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Starting this fall, nearly 900,000 researchers and students in the social sciences and humanities across Canada will be able to go online and access, search, sort and consult a rich new digital collection of scholarly resources, including books, letters, historical documents, music scores, maps, artwork and audiovisual materials.
This rich vein of of scholarly content is being made available through the efforts of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), a consortium of universities dedicated to expanding digital content for academic research. It was funded by $47 million provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, eight provinces and 67 universities (see The Ring, April 2007).
“Providing access to this wealth of scholarly material is a critical step in enabling researchers and students across the nation to further understand our society and how Canadians are shaping the world we live in,” says UVic President David Turpin, chair of the CRKN Board of Directors. “The newly-gained access to this material will have a profound impact on the way Canadians conduct research, collaborate and turn ideas into a better, more innovative society.”
Through extensive consultation with its members and negotiations with international and Canadian scholarly publishers, CRKN identified and obtained purchase or multi-year license agreements to 14 major collections, ensuring stable, long-term scholarly access to high-quality interdisciplinary content in English, French and other languages.
Further information and details on the newly licensed content are available on the CRKN website.
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