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
Deadline Extended: CRKN is Seeking a Digitization and Preservation Market Assessment Consultant
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is inviting proposals for a consultant with expertise in heritage digitization and preservation strategy, services, and pricing. The deadline to submit a proposal has been extended to Friday, January 29, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Canadian Research Knowledge Network and PLOS Announce Community Action Publishing Deal
Ottawa, ON and San Francisco, CA — The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a new collective action publishing model from PLOS, enabling 19 participating CRKN institutions to publish fee-free in PLOS Medicine and PLOS Biology.
CRKN is Seeking a Digitization and Preservation Market Assessment Consultant
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is inviting proposals for a consultant with expertise in heritage digitization and preservation strategy, services, and pricing.
CRKN and NISO Announce Canadian Consortium Agreement
Ottawa, ON, and Baltimore, MD, December 9, 2020: The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announced a consortium agreement to provide NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) membership to all CRKN institutional members, as well as associate members participating in CRKN’s content licensing program.
CARL Portage joins ORCID-CA as 38th Member
CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to announce that CARL Portage has joined ORCID-CA as its 38th member.
NHDS Secretariat Transferred to CRKN
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) are pleased to announce that the NHDS Steering Committee has voted to officially transfer the NHDS Secretariat to CRKN. The vote was made at the September 23, 2020 meeting of the NHDS Steering Committee, and the transfer takes effect immediately.
Tony Horava Named Recipient of the 2020 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce Tony Horava as the recipient of the 2020 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award. The award will be presented on October 22, 2020, at a virtual award ceremony as part of the CRKN Virtual Conference.
CRKN is seeking a Records Management Consultant
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is inviting proposals for a records management consultant to review its existing information management practices and to develop a records management process and implementation plan which incorporates best practices. The project would encompass CRKN’s corporate records (board and committee documents, license agreements and contracts, policies and procedures, employee and payroll records, financial records, email and email archives, and project files).
Registration for the 2020 CRKN Virtual Conference is now open!
Registration for the 2020 CRKN Virtual Conference: Access in Transition is now open!
This year’s conference takes the form of a series of virtual sessions running twice a week throughout October. You may register for each day of the conference that you would like to attend by visiting our conference website.