Canadian Research Knowledge Network Platform-OMS
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is a partnership of Canadian universities dedicated to expanding access to digital content for the academic research enterprise in Canada. Since 2000, CRKN has received two CFI contributions for a total of $97.7 million, including partner funding from provincial governments and Canadian universities.
On December 4, 2012, the CFI assembled a panel of experts to assess the outcomes and impacts of CRKN in accordance with the Platform-OMS framework.
The panel key findings were:
- CRKN is among the leading information-enabling organizations worldwide and is recognized as a “game changer” for the Canadian research community.
- The investment in CRKN by the CFI and its provincial government partners was essential, timely and catalytic, and has already been returned many times over.
- CRKN has well-developed and efficient operations to address its current mandate; however, recent changes to the governance structure were viewed as potentially detrimental to its future.
- CRKN may not have the resilience with its current level of resources to deal with the ongoing transformation in scholarly communication and the ways in which digital content is used by the research community.
For more on the findings of the expert panel and about the CRKN follow the links below:
