CRKN in the News

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) are pleased to endorse the report and recommendations of the Joint CARL-CRKN Open Access Working Group (OAWG). The OAWG began work during the summer of 2011 under the leadership of Brian Owen, Associate University Librarian at Simon Fraser University. It consulted widely to gain a sense of the state of the progress of open access in Canada and arrive at a set of recommendations for CARL, CRKN, and Canadian university libraries generally.

Multi-consortium agreement with CRL and partners, JISC, CRKN

London, May 29, 2012 – Leading independent publisher Bloomsbury and three major library consortia have agreed to terms on a ground-breaking agreement that will offer the Churchill Archive online collection at favorable rates to more than 500 academic institutions in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. As part of this unique international arrangement, members of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), JISC Collections, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and select partner consortia will be eligible for discounts on both subscription and perpetual access to the Churchill Archive in 2012.  The offer was developed during detailed negotiations between CRL and Bloomsbury’s sales and marketing partner, Publishers Communication Group.  It is distinctive in its cross-country collaborative licensing aspects.