James MacGregor
Manager, Research Infrastructure and Development
CRKN
James has been working in the digital heritage and scholarly communications worlds since 2001, and has contributed to several national digital infrastructure initiatives in that time.
Presenting at the following sessions
October 05, 2023
1:00pm
The merger has led to advanced value for members in both content and in the potential of the infrastructure. The session will include a brief overview of the Canadiana Collections, including highlights from recent additions to both Canadiana and Heritage. Additionally, we will provide an update about the newly formed Canadiana Content Sub-Committee’s recent work on collections strategy and prioritization as well as recent modernization and user driven enhancements to CRKN’s cultural and heritage collections and infrastructure. We’ll also talk about the impact of the Canadiana Collections on the Canadian researcher and teaching community and provide an update on the RG10 ICR Transcription Pilot Project.
Coast Coal Harbour - Coal A and B
October 05, 2023
2:30pm
We have reached a stage of relative maturity across much of the digital research infrastructure that provides support to the HSS research lifecycle in Canada. However, that infrastructure is still tenuously financed and exists as relatively uncoordinated, independent programs. With the Digital Research Alliance of Canada currently reviewing its 2025-2030 mandate to support digital research infrastructure in Canada, now is the time to consider how we might align these separate pieces together as a coherent and coordinated, and most importantly sustainable, national research infrastructure program. In this session, each panelist will provide a brief overview of their organization’s existing infrastructure and will discuss what the future looks like for them, followed by a moderated discussion on how Canada’s critical HSS infrastructures can work together to improve collective interoperability and sustainability.
Coast Coal Harbour - Coal A and B
October 05, 2023
3:45pm
Building on the robust discussions on CRKN’s Canada Foundation for Innovation, Innovation Fund grant application at last year’s CRKN business meetings, this session will provide an update to members on how the project vision has evolved over the past year. We will also introduce the new research team, discuss how this infrastructure will facilitate future research, and outline the timeline and status of the application. This session will also include a detailed discussion of the ongoing financial support needed from members in the next few years, to support Canadiana services and Infrastructure as we develop the CFI IF application to transform Canadiana into our collective vision for essential infrastructure that enables cutting-edge research.
Coast Coal Harbour - Coal A and B
