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.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) welcomed 124 attendees to SFU’s Segal Building for an afternoon of learning, sharing, and discussion on the future of digitization, access, and preservation of Canada’s documentary heritage.
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The Canadiana collections of archival material, government publications, periodicals, monographs, annuals, and newspapers will be free to access as of January 1, 2019
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Ottawa, October 2, 2018 – The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce Benoit Séguin as the recipient of the 2018 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award. The award will be presented on October 17, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia, as part of CRKN’s annual general meeting.
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CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members including information on the Heritage Content Access and Preservation (HCAP) fund, foreign exchange services, 2018-2019 invoicing schedule, and information on various administrative topics.
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The Content Strategy Committee met via teleconference on September 27, 2018 to complete the agenda from the September 19, 2018 meeting.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Arnald Desrochers, Tanja Harrison, Denise Koufogiannakis, Sandy Stift, Chantal St. Louis, Harriet Ryske, Weijing Yuan
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The Content Strategy Committee met via teleconference on September 19, 2018. The CSC discussed the 2018 license renewals, gut-check survey results, and the 2018 AGM final agenda.
Attendees: Todd Mundle, Arnald Desrochers, Tanja Harrison, Pamela Jacobs, Denise Koufogiannakis, Sandy Stift, Jennifer Richard, Chantal St. Louis, Harriet Ryske, Weijing Yuan
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CRKN is pleased to welcome Rachel Neilson as Digital Services Intern. This position is made possible through the Young Canada Works program administered by the Canadian Council of Archives. Rachel will work alongside CRKN’s licensing team on member-focused digital tasks, as well as on various projects related to Canadiana services. Prior to joining CRKN, Rachel worked for a year as the Collections Assistant at the Audio-Visual Resource Centre (AVRC) at Carleton University working on a digital collections project.
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Proposal to charge Francophone and bilingual CRKN member institutions a significantly higher price than Anglophone institutions for a full collection rejected by the CRKN Board of Directors