The CRKN Conference Planning Committee has extended the deadline for this year's conference call for proposals until Tuesday, July 12 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The call for proposals covers the virtual component of the 2022 CRKN Conference, which will be held from October 3 to 7, 2022. (Click here for more information on this year’s hybrid conference schedule.)
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CRKN’s Knowledge Base Entitlements Sub-Committee (KBESC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Perpetual Access Rights Tracking Project. This project allows CRKN members to access an accurate and verified report of their perpetual access rights to journals they have paid for via CRKN licenses. With the tools provided through the project, member libraries can better understand their perpetual access rights as they undertake collections management activities.
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CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) is pleased to share its Assessment Guidelines for Open Access (OA) Publishers. These guidelines outline criteria for the financial sustainability, academic quality, and operational practices under which open access models and resources proposed by vendors and publishers will be assessed.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the virtual component of the 2022 CRKN Conference, which will be held from October 3 to 7, 2022. (Click here for more information on this year’s hybrid conference schedule.)
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CRKN is excited to announce that the 2022 CRKN Conference will be our first hybrid conference! Join us from October 3-7, 2022 online and from November 1-2, 2022 in Montreal.
Be sure to mark your calendars with the following dates for virtual thematic programming from our community and in-person CRKN workshops and sessions, including the annual Meeting of the Members. Further details on the schedule and program will be available in the coming months.
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CRKN has extended the call for nominations for the CRKN Researcher Council until Friday, May 6, 2022. See below for details on how to submit your nomination.
The CRKN Board of Directors seeks nominations for the inaugural CRKN Researcher Council who will provide advice and recommendations to CRKN as we prepare a large-scale, multi-institutional, multidisciplinary funding application for the Canada Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund (CFI IF).
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CRKN's Knowledge Base Entitlements Sub-Committee (KBESC) is happy to announce that the entitlements lists (in KBART format) for CRKN-licensed content have been updated and distributed for 2022. There are updates on the following:
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The CRKN Board of Directors seeks nominations for the inaugural CRKN Researcher Council who will provide advice and recommendations to CRKN as we prepare a large-scale, multi-institutional, multidisciplinary funding application for the Canada Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund (CFI IF).
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Since 2018, following the merger with Canadiana, CRKN has maintained two offices in Ottawa. The lease on our Holland Ave. office expires at the end of this month, March 31, 2022, and the decision was made last year not to renew the lease, but rather to consolidate into our Wellington St. office in the Library and Archives Canada building.