Wouldn partnering with Canadian university consortia like the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) be a more efficient way to achieve the goals of a Federal Science eLibrary?
Federal libraries do not fall under the CRKN umbrella, whose mission is to build knowledge infrastructure and research capacity in Canada’s universities. CRKN’s e-journal licenses stipulate access by Canadian university faculty and students only. The Strategic Alliance is, however, following the tremendously successful consortia model developed by CRKN for the acquisition of e-journal licenses. The CRKN experience has shown that site licensing yielded lower subscription prices than libraries could have negotiated on their own. This approach is well aligned with the Government’s shared-service model. As well, it focuses on integrating S&T efforts across departments and disciplines to optimize resources and maximize efficiencies and productivity.
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