MARC Standards

Canadian Committee on MARC

• Introduction
• Terms of Reference
• Membership
• Chairperson
• MARC revision process
• List of CCM members
• Contact Us

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Introduction

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.

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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.

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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
  • Ms. Trina Grover
• Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation (ASTED)
    represented by:
  
  • Mr. Gaston Fournier
  • Mr. Gregory Whitney
• Canadian Council of Archives
    represented by:
  
  • Ms Sharry Watson
• AG-Canada
  
  • Ms. Maureen Killeen
• Library and Archives Canada
    represented by:
  
  • Ms. Margaret Stewart

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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.

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Contact Us

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

Secretariat
Canadian Committee on MARC
Standards, Strategic Office
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N4
CANADA
Fax: 819 934-4388
Email: marc@lac-bac.gc.ca

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