CRKN is Seeking a Branding Consultant
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), a not-for-profit partnership of Canadian universities and stakeholders in the gallery, library, archive, and museum community, is in the process of a strategic review. As part of this review, an updated five-year strategy will be defined that will include an updated mission, vision, and values. In April 2018, CRKN merged with Canadiana.org to create a combined organization under the leadership of CRKN. This merger has expanded strategic opportunities and broadened the CRKN stakeholder community.
CRKN and CARL Join SCOSS, the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
March 18, 2019 – The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are collaborating to facilitate Canadian support of international open infrastructure through the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). Under this initiative, Canadian institutions will contribute toward the sustainability of selected key international services in the open scholarship ecosystem.
CRKN and CARL Support the University of California in Taking a Bold Stand for Openly Available Research
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.
New Release of Canadiana Online MARC Records Available
CRKN is pleased to announce a new release of MARC records for the Canadiana Online collections.
Canadiana Online MARC Records Now Available
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.
Platform Technical Sub-Committee (PTSC)
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.
Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG)
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.
Over 60 Million Pages of Digitized Canadian Documentary Heritage Soon To Be Available At No Charge
The Canadiana collections of archival material, government publications, periodicals, monographs, annuals, and newspapers will be free to access as of January 1, 2019
CRKN Strategic Planning Stakeholder and User Consultation
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:
2019 CRKN Access to Knowledge Conference
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.