Registration is now open for the 2022 CRKN Conference: Strength in Community! Join us from October 3-7 (virtual thematic sessions) and from November 1-2 (members-only workshops in Montreal) for exciting and thought-provoking conversations about the strength of community and the future of digital scholarship in Canada.
CRKN is pleased to announce the appointment of its inaugural Researcher Council (Council). The Council has been formed by the CRKN Board of Directors to provide advice and recommendations to CRKN as we prepare a large-scale, multi-institutional, multidisciplinary funding application for the Canada Foundation for Innovation – Innovation Fund (CFI IF).
After a nomination process that saw an excellent pool of candidates put forward, we are delighted to introduce the members of the new Council:
The role of the Canadiana Content Sub-Committee (CCSC) is to provide CRKN staff with guidance and recommendations for developing and enhancing the Canadiana collections and implementing the content development recommendations of the Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG) Report.
The CRKN Board of Directors seeks nominations for the inaugural CRKN Heritage Infrastructure Business Plan Task Group (HIBPTG) who will develop a business plan for CRKN’s heritage infrastructure, including access to and preservation of the Canadiana collections and other heritage and cultural collections included on the platform from members and other memory institutions.
**This event is for CRKN members only**
Please join us for this virtual session on Tuesday, July 19 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET. Register on Zoom to receive the meeting link and add it to your calendar.
The CRKN Conference Planning Committee has extended the deadline for this year's conference call for proposals until Tuesday, July 12 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The call for proposals covers the virtual component of the 2022 CRKN Conference, which will be held from October 3 to 7, 2022. (Click here for more information on this year’s hybrid conference schedule.)
CRKN’s Knowledge Base Entitlements Sub-Committee (KBESC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Perpetual Access Rights Tracking Project. This project allows CRKN members to access an accurate and verified report of their perpetual access rights to journals they have paid for via CRKN licenses. With the tools provided through the project, member libraries can better understand their perpetual access rights as they undertake collections management activities.
The CRKN Researcher Council (Council) provides advice and recommendations to the CRKN Board of Directors as CRKN prepares large scale, multidisciplinary funding applications (e.g., a CFI innovation Fund application) that will support a world-class research platform that enables transformational research and discovery of cultural and heritage content.
CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) is pleased to share its Assessment Guidelines for Open Access (OA) Publishers. These guidelines outline criteria for the financial sustainability, academic quality, and operational practices under which open access models and resources proposed by vendors and publishers will be assessed.
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the virtual component of the 2022 CRKN Conference, which will be held from October 3 to 7, 2022. (Click here for more information on this year’s hybrid conference schedule.)