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 2021.

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

Based on the The Canadian Encyclopedia article published by Alison Hall and Christopher Moore.

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

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

CAML/ACBM Board Members

President

Lucinda Johnston

Lucinda Johnston is a Faculty Engagement Librarian for Music, Drama, Linguistics and philosophy at the University of Alberta. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, she worked in early childhood music education and music therapy. She appreciates the opportunity to support her colleagues and the activities of CAML.

Past-President

Maureen Nevins

Maureen holds a Bachelor of Music degree (majoring in Composition) from the University of Ottawa, and a Master of Arts degree in Musicology from the Université de Montréal. 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. 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.

Treasurer

Tim Neufeldt

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

Samuel Plato

Bio shortly available

Member at Large

Gavin Goodwin

Gavin Goodwin is the Creative Arts Librarian at Mount Allison University where he manages the Alfred Whitehead Music Library and provides reference and collections support to the Department of Music and the Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts. His previous positions include Concordia University and the Canadian Music Centre. He is a graduate of the Master of Information Studies program at McGill University and also holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees in music performance from Bowling Green State University and the University of Alberta.

Membership Secretary

Becky Smith

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

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.

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