The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), a not-for-profit partnership of Canadian universities and stakeholders in the gallery, library, archive, and museum community, is in the process of a strategic review. As part of this review, an updated five-year strategy will be defined that will include an updated mission, vision, and values. In April 2018, CRKN merged with Canadiana.org to create a combined organization under the leadership of CRKN. This merger has expanded strategic opportunities and broadened the CRKN stakeholder community.
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CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members providing information on CRKN's annual report, the foreign exchange project, customized member reporting and information on various administrative topics including CRKN’s anticipated invoicing schedule.
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March 18, 2019 – The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are collaborating to facilitate Canadian support of international open infrastructure through the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS).
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Last week, the University of California, whose ten campuses comprise one of the largest research institutions in the world, decided not to renew its subscription with Elsevier. This monumental decision follows other initiatives in Europe, Asia and elsewhere that likewise aim to expand open access options and prevent unsustainable cost increases to journal subscription packages.
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CRKN is pleased to announce a new release of MARC records for the Canadiana Online collections.
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The Content Strategy Committee met via teleconference on January 21, 2019. The CSC discussed license renewals and various other projects.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Gabrielle Prefontaine, Arnald Desrochers, Tanja Harrison, Pam Jacobs, Denise Koufogiannakis, Sandy Stift, Alison Ambi, Chantal St. Louis, Harriet Rykse, and Weijing Yuan.
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CRKN is pleased to release 75,497 MARC records for the Canadiana Online collection. MARC records are now available for 85% of the monographs currently in the Canadiana Online collection. Early in 2019, MARC records for the remaining Canadiana Online monographs, as well as for periodicals, government publications, and newspapers in the collection will also be available.
To download the MARC records, visit www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/marc-records.
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CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members that includes information on the finance team, updates on the Heritage Content Access and Preservation (HCAP) fund, details of the 2018-19 foreign exchange service and invoicing schedule, and information on other administrative topics.
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Our 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held from October 16 to 18, 2018 in Vancouver. 88 CRKN members, stakeholders, and special guests attended the AGM and enjoyed the unseasonably warm and sunny temperatures in Vancouver.
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The Content Strategy Committee met in-person on November 22, 2018 in Ottawa. The CSC discussed the 2018 license renewals, committee updates, and AGM debrief information.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Arnald Desrochers Tanja Harrison, Pamela Jacobs, Denise Koufogiannakis, Sandy Stift, Jennifer Richard, Harriet Rykse, Chantal St. Louise, and Weijing Yuan.