In collaboration with TCD Library, MIE Library has set up an institutional repository on TARA - Trinity's Access to Research Archive. This is an open-access platform where staff and research students can publish their work.

TCD have chosen a Green Open Access policy which is also the route specified in the National Principles for Open Access Policy Statement and the route specified by all Irish funding agencies. Publishing open access increases the discoverability of your work, boosting your readership and impact, and increasing citations to your research.

For more reasons why you should consider depositing your research in open access repositories like TARA, see the Benefits of open access below. 

• MIE page on TARA

• More exposure for your work
• Practitioners can apply your findings
• Higher citation rates
• Your research can influence policy
• The public can access your findings
• Compliant with grant rules
• Taxpayers get value for money
  • Researchers in developing countries can see your work

From: An introduction to open access by JISC

Green Open Access is achieved by depositing a copy of your work in an Institutional Repository. In Trinity’s case the repository is TARA. Most publishers do not allow authors to deposit the publisher’s pdf. Green Open Access deals with this and complies with most publishers’ copyright policies by asking you to deposit the Author Manuscript also known as the “Accepted Proofs” or “Postprint”. This form of Open Access is free to the author.

This platform represents the perfect opportunity for MIE academic staff to publish and promote their work on an open-access platform which links to their professional association with both MIE and TCD.