CRKN is pleased to participate in the Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group building on work and partnerships developed over the past few years. The Working Group includes stakeholders from across the full spectrum of the Canadian scholarly communications ecosystem and on November 7, 2016, the Working Group held its first full-day meeting in Ottawa.
Ottawa – September 8, 2016 – The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce Leslie Weir as the recipient of the 2016 Ron MacDonald Distinguished Service Award. The award will be presented on October 19, 2016 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as part of CRKN’s annual general meeting.
CRKN hosts a meeting for all members once a year providing an opportunity for more in-depth discussion as a community regarding key issues and projects and to conduct the formal annual business meeting of the members.
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CRKN is an equal opportunity employer, with policies and practices intended to build an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming work environment. CRKN welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including but not limited to women; members of Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities; Two-Spirit, non-binary, trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people; people with disabilities; and members of other equity-deserving groups. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
CRKN employs a diverse team of librarians, developers, technicians, and other professionals to meet the evolving needs of its member community.
CRKN has been a member of Project COUNTER, “a non-profit organization supported by a global community of library, publisher and vendor members, who contribute to the development of the Code of Practice through working groups and outreach” since 2015.
"COUNTER provides the Code of Practice that enables publishers and vendors to report usage of their electronic resources in a consistent way. This enables libraries to compare data received from different publishers and vendors."
CRKN has been a member of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) since 2015. NISO is a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and ever-more digital environment.
For more information about the NISO Membership, please contact info@crkn.ca.
The Foreign Exchange (FX) Service provides CRKN members with additional certainty for the administration of their collections budgets. Through the FX Service, CRKN offers two options, bidding and USD billing, on selected license products to help members minimize the impact of foreign exchange fluctuation.
Members participating in the FX Service are eligible to bid their preferred rates, choose spot rates, or select direct USD billing. CRKN will levy an additional administration fee for participation in the FX Service.
The decision to enter into a “big deal” arrangement is one that each CRKN member takes after careful cost-benefit analysis conducted at the institutional level. The decision to renew or opt-out of an existing license should be taken with equal care. The "Big Deal" Checklist briefly outlines issues that a member might want to consider when conducting an effective cost-benefit analysis at the point of renewal of their participation. In addition, it highlights the roles and responsibilities of the CRKN member and the CR
The Institutional Mobilization Toolkit offers a collection of materials for CRKN members to utilize when communicating with their internal stakeholders on the issues of negotiation priorities. The IM Toolkit helps librarians communicate with researchers, faculty members, and administrators about how their publishing choices, promotions and tenure decisions impact the larger academic enterprise.