The Canadian National Site Licensing Project and the logic model

Purpose – To determine whether Canada's university research capacity could be increased in quantity, breadth and depth of published scholarly information available to academic researchers, especially through the use of e‐journals and cooperatively negotiated pricing and licensing of them. Design/methodology/approach – Evaluates the three‐year demonstration project funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation known as the Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP). This project used surveys and a logical model method, which integrates inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts into an account of how a program is fulfilling its objectives. Findings – Demonstrates that CNSLP has successfully found a new model for negotiating and licensing electronic information to expand information available to researchers. It also identified that over 80 percent of respondents surveyed believe that e‐journal access has had a significant impact on their ability to conduct research. Originality/value – Both illustrates a model to provide greater access to e‐journals and shows that greater access to electronic information increases use of peripheral literature.