OCLC Global Council becomes OCLC Leaders Council
On 19 March 2024, OCLC’s Global Council ratified changes to its name and structure. The evolution from OCLC Global Council to OCLC Leaders Council reflects the continuing and natural evolution of OCLC’s council model, while ensuring impactful participation and diverse global perspectives. The new Leaders Council starts in November 2024. Get more information about this change in the press release.
OCLC Canada Advisory Council
The OCLC Canada Advisory Council provides OCLC with advice on how to facilitate cooperation and collaboration within and outside Canada. This advice is communicated directly to OCLC through OCLC Americas Regional Council Members and OCLC Canada employees who attend the Council meetings, and through the OCLC Canada delegates to OCLC Global Council. Created in late 2001, the OCLC Canada Advisory Council met for the first time in January 2002 and now meets three times each year.
OCLC Canada Advisory Council Members
Joseph Hafner (Chair)
Associate Dean, Collection Services
McGill University
May Chan
Head, Metadata Services
University of Toronto
Mélanie Dumas
Directrice de la Collection universelle
BAnQ
Renée Venne
Acting Director, ATIP, Library & IM Services
National Research Council Canada
Sandy Ramos
Acting Director General, Private Archives and Published Heritage
Library and Archives Canada
Renee Reaume
Director, Metadata Services
University of Calgary
Debbie Schachter
Director, Library Services & Learning Commons
Langara College
Gabrielle Prefontaine
Dean of Library
University of Winnipeg
Michael Vandenburg
Dean of Libraries
Dalhousie Libraries
Meetings of the OCLC Canada Advisory Council
Archived Minutes, 2018-2009
- October 2018 Meeting Minutes
- March 2018 Meeting Minutes
- November 2017 Meeting Minutes
- March 2017 Meeting Minutes
- November 2016 Meeting Minutes
- April 2016 Meeting Minutes
- November 2015 Meeting Minutes
- June 2015 Meeting Minutes
- April 2015 Meeting Minutes
- January 2015 Meeting Minutes
- October 2014 Meeting Minutes
- June 2014 Meeting Minutes
- March 2014 Meeting Minutes
- October 2013 Meeting Minutes
- June 2013 Meeting Minutes
- October 2012 Meeting minutes
- June 2012 Meeting Minutes
- March 2012 Meeting Minutes
- September 2011 Meeting minutes
- June 2010 Meeting Minutes
- March 2010 Meeting Minutes
- November 2009 Meeting Minutes
- May 2009 Meeting Minutes
- February 2009 Meeting Minutes
OCLC Canada Advisory Council Presentations
Linked data: The next evolution of library metadata
(PDF, 3.9 MB)
5 April 2024
Anne Washington and Jeff Mixter, Metadata & Digital Services
OCLC Research Library Partnership Presentation
(PDF, 3.1 MB)
18 November 2023
Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership; Rebecca Bryant, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Library Partnership
OCLC Canada Update, 14 November 2022
(PDF, 3.2 MB)
14 November 2022
Bruce Crocco, Vice-President, Library Services for the Americas; Daniel Boivin, Executive Director, OCLC Canada, Latin America & Caribbean
OCLC Canada Update, 15 October 2021
(PDF, 2.4 MB)
15 October 2021
Bruce Crocco, Vice-President, Library Services for the Americas; Daniel Boivin, Executive Director, OCLC Canada, Latin America & Caribbean
OCLC Canada Update, 26 October 2020
(PDF, 3.4 MB)
26 Oct 2020
Bruce Crocco, Vice-President, Library Services for the Americas; Daniel Boivin, Executive Director, OCLC Canada, Latin America & Caribbean
OCLC Canada Luncheon, January 31, 2019
(PowerPoint slide show, 59.3 MB)
31 Jan 2019
Bruce Crocco, Vice-President, Library Services for the Americas
OCLC Canada Update, 24 October 2018
(PDF, 2.6 MB)
10 / 2018
Bruce Crocco, Vice-President, Library Services for the Americas; Daniel Boivin, Executive Director, OCLC Canada, Latin America & Caribbean
OCLC Canada Update, Fall 2017
(PowerPoint slide show, 22.8 MB)
11 / 2017
Daniel Boivin, Executive Director, OCLC Canada, Latin America & the Caribbean
OCAC Conference Call, March 2017
(PDF, 2.1 MB)
3 / 2017
Clare MacKeigan, Operations Director, Relais
SCS/GreenGlass: Decision Support for Print Book Collections
(PDF, 6.6 MB)
2 / 2017
Rick Lugg, Executive Director, Sustainable Collection Services
OCLC Canada Advisory Council Charter
This charter was enacted on 7 May 2007 and last reviewed / modified on 15 March 2021.
Purpose
The purpose of the OCLC Canada Advisory Council (OCAC) is to provide advice and information to OCLC Canada on regional, national and international library issues. It is also to assure that OCLC Canada functions in a collaborative manner with Canadian organizations both in identifying opportunities and creating services.
This advice and information will be used to better meet the needs of member libraries located within Canada and OCAC will forward the results of these initiatives on a regular basis to OCLC senior management. OCAC will help OCLC Canada determine future directions including potential cooperation with other related organizations and initiatives. The Advisory Council shall specifically be involved in:
- Advising OCLC Canada on planning and policy matters
- Soliciting information from a wide variety of sources and sharing ideas, comments, suggestions and concerns with OCLC Canada
- Being the key link between the Canadian membership, the OCLC Global Council and the OCLC Americas Regional Council
- Advising OCLC Canada on services and products offered
- Reviewing the results of member library satisfaction surveys at regular intervals
- Advising OCLC Canada on how it can collaborate effectively with other library initiatives in Canada and globally
- Providing support to OCLC Canada for its annual comprehensive regional planning efforts (solicit CARL, CULC and other key library association boards in the country)
Advisory Council Members
The OCLC Global Council delegates actively practicing in the Canadian library market will be members of the OCAC. These delegates will automatically be assigned as voting members to OCAC during their respective terms. There will be three ex officio voting members to OCAC, one each representing the Library and Archives of Canada (LAC), the National Research Council Canada's Knowledge Management Branch (Canada's National Science Library), and Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ).
Additional new OCAC members are appointed by the existing members with the help of the director of OCLC Canada. Both will assure a diverse representation with the goal of balancing the Council geographically, linguistically as well as by library type. The desired number of delegates is nine (9) voting members but from time to time and based on the number of nominees coming from the OCLC Global Council delegates who will not already be on OCAC, and the terms of services of existing OCAC delegates, this number may be exceeded as required.
OCAC members will select the Chair of the Advisory Council.
The Director of OCLC Canada and up to two senior employees of OCLC are ex-officio members of OCAC.
Duties of the OCAC Members
- OCAC members, except for authority and duties assigned by OCAC itself, shall be equal in powers and responsibilities.
- OCAC members shall honestly endeavor to conduct the business of OCAC by consensus and will work diligently to carry out the purpose of OCAC.
- OCAC members who are unable to continue on OCAC performing these duties conscientiously shall resign in writing (by a letter signed and sent to the Chair and director of OCLC Canada).
- Communicate with local and national constituencies in Canada about the activities of OCAC and the OCLC Cooperative.
- Promote the OCLC shared values statement.
Term of Service
A member to the OCAC will be designated for a three-year term which may be renewed.
The term of the OCAC Chair will be established by OCAC upon selection but should ideally be for three years.
At a minimum, one new member should be replacing an existing member of OCAC for a three-year term every year.
Meetings
The OCAC will normally meet in person annually (fall). The location will be selected by the OCAC members to represent the profile of the members. The objective in changing location yearly is to allow OCAC and OCLC Canada staff to meet with OCLC Canada members and users of the cooperative throughout Canada.
The OCAC will meet twice per year, or more at the discretion of the chair, by conference call. These conference calls could precede the OCLC Global Council and/or the OCLC Americas Regional Council meetings.
Minutes and outcomes of meetings will be prepared by the director of OCLC Canada and revised by the Chair. Minutes will be made publicly available.
Simultaneous interpretation into English and French will be made available when its provision is necessary. All OCAC documents will be available in both official languages.
OCLC Canada will provide secretariat functions (preparation of agenda, minutes, reports, etc.) for OCAC. Additional correspondence can be maintained through electronic mail and phone meetings as needed.
Annual Review
OCAC is responsible for reviewing its Charter annually to ensure continued relevance.
Travel and Conference Call Arrangements
OCLC Canada will reimburse transportation, food, and hotel expenses associated with the OCAC meetings, including ground transportation in and from the committee member's hometown. Travel and conference call arrangements will be communicated to OCAC by OCLC Canada.