Canadian National Site Licensing Project wins top CAUBO award

[Deb deBruijn <debruijn@uottawa.ca>]

Excerpt from news release, June 21, 2001.  Full release is available at:
http://www.uottawa.ca/services/markcom/news/2001/010621-e.html

Canadian National Site Licensing Project wins top CAUBO award

Ottawa, June 21, 2001 - The Canadian National Site Licensing Project
(CNSLP) has won National First Prize in the 2001 Quality and Productivity
Awards Program of the Canadian Association of University Business Officers
(CAUBO).

The award is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada, Ricoh Canada, and
NORDX/CDT, and recognizes CNSLP's national collaboration, content
acquisition strategy and license procurement as an innovative business and
service achievement for the Canadian academic community. The prize
consists of a cash award, plaque, and publicity through CAUBO publications
and programs.  The 2001 prizes were presented at the CAUBO Annual
Conference in Toronto, Sunday June 17, 2001.

"CNSLP represents outstanding commitment on the part of Canadian
universities to provide access to scholarly research content in digital
formats," said Howard Alper, Vice-Rector, Research at the University of
Ottawa and chair of the CNSLP Steering Committee.  "Through this award,
CAUBO recognizes CNSLP's contribution to quality research and education in
Canada.

CNSLP is a consortium of 64 universities across Canada aimed at bolstering
the national capacity for research and innovation.  CNSLP's goals are to
increase the quantity, breadth and depth of scholarly publications
available to Canadian academic researchers, speed the take-up of
electronic publication formats, and leverage Canadian universities' buying
power and influence in the international scholarly publishing marketplace.  
This is being accomplished through a coordinated initiative of Canadian
university libraries to licence electronic journals and research
databases, with online access for the academic community.

Deb deBruijn
Executive Director/Directrice generale
Canadian National Site Licensing Project
Projet canadien de licences de site nationales
Tel: (613) 562-5357
Fax:(613) 562-5195
Email: debruijn@uottawa.ca
Web: www.uottawa.ca/library/cnslp/