CRKN is pleased to welcome David Purdy as Digital Services Intern. This position is funded in part by the Government of Canada, through the Young Canada Works program administered by the Canadian Council of Archives. David will work alongside CRKN’s licensing team on member-focused digital projects, including a refresh of the CRKN website.
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CRKN and the Model License Task Group is pleased to announce that the updated Model License is now available for use. After over a year of systematic reviews, assessments, and consultations, the new Model License is updated to include current best practices and guidance for future trends.
The Model License allows CRKN to have a standardized set of rights and permissions for digital content that is licensed for CRKN member libraries. The goal of the Model License is to:
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Canadiana.org (Canadiana) and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), two organizations deeply rooted in digital information and in providing access to content across Canada, are jointly exploring strengthening their relationship and the potential of a combined organizational structure.
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CRKN is pleased to offer this quarterly financial update to members providing information on the CRKN's financial results for FY2015-16, membership fees, foreign exchange project invoicing, changes to HST rates, a potential Canada Post labour dispute, and on various administrative topics including CRKN’s anticipated invoicing schedule.
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Under a Board approved initiative to provide additional targeted services to members and raise incremental revenues in a manner consistent with CRKN's strategic plan, CRKN has offered members the opportunity to participate in foreign exchange projects in each of the past four years. These projects are intended to give members additional options to protect their collections budgets by offsetting the risks of unfavorable FX movements.
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CRKN is pleased to announce that CNDHI (affectionately pronounced “candy”) is now live at http://cndhi-ipnpc.ca. CNDHI is funded in part by Library and Archives Canada as part of the Documentary Heritage Community Program.
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CRKN is pleased to announce that, with support from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, eleven CRKN member institutions will be receiving a small grant to facilitate their participation in the Knowledge Unlatched project. The purpose of this funding is to encourage Canadian institutions to contribute to this global project aimed at finding a new model to support open access publishing for monographs.
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Today, CRKN begins conversations with its membership regarding the effect of the recent weakening of the Canadian dollar. A recent analysis of the current economic environment undertaken by CRKN shows that approximately 60% of Canadian university library acquisition budgets are exposed to US dollar foreign exchange risk. The impact of what is expected to be a continued downward spiral of the Canadian dollar is compounding and exacerbating an already difficult funding environment for Canadian academic libraries.
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The CRKN along with the Institutional Mobilization Task Group are pleased to announce the launch of the Institutional Mobilization Toolkit.
Libraries have been working together for years to expand access to digital content via innovative technologies, but as many of you know, the current ecosystem we find ourselves in is unsustainable and threatens our ability to ensure permanent and long-term access to the research required in our universities.
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CRKN is pleased to announce a successful grant application to the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) from Library and Archives Canada for the development of a Canadian National Heritage Digitization Index.