libraries to society, now more than ever, from University Librarian at Maynooth University @cathalmccauley.bsky.social
Why Trump's attacks on libaries are bad news for everyone. Recent events in the US have shown us that libraries and the services and information they provide must never be taken for granted, writes @cathalmccauley.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Trump's attacks on libraries are bad news for everyone
Recent events in the US have shown us libraries and the services and information they provide must never be taken for granted
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May 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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I needed this slide for the talk that I gave earlier this morning 🤭
Every data steward at a faculty meeting.
May 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Join us on Wednesday, 21 May, to celebrate Biodiversity Week with the launch of the @ria.ie Ussher Bird Notes collection. We are delighted to share that Usna Keating, Biodiversity Officer with Cork City Council, will launch the collection dri.ie/events/launc...
Launch of the Ussher Bird Notes Digital Archive - Digital Repository of Ireland
Join the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Library and the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) for the launch of the Ussher Bird Notes Digital Archive! This event will provide...
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May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Anyone @ucc.ie interested in using games in teaching and engagement. Come along on 8th May and join the fun: libcal.ucc.ie/event/4369513 @ucclibrary.bsky.social
Gamifying Learning and Engagement in Library Services and Beyond - Day 2
Join us for Day 2* of the library games event where we will dive into the world of gamification to explore how it could be used in teaching, learning, and engagement within...
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May 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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@ucclibrary.bsky.social FAIR Data Forum on 21st of March at 13.00 on Teams. "Folk Tales to FAIR: Navigating Practice-Based Research in Digital Repositories." by Roksana Niewadzisz on experiences of using the @dri.ie to archive outputs from her PhD. Everyone welcome : libcal.ucc.ie/calendar/lib...
FAIR Data Forum - From Folk Tales to FAIR: Navigating Practice-Based Research in Digital Repositories
Please note this is an online event which will take place on Teams. The Teams liink will be sent out in the calendar entry when you register and in a reminder email before the...
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March 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Our February link-out is hot off the press! Find out about disappearing data, AI junk science, inclusive library collections, the first Valentine's love letter, the fight against publisher package deals, how to show up for your students and much more at libfocus.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great to see another issue of Alphaville launched!
Issue 28 is launched! “Moving Beyond the (De)Colonial Container: The Work of Film Festivals” edited by Sheila Petty and Estrella Sendra @ucclibrary.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uregina.bsky.social @filmstudiesff.bsky.social doi.org/10.33178/alp...
February 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Coming up on 5th March, our Open Research Conversation on Open Research across different epistemic cultures.

We ask: How applicable are the accepted tenets of ‘open science’ to a broader range of research types?

Featuring @penders.bsky.social, @annayahprosser.bsky.social & Pieter Huistra
Select tickets – Open research across different epistemic cultures: principles, practices, dis/junctions – Google Meet
The conceptual framework of open research has historically been shaped around quantitative, confirmatory research informed by a...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Interesting (and slightly scary) interview with Nick Wiser, new integrity office at Taylor & Francis: "I thought I was fairly cynical about the kinds of misconduct that goes on, but it turns out I am not cynical enough." retractionwatch.com/2025/02/18/n...
When a sleuth gets hired by a publisher: A Q&A with Nick Wise
Nick Wise had a prolific start to his sleuthing journey. In July 2021, the fluid dynamics researcher started looking for tortured phrases in published papers, and has since had a hand in at least 1…
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February 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is one to register for! This Thursday!
🚨 This Thursday (20 Feb, 13:00 CET): Webinar on ‘Ten Approaches to #RightsRetention in Europe’!
Come for a sneak peek of the @sparc-eu.bsky.social KR21 Project Retain II report, and stay for an exciting & insightful discussion.
🎟️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#RetainYourRights
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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🚨 This Thursday (20 Feb, 13:00 CET): Webinar on ‘Ten Approaches to #RightsRetention in Europe’!
Come for a sneak peek of the @sparc-eu.bsky.social KR21 Project Retain II report, and stay for an exciting & insightful discussion.
🎟️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#RetainYourRights
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM