North: the Canadian shared print network/Nord: Réseau canadien de conservation partagée des documents imprimés

Abstract

Purpose

This paper was presented at the Kuopio 2022 Conference in Vienna, Austria on September 7, 2022, to show the work in Canada to create a Canadian shared print network and to share information about the projects that new group is working on with their partners.

Design/methodology/approach

This was a case study giving information about the North/Nord Canadian Shared Print network, the history of the group and where the group will go next. The author has been part of this project since it began and continues to work on this at the time of publication.

Findings

This paper shares information about the network and three projects they are working on along with information about shared print projects in Canada and shows that this Canadian network has a unique approach among other current shared print networks.

Originality/value

This is the first international presentation about this new shared print network and their original approach to shared print because of their focus on Canadiana.

Citation

Hafner, J. (2023), "North: the Canadian shared print network/Nord: Réseau canadien de conservation partagée des documents imprimés", Library Management, Vol. 44 No. 5, pp. 329-332. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-05-2023-0037