Migrating to Canada Commons

Last year, you learned that the Canadian Electronic Library is moving to a new platform called Canada Commons.

I'm excited to provide you with information about the upcoming migration. But first, I won’t bury the lead:

You are already authenticated and may begin using Canada Commons today!

Starting today through April 30th, you’ll have access to both the desLibris and Canada Commons platforms. On May 1st, we will begin redirecting traffic from the legacy site to canadacommons.ca.

What do you need to know to prepare?

Our aim is to make the migration as easy as possible for you.

Authentication:

  • Canada Commons uses four frictionless protocols for remote user authentication.

  • You are already authenticated using TCP/IP Authentication. We have preloaded your existing IP ranges with the Canadian Electronic Library into our system.

  • Please update and maintain your IP ranges at theIPregistry.org. More about why we use this workflow here.

  • You may also install the Canada Commons proxy stanza now and maintain the desLibris stanza until May 1.

MARC Records: 

  • Your existing installed base of records for desLibris will be automatically redirected to Canada Commons on May 1st. No action is required at this time.

  • Here’s an in-depth article to anticipate what’s coming down the road for migrating MARC records.

Customer Portal: 

  • Our customer portal for accessing MARC records and COUNTER usage reports is under development and will be available by mid-summer.

  • Until then, please email support@coherentdigital.net and we’ll work directly with you to get you the information you need.

Perpetual Access Holdings: 

  • As a subscriber to Canada Commons, the titles you purchased through Canadian Electronic Library will be accessible to your users in the site.

We’re looking forward to sharing more about our new user experience and content with you. 

Our next communication in two weeks will include a tour of the new platform and its features.

Until then, I encourage you to reach out with questions. 

Salvy Trojman

Managing Director

Canada Commons