The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) are pleased to announce that the NHDS Steering Committee has voted to officially transfer the NHDS Secretariat to CRKN. The vote was made at the September 23, 2020 meeting of the NHDS Steering Committee, and the transfer takes effect immediately.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to share this Statement on the Economic Impact of COVID-19. This statement, written on behalf of the Canadian regional and national academic library consortia, and the individual libraries they represent, describes the unprecedented challenges and uncertainty facing Canadian post-secondary institutions. These challenges have resulted from unsustainable pricing and access restrictions and limitations, which have been augmented by the ongoing and highly unpredictable effects of COVID-19.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce Tony Horava as the recipient of the 2020 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award. The award will be presented on October 22, 2020, at a virtual award ceremony as part of the CRKN Virtual Conference.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is inviting proposals for a records management consultant to review its existing information management practices and to develop a records management process and implementation plan which incorporates best practices. The project would encompass CRKN’s corporate records (board and committee documents, license agreements and contracts, policies and procedures, employee and payroll records, financial records, email and email archives, and project files).
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Registration for the 2020 CRKN Virtual Conference: Access in Transition is now open!
This year’s conference takes the form of a series of virtual sessions running twice a week throughout October. You may register for each day of the conference that you would like to attend by visiting our conference website.
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CRKN is pleased to announce that a team from Clark Wilson LLP, led by Michal Jaworski, has been chosen as the consultant for the Rights Statement Pilot Project. The selection was made with the guidance of CRKN’s Preservation and Access Committee.
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CRKN is thrilled to announce the launch of a transcription crowdsourcing project for the Héritage collection, part of the Canadiana collections.
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Join us online this October for the 2020 CRKN Virtual Conference!
Following the success of the inaugural CRKN Conference last year, we invite members, stakeholders, partners, and the GLAM community to participate in this year’s event, which will be held over the course of October as a series of online presentations.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Access in Transition.” Sessions will include:
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The National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) Steering Committee and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Board of Directors have agreed to investigate the transfer of the NHDS secretariat to CRKN.
Both the NHDS and CRKN agree that the transition could increase funding opportunities, revitalize NHDS governance, and maintain and develop relationships between the NHDS and other organizations digitizing documentary heritage.
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As part of our commitment to making evidence-based decisions and developing data-driven strategies for our commercial licensing program, CRKN is pleased to announce that we have subscribed to Unsub (formerly Unpaywall Journals) on behalf of our members.