The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Érudit are proud to announce a new five-year agreement (2025–2029) for the Partnership for Open Access, with 57 participating libraries. This renewal represents an important step in the transition toward a fair, non-commercial and sustainable model for scholarly publishing in Canada.
Benefits for the Academic Community and Society as a Whole
The CRKN Board of Directors is pleased to welcome the Library of Parliament as a new Associate Member, expanding CRKN’s community to 88 members. The institution was approved by the Board during a recent meeting and is now participating in CRKN’s heritage program.
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.
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.
CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome Cape Breton University to the ORCID Canada Consortium!
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.
The Canadiana collection is expanding with the addition of six new collections from CRKN member institutions.
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).
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.
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.