Irish Open Access Publishers

Open Access Publishing, Without Barriers: Join the Diamond OA Movement in Ireland

IOAP is a community of practice for Irish open access publishers that promotes engagement with the Diamond Open Access publishing model (free to publish and free to read). 

The aim of this dynamic community of practice is to promote publishing activity that is free of pay walls and publication embargoes to further the dissemination of high quality scholarly output to all in society.

Our Community

The IOAP unites and strengthens communication and knowledge sharing amongst the diverse range of open access publishers in Ireland to advance best practice, including;

• Library Publishers
• University Presses
• Learned Societies
• Independent OA Publishers
• Individual academics engaged in open access publishing
• Publishers of open textbooks and open educational resource (OERs)

Enagaging With the Diamond Open Access Movement

The IOAP also engages a wide variety of national and international open access agencies in this dialogue including funders, policy makers, academic institutions, libraries, open access organisations, student bodies, lecturers, researchers and students.

The IOAP engages in advocacy and educational/mentoring activities with the aim of making Ireland a world class leader in Irish open access publishing.

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