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CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members and to provide information on the 2018-19 membership fees, the foreign exchange service, invoicing results to date, and information on various administrative topics.
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The Content Strategy Committee met in person on March 9, 2018. The CSC discussed the License Transition Task Group’s report, license renewals, and various other projects.
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The Content Strategy Committee met in person in Ottawa on November 23, 2017. The CSC discussed 2017 license renewals and various other projects.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Gabrielle Prefontaine, Stéphanie Gagnon, Tanja Harrison, Louis Houle, Pamela Jacobs, Denise Koufogiannakis, Lisa Petrachenko, Jennifer Richard, Harriet Rykse and Weijing Yuan.
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The Content Strategy Committee met via teleconference on September 20, 2017. The CSC discussed 2017 license renewals and various other projects.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Gabrielle Prefontaine, Stéphanie Gagnon, Tanja Harrison, Louis Houle, Pamela Jacobs, Denise Koufogiannakis, Lisa Petrachenko, Harriet Rykse and Weijing Yuan.
Director’s Report
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The Board of Directors of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Ms. Clare Appavoo as the organization’s Executive Director for a further five year term, effective January 1, 2018.
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CRKN and Canadiana.org have been exploring the opportunity to combine the two organizations with a vision for a stronger support of research content for the community. CRKN members have been the majority funders of Canadiana for more than a decade ensuring that heritage content was available in digital format to serve the research community.
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CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members providing information on CRKN's foreign exchange services, invoicing results to date and information on various administrative topics including CRKN’s anticipated invoicing schedule.
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CRKN’s 2017 Annual General Meeting was held October 18-20 in Montreal, Quebec. The meetings were well attended with 94 registered members and stakeholders, plus invited guest speakers and staff. Attendees benefited from the quality of the facilities at the Marriott Château Champlain and were able to enjoy tremendous fall weather and colours.
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CRKN welcomed two new members to the Board of Directors at the AGM: Melissa Just, Dean, University Library at the University of Saskatchewan was elected as a Director from the western region, while Ian Nason, Vice-President Finance & Administration, Dalhousie University was elected as a Director in a research/ administration position. During a subsequent Board meeting, the Board appointed Gwen Bird as Vice-Chair of the Board and Ian Nason was appointed as Treasurer.
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On September 21st and 22nd, representatives from 26 CRKN members received a high-level overview of a business proposal for the CRKN-Canadiana combination, and provided feedback on keys aspects of that plan. The CRKN membership will consider the proposal at the October 20th meeting of the members in Montreal.