Friday 1 October 2010

Invitation to the launch of RIAN - Ireland's portal to Open Access research publications

The Irish University Association is inviting interested parties to attend the launch of RIAN, Ireland's portal to Open Access research publications on Wednesday, 20th October, 1.30pm - 4pm in the Convention Centre Dublin.

RIAN harvests content from Open Access institutional repositories in all seven Irish universities and DIT. For the first time, Irish research will be made freely available on a worldwide scale. It is the outcome of a project which was managed by the IUA Librarians' Group, supported by the IUA, and funded through the Strategic Innovation Fund.
For more details about the event and to register, visit http://www.onehouse.ie/clients/iua/invite-09-2010/.
Registration will close on Friday 15th October. There is no registration fee.