
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). Please see our CAML Constitution and Bylaws 2020.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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

Maureen Nevins
Manager, Literature, Music, Performing Arts Private Archives at Library and Archives Canada
Past-President

Houman Behzadi
Head Librarian, Marvin Duchow Music Library at McGill University
Treasurer

Tim Neufeldt
Instruction Librarian & Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto
Secretary

Lucinda Johnston
Public Services Librarian at University of Alberta Humanities & Social Sciences / Law Libraries
Member at Large

Trevor Deck
Music & Film Collections Management Librarian at University of Toronto
Membership Secretary

Becky Smith
Music Librarian at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Communications Officer

Marc Stoeckle
Research & Learning Librarian for the School of Creative & Performing Arts at University of Calgary

University of Toronto
Music Library
Edward Johnson Bldg
80 Queens Park,
Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5
Canada
contact@caml-acbm.org