Presentation by Niamh O'Brien at the CILIP Ireland and Library Association of Ireland Joint Conference 2021

1. Is there a plan for Plan S?
Niamh O’Brien
CILIP Ireland/LAI Joint Conference, April 2021

2. IS THERE A PLAN
FOR PLAN S?
An examination of Plan S in third
level libraries in Ireland
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3. A Brief History
2018
cOAlition S launch
Plan S.
2019
SFI pledge to
implement Plan S .
2021
Irish Libraries
begin
implementing the
plan
2024
End of support for
transformative
agreements
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4. Open Access Landscape
Institutes of
Technology
Technical
Universities
Universities
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5. “Most librarians will be broadly onboard
with open access because it goes back to
the core mission of a library in enabling
access to knowledge”
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6. Incentives
Funding Compliance Impact KPIs
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7. Barriers
Funding and Article
Processing Charges
Disciplinary
Differences and
Biblio-diversity
Lack of Clarity
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8. “Every time Plan S bring out a new
version or revision they are watering it
down a little bit so it’s now got to a point
where it’s implementable”
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9. In the
meantime
• Wiley Read and Publish
Agreement
• SAGE and IReL Sign Transformative
Agreement
• Taylor & Francis Group and IReL
agree three year ‘read and
publish’ deal
• IReL signs transformative
agreement with Springer Nature
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10. WHAT’S
NEXT?
SFI Research 100%
Streamlined technical,
administrative, and legal elements
of repository management.
Academy lead publishing
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11. Resources
Stay up to date:
Plan S and cOAlition S: coalition-s.org/category/news
Irish Research eLibrary: irel.ie/category/news
Learn more about Plan S:
Plan S Principles: www.coalition-s.org/plan_s_principles
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12. THANKS FOR LISTENING
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