Institutional Pricing
Canadian Electronic Library is available on the desLibris platform by subscription.
The “Complete Collection” includes all public documents and those books made available by their publishers for subscription licensing. New titles are added daily to the collection, which in mid 2019 numbers over 80,000 titles. More information on the Complete Collection here.
Institutional/library pricing is based on account type, population served (with discounts based on location and language.)
To add desLibris to your library or corporate account, please open an account.
Complete Collection: Canadian Books and Public Policy Documents
Note: The Documents-only subscription option has been discontinued in 2019.
The only subscription configuration now offered is the Complete Books and Documents service, which includes all Public Documents and all Books licensed for subscription by their publishers.
To offset the effect of price increases for former Documents-only subscribers, a single concurrent user license option is also available. This option applies the single-user limit to the Books collection only; Documents remain covered by unlimited multiple user license.
Academic Library
Academic Subscriber Bonus Plan
The credit, which has no expiry date, may be applied to the purchase of perpetual access licenses from the desLibris catalogue or to future subscription renewals.
| Licensed Access | Per FTE | Minimum | Maximum |
| Unlimited Simultaneous Multiple Users | $ 1.10 | $ 2800 | $ 27000 |
| One Concurrent User per Title* | $ .50 | $ 1400 | $ 14000 |
Special Library or Corporation
| Access | License | Price |
| IP-Authenticated | Unlimited Simultaneous Multiple Users | $ 2800 |
| IP-Authenticated | One Concurrent User per Title* | $ 1400 |
| Password | One Concurrent User per Title* | $ 800 |
Public or School Library System
| Access | License | Per FTE | Minimum | Maximum |
| IP-Authenticated | Unlimited Simultaneous Multiple Users | $ .10 / Cardholder | $ 2800 | $ 28000 |
*The single concurrent user limit applies to Books only. All Public Documents are licensed for unlimited multiple user access.
The single-concurrent user license excludes/restricts download to personal devices. See more on Concurrent User licenses.
Other pricing conditions:
Non-Anglophone institutions in Canada and institutions located outside Canada qualify for a 50% discount on the unlimited multiple user price.
Prices for Canadian institutions are expressed in Canadian dollars; provincial sales taxes apply.
For international institutions, prices are expressed in US dollars.
Discounts are shown on account profiles.
A 5% discount is applied to consortium orders.
Irwin Law
| Access | Per FTE | Minimum | Maximum |
| Three Concurrent Users per Title | $ .10 | $ 2500 | $ 6000 |
| One Concurrent User per Title* | $ .50 | $ 1500 | $ 3000 |