CRKN Meets Bold Negotiation Objectives in Elsevier Renewal
Members of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) set bold negotiation objectives for the 2020 renewal with Elsevier: significantly reduce costs, increase open access, and ensure transparency of the agreement. After eleven months of negotiating, CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) is announcing a renewal of the Elsevier ScienceDirect license, which includes:
Canadiana Content Added to JSTOR’s Open Community Collections
CRKN and JSTOR have launched a pilot project to add over one million pages of digitized documentary heritage from the Canadiana Government Publications sub-collection to JSTOR’s Open Community Collections.
Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG) Final Report Now Available
CRKN’s Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG) is pleased to announce that its Final Report is now available on the CRKN website. This report presents an overview of the task group’s work as well as principles, criteria, and recommendations that will guide the development of the Canadiana collections and CRKN’s digitization, hosting, and preservation services.
The Who, What, and Where of Persistent Identifiers: A six-part webinar series devoted to all things PID
The Who, What, and Where of Persistent Identifiers:
A six-part webinar series devoted to all things PID
March 3 to May 12, 2021
Brought to you by CRKN, CARL-Portage, and Research Data Canada
Call for Nominations: Canadiana Trustworthy Digital Repository Audit Group
The Preservation and Access Committee (PAC) invites nominations to fill up to nine (9) positions on the new Canadiana Trustworthy Digital Repository Review Audit Group (CTDR Audit Group). The objective of the CTDR Audit Group is to audit the CRKN Trustworthy Digital Repository, based on:
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announces Transformative Agreement with SAGE
Today, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce that we have reached our first transformative open access agreement with SAGE. The agreement, which includes 69 participating CRKN members, increases open access options for Canadian researchers. Through the agreement, authors affiliated with participating CRKN institutions may now publish their articles as open access with no Article Processing Charge (APC) in over 900 SAGE Choice journals. In addition, the agreement includes a 40% discount on APCs in SAGE’s gold open access journals.
CRKN Announces Updated Licensing Principles
Today CRKN unveils its updated Licensing Principles, a two-part document that includes Licensing Program Principles and Principles for Negotiations. These Licensing Principles build upon CRKN’s First Principles, which were developed in 2009 to prioritize collaboration, transparency, and consensus-building among CRKN members.
Call for Expressions of Interest: National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) Advisory Committee
The National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) envisions a future in which digital access to Canada’s diverse documentary heritage is comprehensive, ubiquitous, and has a profound impact on Canadian culture, education, research, and innovation.
Call for Nominations: Conference Planning Committee
CRKN is sharing a call for nominations for this year’s Conference Planning Committee (CPC).
Webinar: Monograph Strategies During & After the Pandemic in Canada
Monograph Strategies During & After the Pandemic in Canada
Thursday, February 11, 2021 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET