The CRKN Member Summit and AGM is an opportunity to bring together members and other CRKN partners to engage on current and future projects. This year’s event was held in Vancouver, BC from October 4-6 and had 100 attendees. The three-day program consisted of updates on CRKN’s activities in the past year, discussion panels, receptions, and concluded with the annual meeting of the members.
Member Summit Sessions
CRKN is pleased to announce that the 2023 recipient of the Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award is Dana McFarland, Librarian and Coordinator, eResources and Scholarly Communication at Vancouver Island University (VIU). Ms. McFarland’s contributions to the Canadian academic library community will be celebrated at the Ron MacDonald Award Ceremony on October 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. PDT during CRKN’s Member Summit in Vancouver.
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) have partnered on a pilot project to improve access to LAC’s materials in the Héritage collection through Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR). The pilot project will process a subset of RG 10 collection, “Records relating to Indian Affairs,” with Transkribus ICR software developed by READ-COOP.
CRKN is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2023 CRKN Member Summit & AGM, taking place from October 4–6 in Vancouver, BC. Events will take place at the Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA and at the Simon Fraser University Downtown Vancouver Campus.
CRKN is sharing a call for nominations for the 2024 Conference Planning Committee (CPC). As previously announced, CRKN has paused thematic virtual sessions for 2023, so that we can relaunch our conference as a separate event from the Member Summit and AGM.
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) are pleased to announce the renewal of their partnership.
By June Chow. Originally published on the Library and Archives Canada Discover Blog on June 29, 2023.
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are pleased to share our joint action plan, Towards Open Scholarship: A Canadian Research and Academic Library Action Plan to 2025.
Originally posted on the Coalition for Canadian Digital Heritage (CCDH) website.
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Érudit are pleased to announce the renewal of their Partnership for Open Access (POA) for an additional two-year period. This extension will serve as a transition period to a new long-term partnership agreement planned for 2025 and will allow our organizations to build towards a ground-breaking reimagining of the Canadian open access landscape.