Research

What We Do

We identify opportunities to improve research enablements and partnerships in areas such as open access, open science, scholarly communications, research data management, research impact, digital repositories, digitisation and digital preservation, metadata, common infrastructures, digital scholarship, skills and competencies development etc.

We support CONUL’s strategic objectives through the identification of collaborative projects and funding opportunities related to research, scholarly communications and digital collections and scholarship; and to coordinate and manage projects, in conjunction with others, where appropriate.

We monitor and maintain a watching brief of key organisations and developments in research, scholarly communications and digital collections policy and advise the CONUL Board in a timely manner of policy initiatives relevant to members.

We connect, liaise, nationally and internationally to ensure that CONUL maintains a national and international presence in the research, scholarly communications and digital collections and digital scholarship communities.

 

Our Activities

We offer assistance, guidance and support to those working in research, scholarly communications and digital collections in CONUL Libraries.

We organize training for those working in research, scholarly communications and digital collections in CONUL Libraries.

We have convened and lead the Digital Scholarship Network Ireland.

Training & Courses

25TH JUNE 2019: PLANNING & DEVELOPING DIGITAL AND OPEN SCHOLARSHIP SERVICES

26 AUGUST 2019: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP AND OPEN SCIENCE, THE MOVE TO OPENNESS IN RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ENVIRONMENTS – WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

5th November 2020: Information literacy and scholarly communication: exploring the potential for collaboration

Documents

Terms of Reference

Where to Submit Data: CONUL Information Sheet

Online Training Supports for Research Data Management Information Sheet

Digital scholarship services and supports survey report and the survey dataset

Guidance on the intersection of the GDPR and FAIR data sharing

Guidance on negotiating & signing a contract with a scholarly publisher

Who We Are

Chair: Aoife Coffey (UCC)

Deputy Chair: Cillian Joy (UG)

Secretary: Vacant

Communications Officer: Ciarán Quinn (MU)     

Members: Ashling Hayes (UL), Frances Madden (TUD), Michelle Dalton (UCD), Gráinne McCabe (RCSI), Rebecca Clarke (QUB)

Member Spotlight

DCU Library

Dublin City University is a young and vibrant University known as Ireland’s ‘University of Enterprise and Transformation’. The Library enables and empowers the University to achieve its research teaching and learning ambition through the development of innovative services, diverse spaces and the provision of deep and rich collections.
 
The Library pursues a strategy of active engagement with its local communities through a diverse programme of activities. DCU Library is a single service based on three campuses with Woodlock Hall and the landmark Cregan and O’Reilly library buildings.