Last week, the University of California, whose ten campuses comprise one of the largest research institutions in the world, decided not to renew its subscription with Elsevier. This monumental decision follows other initiatives in Europe, Asia and elsewhere that likewise aim to expand open access options and prevent unsustainable cost increases to journal subscription packages.
CRKN is pleased to announce a new release of MARC records for the Canadiana Online collections.
CRKN is pleased to release 75,497 MARC records for the Canadiana Online collection. MARC records are now available for 85% of the monographs currently in the Canadiana Online collection. Early in 2019, MARC records for the remaining Canadiana Online monographs, as well as for periodicals, government publications, and newspapers in the collection will also be available.
To download the MARC records, visit www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/marc-records.
The role of the Platform Technical Sub-Committee (PTSC) is to provide CRKN staff with feedback, advice, and recommendations on policies, practices, technologies, infrastructure, and approaches to digital collections management.
The purpose of the Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG) is to develop principles and criteria that CRKN staff may use to evaluate and prioritize heritage content for digitization and ingestion, conversion and augmentation of the Canadiana collections. View the HCPTG Final Report.
The Canadiana collections of archival material, government publications, periodicals, monographs, annuals, and newspapers will be free to access as of January 1, 2019
Please join us for a two-hour online consultation on CRKN's 2019-2024 strategic plan. Help us to build our plan and strategy for the next five years and identify priorities as they relate to the digitization, preservation, and access to digital documentary heritage.
Through this consultation we will be exploring questions such as:
The CRKN Access to Knowledge Conference was held on October 16-18, 2019 at the Westin Hotel. Read a recap of the conference and watch videos of the Transforming Scholarly Communications and Digital Heritage sessions.
Join us for the first ORCID-CA National Online Forum on October 31st from 12:30 pm-2:30 pm EST.
Launched in May 2017, ORCID-CA provides Canadian institutions and organizations with premium membership to ORCID at a reduced cost as well as access to dedicated support services.
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.