The anticipated invoicing schedule for 2019-20 follows, including products already billed:
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Licenses
Licenses
The CRKN Model License is a core tool provided by CRKN to expand access to research content across Canada. The Model License, first created in 2001, allows CRKN to license content effectively, ensuring that all licensed content has rights and permissions that are as advantageous as possible for researchers and users.
In 2016, the CRKN…
The following is a list of licenses that are expiring in the near future, and are currently in the process of being renewed.
2019
The purpose of the CRKN Content Strategy Committee (CSC) is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing and making recommendations to the Board regarding the overall direction of the CRKN content program.
CSC meeting recaps are available here.
CRKN and the Model License Task Group is pleased to announce that the updated Model License is now available for use. After over a year of systematic reviews, assessments, and consultations, the new Model License is updated to include current best practices and guidance for future trends.
The Model License allows CRKN to have a…
The CRKN Banding system has been developed to provide a relative measure of comparison of research and teaching intensity among consortia members and to give content suppliers a consistent basis for setting prices. The Banding system uses a rolling average of three data variables, equally weighted, to determine in which band each member…
CRKN has developed guidelines and a process for proposing and evaluating new content opportunities. Publishers and vendors wishing to propose new content for licensing by CRKN should review the following information and use the appropriate submission form.
Working with librarians, researchers, administrators, funders, and publishers, CRKN undertakes large scale content acquisition and licensing initiatives in order to build knowledge infrastructure and research capacity in Canada’s universities.
CRKN negotiates and manages over 54 licenses (members only) on behalf of its member libraries…