Canadian Committee on MARC

The Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM) is the national advisory committee on MARC formats and related national and international standards for the representation in machine-readable form of bibliographic information.

Library and Archives Canada provides the permanent secretariat for the Canadian Committee on MARC.

Terms of Reference

• To act as a Canadian MARC Advisory Committee to Library and Archives Canada by examining the MARC 21 communication formats and making recommendations on these formats.

• To examine MARC 21 communication formats as a medium for the exchange of machine-readable bibliographic information in Canada.

• To establish a procedure for receiving, evaluating and making recommendations on proposed national and international standards for the representation in machine-readable form of bibliographic information and other related standards.

• To maintain liaison with its constituent organizations and relevant outside agencies.

Membership

The committee consists of two representatives from the Canadian Library Association (CLA) and Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation (ASTED) and one member from each of Library and Archives Canada, A-G Canada and the Bureau of Canadian Archivists.

• Canadian Library Association (CLA)
  represented by:
  
  • Ms. Pat Riva [PDF 13 KB]
  • Ms. Trina Grover [PDF 13 KB]
  
  
• Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation (ASTED)
  represented by:
  
  • Mr. Gaston Fournier [PDF 13 KB]
  • Mr. Greg Whitney [PDF 13 KB]
  
  
• Bureau of Canadian Archivists
  represented by:
  
  • Mr. Gerald Stone [PDF 13 KB]
  
  
• AG-Canada
  
  • Ms. Maureen Killeen [PDF 13 KB]
  
  
• Library and Archives Canada
  represented by:
  
  • Ms. Margaret Stewart [PDF 13 KB]

Chairperson

The Chairperson of the CCM is elected from among its voting members for a renewable term of two years.

The current Chairperson is Ms. Pat Riva [PDF 13 KB].

Suggestions and Comments

The Secretariat of the Canadian Committee on MARC may be contacted at the following address:

Secretariat
Canadian Committee on MARC
Standards, IMO
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON   K1A 0N4
CANADA
Fax: (819) 934-4388
E-mail: marc@lac-bac.gc.ca