Established by the Council of Federal Libraries (CFL) in 1995 to honour the contribution of Agatha Bystram (1934-1994), a highly respected pioneer in the management of federal information resources, this award recognizes excellence in the field of information management. Nominees must be federal government employees. 
Close of nominations: May 28, 2004 
Award presentation: CFL Fall Seminar, September 15, 2004

December 2003
This guideline is designed to encourage those who plan, design or implement projects to think about how XML can be used in managing information.  No technical background is needed. The guideline is currently under review by departments and agencies.
See also IMRC – FMI

The Government of Canada <dc.type> type Scheme is to be used as a source of standardized terminology for the indexing and retrieval of resources by type. Its main function is to standardize the external form and meaning of index terms, thus ensuring that a particular resource type will always be represented in the same way in the index.
New indexing term: search interface (interface de recherche)
See also: <dc.type> Sub-group Final Report
See also: IMRC - Metadata

The IM Community's Information Management Leadership Initiative (IMLI) is an important first step in developing this IM leadership capacity. It is a two-year, centrally administered learning initiative designed to meet common needs identified by individual departments. The first cohort of 25 participants from 18 departments are both developing their own leadership skills and designing a groundbreaking program that allows them to continue meeting their commitments within their departments while in the program.
See also IMRC – IM Community Contacts

Presentation to the IM Leadership Initiative
Gregory Renaud
April 5, 2004
See also IMRC – Information Management Portal Project