Presentation delivered by Professor Pierre Mounier (OpenEdition), on 25 August 2021, as part of ‘Open Access and the Humanities: A dialogue on future directions for Ireland’, an online workshop hosted by Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) and the Irish Humanities Alliance (IHA) for researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

1. AN OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT OPEN ACCESS IN THE SSH
Pierre Mounier
EHESS/OpenEdition/DOAB/OPERAS
August 25 Open Access and the Humanities: A dialogue on future directions for Ireland

2. “3. That there is appropriate
investment in the development of
open access infrastructures to
ensure a successful transition that
works for authors and readers,
and that also supports and is
available to researchers working
outside of existing grant
infrastructure on individual
projects;”

3. A LONG-STANDING TRADITION

4. DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES

5. 3 CHALLENGES
SUSTAINABILITY

6. 3 CHALLENGES
OPENNESS
Bilder G, Lin J, Neylon C (2020),
The Principles of Open Scholarly
Infrastructure,
https://doi.org/10.24343/C34W2H

7. 3 CHALLENGES
FRAGMENTATION

8. ● SUPPORTS SUSTAINABILITY
● ADOPTS OPENNESS AS A FOUNDING PRINCIPLE
● ADRESSES THE FRAGMENTATION CHALLENGE THROUGH COORDINATION

14. JOIN OPERAS COMMUNITY
https://www.operas-eu.org/about/want-to-know-mo
re/want-to-join-operas/

15. John Howard
OPERAS Scientific Advisory Committee

16. FROM INFRASTRUCTURES TO
INFRASTRUCTURE

17. THANK YOU!
pierre.mounier@openedition.org