About CAML
The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML) is the Canadian branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML).
Our history at a glance
- Founded in 1971
- Successor to the Canadian Music Library Association (CMLA)
- First IAML meeting in Canada took place in 1975 in Montreal, followed by a 1994 meeting in Ottawa and a return to Montreal in 2012
- Goals: Support all aspects of music librarianship in Canada, including research and scholarly projects, and to cooperate with other national and international organizations concerned with all aspects of music
- Please see our CAML Constitution and Bylaws 2020.
- CAML’s annual meetings are held often in conjunction with Canadian University Music Society and the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada
- In 1998, CAML inaugurated the Helmut Kallmann Award for excellence in music librarianship and archives work in Canada. The award is named after Dr. Helmut Kallmann, co-founder of CAML and chief of the music division at the National Library of Canada from 1970 to 1981
- The Quebec Chapter of CAML (SQACBM) was officially formed in 2008. Please see more at www.sqacbm.org
- CAML began publishing a quarterly newsletter in 1972. CAML Review, the Association’s journal, succeeded the newsletter in 2001 to reflect more accurately the scope of the profession. CAML Review added a peer-review section in 2016
CMLA Presidents 1956-1970
- 1956-57 Ogreta McNeill
- 1957-58 Helmut Kallmann
- 1958-59 Helen Sinclair
- 1959-60 Lucien Brochu
- 1960-61 Melva J. Dwyer
- 1961-62 Auguste Morisset
- 1962-63 Laurie Allison
- 1963-64 Jean Lavender
- 1964-65 Ogreta McNeill
- 1965-66 Ronald Napier
- 1966-67 James Pilton
- 1967-68 Helmut Kallmann
- 1968-69 Laura Murray
- 1969-70 Rhoda Baxter
- 1970-71 Lynne Jarman
- 1957-58 Helmut Kallmann
- 1958-59 Helen Sinclair
- 1959-60 Lucien Brochu
- 1960-61 Melva J. Dwyer
- 1961-62 Auguste Morisset
- 1962-63 Laurie Allison
- 1963-64 Jean Lavender
- 1964-65 Ogreta McNeill
- 1965-66 Ronald Napier
- 1966-67 James Pilton
- 1967-68 Helmut Kallmann
- 1968-69 Laura Murray
- 1969-70 Rhoda Baxter
- 1970-71 Lynne Jarman
CAML Presidents 1971-present
- 1971-72 Marjorie Hale
- 1972-73 William Rolph
- 1973-74 Cheryl Osborne
- 1974-75 Dale Ward
- 1975-76 Keith MacMillan
- 1976-77 Dale Ward
- 1977-78 Maria Calderisi
- 1978-79 Isabel Rose
- 1979-81 Kathleen McMorrow
- 1981-83 Alison Hall
- 1983-85 Alison Hall
- 1985-87 Joan Colquhoun
- 1987-88 Rita Vine
- 1988-91 Debra Begg
- 1991-92 Deborah Rosen
- 1992-93 Lorna Young
- 1993-95 Tim Maloney
- 1995-96 Kirsten Walsh
- 1996-99 Rob van der Bliek
- 1999-2001 Vivien Taylor
- 2001-03 Brenda Muir
- 2003-05 Diane Peters
- 2005-07 Lucinda Walls
- 2007-09 Peter Higham
- 2009-11 Kirsten Walsh
- 2011-13 Janneka Guise
- 2013-15 Cheryl Martin
- 2015-17 Brian McMillan
- 2017-19 Carolyn Doi
- 2019-21 Houman Behzadi
- 1972-73 William Rolph
- 1973-74 Cheryl Osborne
- 1974-75 Dale Ward
- 1975-76 Keith MacMillan
- 1976-77 Dale Ward
- 1977-78 Maria Calderisi
- 1978-79 Isabel Rose
- 1979-81 Kathleen McMorrow
- 1981-83 Alison Hall
- 1983-85 Alison Hall
- 1985-87 Joan Colquhoun
- 1987-88 Rita Vine
- 1988-91 Debra Begg
- 1991-92 Deborah Rosen
- 1992-93 Lorna Young
- 1993-95 Tim Maloney
- 1995-96 Kirsten Walsh
- 1996-99 Rob van der Bliek
- 1999-2001 Vivien Taylor
- 2001-03 Brenda Muir
- 2003-05 Diane Peters
- 2005-07 Lucinda Walls
- 2007-09 Peter Higham
- 2009-11 Kirsten Walsh
- 2011-13 Janneka Guise
- 2013-15 Cheryl Martin
- 2015-17 Brian McMillan
- 2017-19 Carolyn Doi
- 2019-21 Houman Behzadi
CAML/ACBM Board Members
President
Houman Behzadi
Head Librarian, Marvin Duchow Music Library at McGill University
Houman Behzadi has served CAML in a variety of positions. He was a member of the Music Library Association (MLA) Resources Sharing and Collection Development Committee (2014-18) and is currently the Vice-Chair of the Audiovisual Section of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML). Prior to his appointment as CAML President, he served as Chair of the New York State – Ontario Chapter of the MLA (NYSO) and Vice-President of the Quebec Chapter of CAML (SQACBM).
Treasurer
Tim Neufeldt
Instruction Librarian & Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto
Tim Neufeldt is an instruction librarian and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, receiving his Ph.D. in Musicology in 2006 and Masters in Library Science in 2010. Dr. Neufeldt is active in both fields, with recent articles appearing in Music Reference Services Quarterly, The Journal of British Studies, and MLA Notes. His current research interests include information literacy, and music societies and sheet music publications in early Canada (ca. 1867-1920).
Secretary
Lucinda Johnston
Public Services Librarian at University of Alberta Humanities & Social Sciences / Law Libraries
Lucinda Johnston is the Music and Drama Public Services Librarian at the University of Alberta, Humanities & Social Sciences / Law Libraries. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, she worked in music education and music therapy. She is thoroughly enjoying her first term serving the national membership of CAML/ACBM.
Membership Secretary
Becky Smith
Music Librarian at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Becky Smith is the Music Librarian and Head of the Music Resource Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she provides collections, reference and instructional services to the School of Music. She has been active with CAML since 2011 and, prior to becoming membership secretary, has been a part of CAML conference program committees.
Communications Officer
Marc Stoeckle
Research & Learning Librarian for the School of Creative & Performing Arts at University of Calgary
Marc Stoeckle is Research & Learning Librarian for the School of Creative & Performing Arts and the School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures & Cultures. Graduate of the master’s degree program in Library and Information Studies at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Member at Large
Trevor Deck
Music & Film Collections Management Librarian at University of Toronto
Trevor Deck is the Music & Film Collections Management Librarian at University of Toronto Libraries. Prior to his current position, Trevor received a Master of Library and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia in 2014, and held a variety of roles focused on both collections management and digital services in public and academic libraries in Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
Incoming President
Maureen Nevins
Manager, Literature, Music, Performing Arts Private Archives at Library and Archives Canada
A music archivist at the National Library of Canada from 1989 to 2004 and at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) since 2004, Maureen holds a Bachelor of Music degree (majoring in Composition) from the University of Ottawa, a Master of Arts degree in Musicology from the Université de Montréal, as well as pursuing archival science studies at the Université du Québec. She has worked for more than 25 years in the acquisition, description, and appraisal of multiple media fonds from private sources in the area of history of music in Canada. Maureen has prepared large-scale exhibitions on Canadian musicians Claude Champagne and Sir Ernest Macmillan, and has co-curated a major exhibition on Canadian jazz icon Oscar Peterson in addition to numerous smaller exhibitions on Glenn Gould, R. Murray Schafer, Alfred LaLiberté, John Newmark, Otto Joachim, and André Prévost, among others. She has been manager of the Literature, Music and Performing Arts section of the Social Life and Culture Private Archives Division at LAC since January 2018.
ADDRESS
University of Toronto
Music Library
Edward Johnson Bldg
80 Queens Park,
Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5
Canada
University of Toronto
Music Library
Edward Johnson Bldg
80 Queens Park,
Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5
Canada
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