Finance committee  From the five years between 1999 and 2004, I have only one statistic I can share with you: CANARIE funded 32 projects through its $29 million cost-sharing e-learning program to promote innovative e-learning applications. That's probably the only fact I have on hand to answer your

Finance committee  Each institution has its own percentage of the indirect cost. There is no global percentage that comes directly to the libraries. Is that what you're asking--what comes to the library?

Finance committee  We're aiming for 40% because we believe that 40% is what should take place, given the increasing costs of access to scholarly information, given the amount of scholarly information out there, and given the amount of research that is taking place in the universities and the instit

Finance committee  This comes down to the right investments and the right incentives. It was Roger Martin of the Rotman School of Management who stated that for every 64 cents of investment in education and infrastructure, there's a return of one dollar. The government can be assured that its inve

Finance committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am William Curran, the Library Director of Montreal's Concordia University. This morning, I am speaking on behalf of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. I want to thank the committee for this opportunity to address issues of impo