Over the next five years, CRKN will build towards a future where knowledge is accessible to all. This vision for the future is captured in the new strategic plan, along with our updated mission, commitment, and strategic goals that map out the work ahead.
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CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) University to the ORCID Canada Consortium!
NOSM University is Canada's first independent medical university and was created to address the unique healthcare needs of the North. NOSM University is committed to improving equitable access to quality healthcare by being socially accountable in its education and research programs.
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CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome Cape Breton University to the ORCID Canada Consortium!
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2025 CRKN Virtual Conference, which will be held from May 13-15, 2025.
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The Canadiana collection is expanding with the addition of six new collections from CRKN member institutions.
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In 1999, the Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP) was created with the support of 64 Canadian universities and funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and provincial governments. Its goal was to bolster the research and innovation capacity of Canada’s universities by licensing electronic versions of scholarly publications on a national scale. Over time this work would grow and the CNSLP became more formalized, ultimately being incorporated as a non-profit corporation, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).
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Érudit and CRKN are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Partnership for Open Access (POA), which enables more than 240 non-commercial scholarly journals to receive financial support from 54 Canadian university libraries.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce that the Departmental Letterbooks, part of Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) RG 10 fonds, have been fully transcribed through CRKN and LAC’s intelligent character recognition (ICR) pilot project.
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CRKN is pleased to announce that the 2024 recipient of the Ron MacDonald Outstanding Service Award is Camille Callison. Camille Callison (Tahltan) is the University Librarian of the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). She has been a transformative force in the library and archives community, particularly in advancing the preservation and representation of Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) knowledges, languages, and cultures. Camille’s contributions to the Canadian library community will be celebrated at the Ron MacDonald Award Ceremony on Oct.
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CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome Saint Mary’s University to the ORCID Canada Consortium!
Saint Mary’s University is one of Canada’s top primarily undergraduate universities known for its international collaborations, leadership in entrepreneurship, and research that benefits local and global communities. Their programs in Arts, Science, Graduate Studies and the Sobey School of Business are among Canada’s best and feature professors committed to student success.