Tag Archives: CRKN

Six collections to be added to Canadiana, including Ontario historical county maps, a Black abolitionist newspaper, and an Acadia University student newspaper 

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Canadiana collection is expanding with the addition of six new collections from Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) member institutions.  Selected by CRKN’s Canadiana Content Sub-Committee through the inaugural call for development projects, the six collections tell stories from across Canada and span over … Continue reading →

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CRKN and Library and Archives Canada partner to improve access to digitized handwritten materials in Héritage Collection

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) have partnered on a pilot project to improve access to LAC’s materials in the Héritage collection through Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR). The pilot project will process a subset of the … Continue reading →

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New additions to Canadiana include directories, widows’ and orphans’ fund, Grand Lodge proceedings

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network yesterday announced the following additions to the Canadiana website. Lovell’s Province of Prince Edward Island directory for 1871 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_00106 Henderson’s city of Winnipeg directory for 1890 and 1897 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_00109 Abstract statement of the Lennox & … Continue reading →

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Canadiana website improvements

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) recently announced a few updates to the user interface of the Canadiana and Héritage websites and other collections it hosts. These updates include the following new and improved features: Pan and zoom: Smoothly pan and … Continue reading →

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Saint John, New Brunswick historical newspapers added to Canadiana

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) announced Wednesday that seven historical newspapers — totaling 2,393 issues — from Saint John, New Brunswick have been digitized and added to the Canadiana website. The newspapers are: Saint John Observer, 1853-1855, 52 issues … Continue reading →

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More content added to Canadiana — Toronto World newspaper and Montreal Almanack

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network recently added to the Canadiana website five years of The Toronto World newspaper, from January 1, 1913 to December 31, 1917, and five years of the Montreal Almanack for the Year of Our Lord for … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing transcription project launched for Canadiana

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) announced yesterday the launch of a crowdsourcing project to transcribe handwritten and microfilmed items in the Héritage collection that is part of the Canadiana collections. The goal is to make the records full text searchable. The Héritage collection … Continue reading →

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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec to contribute to development of Canadiana website

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has become the 78th institutional member of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). In an announcement released yesterday, CRKN said BAnQ will support the development of the Canadiana platform and contribute to … Continue reading →

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Over 60 million pages of digitized Canadian documentary heritage soon to be free

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

As of January 1, 2019, more than 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage will be available at no charge to users. The Canadiana collections are the largest online collections of early textual Canadiana in the world. The removal … Continue reading →

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CRKN and Canadiana merge as combined organization

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Canadiana.org announced a merger of the two organizations, which will now be under the leadership of CRKN. The merged organization began combined operations on April 1, 2018. The merger allows CRKN and Canadiana … Continue reading →

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