Trojman Corporation and Coherent Digital have struck an agreement to acquire The Canadian Electronic Library from Gibson Publishing Connections. Together we plan to build on the work that was started by the Gibson brothers in 2006.

Trojman Corporation is a new company founded by Salvy Trojman. After 30+ years working with libraries, Salvy is one of the best known and most respected vendors in the Canadian market.

Coherent Digital was founded in 2019 by industry veterans Stephen Rhind-Tutt, Eileen Lawrence, and others. It specializes in the development of large scale databases using AI and machine aided indexing. It’s known for its Commons platform which uses innovative techniques to tame wild content.

Remain headquartered in Canada and serve Canadians.

Focus on providing a simple, one-stop, landmark collection for Canadian content.

Work closely with customers to grow and evolve the product.

Produce a new, cutting-edge platform with improved user experience.

Apply a freemium business model. Elements of the CEL will be made freely available to all.

Add an uploading capability. Users will be able to add and share content.

Index third-party websites. We will index selected Canadian sites and make them searchable.

You tell us!

No action is required from you. All existing platforms, invoicing, MARC records, usage statistics and other services will remain the same until December 31st, 2021.

During the fall, we will launch a new version of the Canadian Electronic Library. We’re working with select customers to ensure that the new platform delivers an excellent user experience, and that the associated permissions, MARC record redirects, COUNTER compliant usage statistics, and other aspects function properly. We will be adding new features and new content. We encourage customers to try the system at this time and provide feedback.

The migration to a new platform will commence in 2022. Customers can choose when they would like to migrate.

We plan to sunset the existing dèsLibris platform in May 2022, at the end of the academic year.

Yes, we plan to redirect URLs so that they need not be changed.

We’re excited to work with you to develop new offerings for Canada. We plan to add significantly more Canadian policy materials and license additional content, including primary-source collections. Our platform makes it easy for users and librarians to upload content, and we look forward to working with you to make use of that feature.

We will be simplifying the range of products to two landmark subscriptions and perpetual rights collections:

The Canadian Electronic Library Complete Collection: This will include 27,000 e-books and, 60,000+ policy documents.

Policy Commons; this will be a definitive collection of policy materials from around the world, including Canada.

Those who subscribe to both collections will receive a discount.

We will continue to offer perpetual rights for select collections, and we plan to offer new collections with perpetual rights as we license content.

We will no longer offer individual titles for sale.

Until December 31st, 2021 Gibson Publishing Connections will continue to collect revenues, invoice customers, and pay royalties. Afterward, all obligations will be passed on to Coherent Digital and Trojman Corporation.

For now, you need take no action. You’ll continue to receive royalties and royalty reports. We will be in touch with you to answer questions.

Over time, we may ask you to follow a new workflow to give us new titles.