Library and Archives Canada (LAC) provides the permanent secretariat for the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing (CCC), a national advisory committee on cataloguing and bibliographic control. The CCC represents Canada on the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC). NARDAC represents North America on the RDA Steering Committee (RSC).
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Terms of reference
- To be an advisory body to LAC on cataloguing policy and practice
- To formulate policy about cataloguing and bibliographic control
- To receive, evaluate and recommend proposed national and international models for cataloguing and other related standards
- To liaise with members and other relevant agencies
- To represent Canada at NARDAC, one of the authoring bodies of Resource Description and Access (RDA)
- To represent Canadian opinion at international meetings
Membership
Membership consists of two representatives from each of the three founding organizations, and one representative from each consulting organization.
Founding organizations
Library and Archives Canada
Hong Cui
CCC representative on NARDAC
Senior Librarian, Published Heritage Branch
Library and Archives Canada
normesdecatalogage-cataloguingstandards@bac-lac.gc.ca
Alison Harding-Hlady
Senior Cataloguing Librarian, Published Heritage Branch
Library and Archives Canada
Alison.Harding-Hlady@bac-lac.gc.ca
Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)
Stacey Penney
Cataloguing Librarian
Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador
staceya@mun.ca
Thomas Brenndorfer (Chairperson)
CCC representative on NARDAC
Guelph Public Library
tbrenndorfer@guelphpl.ca
Fédération des milieux documentaires
Clément Arsenault
Professeur titulaire
Vice-doyen et secrétaire de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales
Université de Montréal
clement.arsenault@umontreal.ca
Pat Riva
Associate University Librarian, Collection Services
Concordia University, Vanier Library
pat.riva@concordia.ca
Consulting organizations
Additional consultants representing other Canadian associations may be considered for membership by emailing the CCC secretariat.
Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)
Karen Jensen
Head, Cataloguing and Collection Maintenance
Concordia University Library
karen.jensen@concordia.ca
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
Daniel Paradis
Bibliothécaire responsable de la normalisation bibliographique
Direction du traitement des collections patrimoniales
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
daniel.paradis@banq.qc.ca
Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS)
Grant Campbell
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
Western University
gcampbel@uwo.ca
Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL)
Susan Jones
Technical Services Librarian
Gérard V. La Forest Law Library
University of New Brunswick
susan.jones@unb.ca
Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML)
Megan Chellew
Coordinator of Cataloguing & Metadata
McGill University Library
megan.chellew@mcgill.ca
Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
Sue Andrews
University of British Columbia Library
susan.andrews@ubc.ca
Canadian Council of Archives (CCA)
To be determined
Library of Parliament
Alexandre Fortier
Taxonomy and Metadata Librarian
Information Management and Description
Information and Document Resource Services
Library of Parliament
alexandre.fortier@parl.gc.ca
Members-at-large
The committee may appoint up to three members-at-large from Canadian libraries.
Ian Bigelow
Cataloguing Coordinator
University of Alberta Libraries
bigelow@ualberta.ca
Elisa Sze
Metadata Librarian, Metadata Services Department
University of Toronto Libraries
elisa.sze@utoronto.ca
Chairperson
The Chairperson is elected from among the members for a renewable term of two years.
Representation on international committees
The committee selects a LAC member and another member to represent the CCC on NARDAC and RSC to:
- communicate between the CCC, NARDAC and the RSC
- make decisions on behalf of the CCC and represent the Canadian viewpoint
- promote Canadian participation in the development of RDA
Meetings
The committee normally meets four times a year, depending on the work schedule of NARDAC and RSC.
CCC Secretariat
CCC Secretary
Standards and Systems, Published Heritage
Library and Archives Canada
secretariatccc-cccsecretariat@bac-lac.gc.ca
Propose a revision to RDA
Any library may propose a revision to RDA to the CCC.
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