Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters

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Frontier Life License

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Terms and Conditions Document(s)

2017 ConCan Standard Frontier Life License for non-CRKN institutions

2008 CRKN Frontier Life 2017 Addendum for CRKN members

2008 CRKN Adam Matthew License for CRKN members

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Summary: unavail

Relevant License Text:

CRKN license: 4: may supply to a library of a non Member for the purposes of research or private study and not for Commercial Use, a single paper copy or an electronic original of an individual document being part of the Licensed Materials.

Standard License - not specified but Video content is excluded for the purposes of downloading, storing, printing and transmitting

Ereserves

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

CRKN license: 5.1 may incorporate parts of the Licensed Materials in course packs and Electronic reserve collections for the use of Authorized Users in the course of instruction at a Member,

Standard license for all other library sectors: 2.3.2 store in electronic format in secure electronic data files or print a reasonable portion of the Licensed Materials for use only in connection with specific courses of instruction offered by the Licensee. Video content is excluded for the purposes of downloading, storing, printing and transmitting

Archival Access

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

The perpetual access across Canada was granted as part of the agreement for 18 universities purchasing the content.

See CRKN addendum: Permanent archival access tothe Licensed Materials will only be activatedautomatically by Portico within a reasonable time ofany of the following trigger events occurring:

This Agreement shall automatically renew at the endof the Initial term of one year for a successive term ofone year, and thereafter for successive terms of oneyear each, unless in either case either party giveswritten notice of its intention not to renew at least 60days before expiry after the relevant current term .

Notes:

The 18 institutions that purchased Frontier Life are covered by the terms of their own agreements.

All other CRKN member libraries that did not purchase Frontier Life are covered by the terms of the CRKN Adam Matthew license and the CRKN addendum.

All other library sectors are covered by the generic Frontier Life license that is presented when agreeing to the license at the bottom of the form used to register for access. http://www.amdigital.co.uk/frontier-life-canada/

Access off-site must be through authentication. Walk-in's are allowed. Alumni are also included in the list of authorized users.

License Begins:

January 1, 2017

Description:

This collection provides primary source documents on the frontiers of North America, Africa and Australasia. Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement, & Colonial Encounters brings together documents from 16 archives around the world, including more than 1,015 documents from Glenbow and Hudson Bay’s Archive. There are some 240,000 Images and 7,895 Documents in the collection pertaining to the Frontiers of North America, Africa and Australasia. 68% of the collections details North America, and 20% of that material is specific to Canada. There are more than 1,015 documents from the Glenbow Museum and Hudson Bay’s Archive.

The collection deals with some of the major themes of frontier existence including: Settlement development, Law and order, Violence, Expeditions and exploration, Relations with indigenous peoples, Trade and commerce, Death and disease, Missionaries and religion, Women’s history, Military matters, Mining, Religion, Gold rushes, Settler governance, Contested boundaries, Agriculture and livestock.

Read the Sept 6 2017 news release at: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-news/frontierlife-canada-news/

3 minute video https://youtu.be/VhW-2s0EXf0

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Chron coverage:

1650-1920

Usage Stats:

CRKN members can get usage through the Adam Matthew interface.

Participating institutions:

Content Types:

FullText

Title Lists:

MARC records included. Free to download MARC 21 catalogue records are available. Please see the MARC records section of our website at http://www.amdigital.co.uk/librarians-resources/marc-records/ for instructions

Multi-Consortial Note:

ConCan deal

18 universities made a one-time perpetual purchase to make this access possible for all libraries, educational institutions, museums, and archives across Canada.

The 18 institutions that supported this initiative are:

Brock University	University of Calgary
Lakehead University	University of Manitoba
McGill University	University of Ottawa
McMaster University	University of Saskatchewan
Mount Royal University	University of Toronto
Ryerson University	University of Victoria
Simon Fraser University	University of Winnipeg
University of Alberta	Wilfrid Laurier University
University of British Columbia	York University

Notes on Subscribers:

Frontier Life is to be setup for authenticated access similar to other licensed paid resources. For off-site access to digital collections via an EZ Proxy server (or equivalent), please follow this link below for information on how to set this up: https://www.oclc.org/support/services/ezproxy/documentation/db/amdigital.en.html PLEASE NOTE: Adam Matthew Digital requires SSL Configuration for these resources to proxy correctly

CRKN registered institutions automatically have full access to Frontier Life, through IP authentication set up with the IP list provided by CRKN.

For all other Canadian public, post-secondary, special, archives, museums, and K-12 libraries, please complete the form at http://www.amdigital.co.uk/frontier-life-canada/ to gain access .