OCUL seeks to be a leader in the development of partnerships and agreements that expand Canada’s digital research infrastructure and accelerate collaboration.
Canadian and International Partnerships
Keepers Registry
OCUL’s Scholars Portal is an Archiving Agency for the Keepers Registry. The registry is an international service that provides information about e-journal archiving arrangements.
North/Nord
North: The Canadian Shared Print Network/Nord: Réseau canadien de conservation partagée des documents imprimés (North/Nord) coordinates the preservation of published Canadian heritage, to consolidate print collections while ensuring long-term content retention and access for users. Together with regional consortia across Canada, OCUL provides funding support for this national initiative and one OCUL Director serves on the Steering Committee for North/Nord.
Public Knowledge Project (PKP) – Major Development Partnership
OCUL contributes to software development, testing, support and hosting of the PKP open-source software suite through this partnership.
Agreements
Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement (CURBA)
Effective May 1, 2002, Canadian university libraries agreed to extend in-person borrowing privileges to students, faculty and staff from across the country. A reciprocal borrowing card is required and is provided through your OCUL member library contact.
Canadian Inter-Consortial Resource Sharing Agreement
To develop Canadian resource sharing and promoting common standards, effective January 2, 2008, regional consortia across the country agreed to extend reciprocal interlibrary loan/document delivery privileges.
This formalized the resource sharing agreement between OCUL, the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries, the Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries/Conseil des bibliothèques postsecondaires de l’Atlantique, and Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec (previously the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire).