Canadian National Site Licensing Project

Citation

(2002), "Canadian National Site Licensing Project", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 30 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2002.12230dab.011

Canadian National Site Licensing Project

The Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP) is a digital library initiative, established by the Canadian research library community to increase the capacity for research and innovation in Canada. Its mission is to expand the universe of digital research information to Canada's academic research community, through the co-ordinated services and expertise of academic libraries. Through innovative licensing agreements, CNSLP has negotiated desktop access to electronic versions of scholarly journals and research databases, primarily in science, engineering, health, and environmental disciplines for 64 participating universities across Canada. Currently, more than 750 scholarly journals are available online to over 650,000 university researchers, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students.

At its November 2001 meeting, the CNSLP Steering Committee developed a strategy for transition from a pilot project to a permanent program, based on broad directions endorsed unanimously by CNSLP member libraries. Action plans are now underway to expand CNSLP and to increase the scholarly content it makes available to Canadian researchers. More information on CNSLP can be found at: www.uottawa.ca/library/cnslp