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INGRID PARENT WINNER OF THE 2009 CARL AWARD FOR
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO RESEARCH LIBRARIANSHIP
OTTAWA May 27, 2009 – The Canadian Association of Research
Libraries (CARL) recognized
Ingrid Parent, Assistant Deputy Minister, Library and Archives Canada, as
the winner of the
2009 CARL award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship.
The award is presented annually to an individual at a CARL member institution
who has made a
substantial local, national, or international contribution to research librarianship.
Ms. Parent
received the award most importantly for her outstanding contributions to
libraries and to the
library profession in the international realm.
Ms. Parent has been an advocate for libraries for many years, and has played
an active role in the
development of policies and best practices both nationally and internationally,
especially in
matters of bibliographic control. In her time on the International Federation
of Library
Associations (IFLA) Governing Board specifically, she has been a strong
advocate for freedom
of information and the diversity of voices in the world of information.
Ms. Parent has been very
active in the governance of IFLA for the last 14 years without a pause.
Among many IFLA involvements, Ms. Parent has been a member of the IFLA Governing
Board
for much of the last decade (1999-2005 and from 2007 to present). While
on the Governing
Board, she served as Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee (2003-2005).
She has
been Vice-Chair of the Professional Committee since 2007. Ms. Parent has
also been Chair of
the IFLA Standing Committee of the National Libraries Section since 2005.
She has been Co-
Chair of the IFLA/International Publishers Association Steering Committee
from 2007, earlier
serving in that capacity also 1999-2003. In addition, she served as Chair
of the Cataloguing
Section Standing Committee (1995-1999). In Canada for IFLA, Ms. Parent was
a member of the
National Advisory Committee for the 2008 IFLA conference in Quebec City.
Outside of IFLA, but still internationally, Ms. Parent has served on the
Governing Board of the
International ISSN Network, the Committee of Principals for the Anglo-American
Cataloguing
Rules (RDA), and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Ms. Parent’s leadership around technical advancements in library and
information science has
been recognized not only nationally, but also internationally, with speaking
engagements at
library and archival events in Argentina, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Russia,
Slovenia, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the United States.
In addition to her international engagements, Ms. Parent is recognized as
having led the
development of national standards and policies for managing digital material,
and championed
their implementation in-house and externally while working at the National
Library of Canada
and at Library and Archives Canada.
She has served on a number of advisory committees, including the Advisory
Board for CISTI,
the Canadian Advisory Committee for OCLC, and the Editorial Advisory Board
of Information
Development for Sage Publications. Ms. Parent also served on the AlouetteCanada
Steering
Committee and was Chair of the AlouetteCanada Technical Committee.
In presenting the Award, CARL President Leslie Weir stated, “There
are few individuals with
the constant dedication that Ingrid has shown to the advancement of libraries
and the freedom to
read around the world. She has been a wonderful ambassador of Canada to
the international
library community.”
ProQuest has generously sponsored the CARL Award for Distinguished Service
to Research
Librarianship. ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies
that propel
successful research and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries
of all types,
ProQuest offers the culmination of experience from many respected brands
of information
resources.
CARL is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community.
The
Association’s members are the 27 major academic research libraries
across Canada, Library and
Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
(CISTI) and the
Library of Parliament.
Further information:
Brent Roe
Executive Director, Canadian Association of Research Libraries
(613) 562-5385
carl@uottawa.ca
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