The CARL Award of Merit is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding local, regional, or national contribution within an area of research librarianship and whose contribution has had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community.
A maximum of two Awards of Merit are conferred annually and these may be presented at either CARL General Meeting. Nominations are welcome from the research library community and may be directed to the CARL Executive Director at any time. Nominations should include a description of the contribution and its impact and be accompanied by a minimum of one additional letter of support.
Recipients
2024 - Julie Hannaford | Dr. Maha Kumaran
CARL Honours Julie Hannaford and Dr. Maha Kumaran with Award of Merit
Ottawa, Ontario, November 21, 2024 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is delighted to announce that Julie Hannaford and Dr. Mahalakshmi (Maha) A. Kumaran have both been awarded the prestigious CARL Award of Merit during its Fall General Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario.
The CARL Award of Merit is presented to individuals who have made outstanding local, regional, or national contributions to research librarianship, with a lasting and beneficial impact on the CARL community. Established in 2001, this award has recognized distinguished individuals whose efforts have advanced the mission of research libraries in Canada.
Julie Hannaford, Deputy Chief Librarian at the University of Toronto, receives the award in recognition of her significant contributions to professional growth, mentorship, and leadership development within the research library workforce and Dr. Maha Kumaran, Acting Assistant Dean, Collections and Discovery and Liaison librarian for the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, in recognition of her leadership and contributions in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in Canadian research libraries.
Julie Hannaford
Julie Hannaford is celebrated for her exceptional leadership, vision, and dedication to strengthening Canada’s research library workforce and leadership capacity. Throughout her career, she has consistently demonstrated high ethical standards, empathy, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive research library environment.
As Deputy Chief Librarian of University of Toronto Libraries, Julie is responsible for an incredibly complex portfolio, overseeing budget, strategic planning, collective bargaining and librarian policies – and all within the context of the largest research library system in Canada.
Among her many accomplishments, Julie played a pivotal role in shaping CARL’s Core Competencies framework, which provides a comprehensive foundation for future-focused and agile workforce planning. She has also been a driving force behind the CARL Academic Libraries Leadership Institute (ALLI), co-leading its development and delivery. Her work ensured the success of both the inaugural offering in 2022 and its continuation in 2024, making ALLI a cornerstone of CARL’s professional development offerings.
Beyond CARL, Julie has contributed significantly to the Association of Research Libraries’ Leadership and Career Development Program, Kaleidoscope Program, Leadership Fellows Program, and Learning Network Committee. Her leadership was also instrumental in organizing the successful bid for Toronto to co-host the IDEAL 2024 Conference, showcasing her commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in academic libraries.
“Julie is a trusted and generous colleague. She cares deeply about the professional experiences of all library workers, both locally and across the country. She has been actively involved in mentoring, both at the University of Toronto and through the Ontario Library Association. She is a strong and respected spokesperson for her colleagues in a variety of forums.” – Vivian Lewis, University Librarian, McMaster University
Dr. Maha Kumaran
Dr. Maha Kumaran has made a significant impact in the library and information science field through her innovative initiatives and extensive research, particularly in the areas of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and leadership in libraries.
Among her many achievements, Dr. Kumaran is the founding member of the Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) Network, established in 2012. This national network for culturally and racially diverse librarians was the first of its kind in Canada, empowering librarians of color to create community, find mentors, engage in programming, and undertake important research projects that have resulted in presentations and peer-reviewed publications. Her leadership has also extended to mentoring contributors to an anthology amplifying the voices and experiences of Indigenous and diverse librarians in Canada.
As the inaugural Visiting Program Officer for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at CARL from 2019 to 2021, Dr. Kumaran laid a solid foundation for knowledge building around EDI within CARL member libraries. Her work included foundational documents such as the CARL Definitions of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Strategies and Practices for Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent. She was also a key contributor to the CARL Diversity and Inclusion Study and helped launch the Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series, creating opportunities for underrepresented library workers to share their experiences and perspectives.
Dr. Kumaran’s dedication to advancing EDI-related initiatives and research in the LIS field is evident in her numerous publications, including highly cited books such as Leadership in Libraries: A Focus on Ethnic Minority Librarians (2013), her PhD thesis, Canadian Academic Library Leadership (CALL): The State of Equity (2023), and her mentorship of researchers across Canada.
“She is a respected leader and mentor, always willing to share her knowledge and support her colleagues, especially in their research endeavours.” – Norda Bell, Associate Librarian, York University.
Congratulations to Julie Hannaford and Maha Kumaran on this well-deserved recognition!
2022 - Ariel Katz & Howard Knopf
CARL Honours Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf with Award of Merit
November 17, 2022 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to present Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf with the CARL Award of Merit, which is conferred on individuals who have made outstanding local, regional, or national contributions within an area of research librarianship and whose contributions have had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community.
In recognition of their long-standing, dedicated work to defend educational fair dealing and a non-mandatory tariff regime in Canada, Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf were presented with the Award of Merit at a ceremony in Ottawa during the CARL Fall General Meeting.
“In their own work and in collaboration with CARL, [Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf] have played critical roles in defending universities’ rights to manage copyright, including guiding users’ exercise of fair dealing without being subject to a mandatory tariff regime by a copyright collective, and in defending user rights as a whole. In my years as a CARL library director, on the CARL Board, and as Chair of the Policy Committee, I was continually impressed with their expertise, collaborative spirit, and dedication to the public good.” – Martha Whitehead, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian
Howard Knopf is Counsel with Ridout and Maybee LLP, in Ottawa and was CARL’s legal counsel for our intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada in the York University v. Access Copyright case. He has worked mainly in the areas of copyright, trademarks, cyberlaw, competition and related issues, served as the Chair of the Copyright Policy Committee of the Canadian Bar Association, and was advisor to the Law Commission of Canada on security interests in intellectual property. As an adjunct professor of law, he frequently lectures at the invitation of the judiciary, government officials, law schools, continuing legal education fora, the World Intellectual Property Organization and various NGO’s, including the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs. He has published extensively, both as author and editor. Since 2000, he has been a member of the faculty of the Fordham Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law and Policy. As one of Canada’s premier experts in copyright law, he has appeared before the Copyright Board, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada, and maintains a blog on copyright law.
Howard continues to engage in dialogue with CARL on various matters related to copyright and other policy areas, often on a pro-bono or reduced rate basis as we explore the possibility of bringing together collective voices on intellectual property issues of national importance.
Ariel Katz is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Professor Katz received his LL.B. and LL.M from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his SJD from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Professor Katz was a staff attorney at the Israeli Antitrust Authority. His academic research involves economic analysis of competition law and intellectual property law, with allied interests in electronic commerce, pharmaceutical regulation, the regulation of international trade, and particularly the intersection of these fields. Between 2009 and 2012 Professor Katz was the Director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy.
Professor Katz currently teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and the intersection of competition law and intellectual property, and shares some of his current thoughts on these issues on his blog.
In 2011, Professor Katz and Howard Knopf wrote an intervener factum on behalf of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy in Alberta (Education) v Access Copyright. Their factum was pivotal to the Supreme Court’s decision in that case, which affirmed the broad applicability of fair dealing in the educational context. Professor Katz and Professor David Lametti, as he then was, intervened with Howard Knopf as Counsel in the 2015 Supreme Court of Canada CBC v. SODRAC case, which ruled that “…licences fixed by the Board do not have mandatory binding force over a user; the Board has the statutory authority to fix the terms of licences … but a user retains the ability to decide whether to become a licensee and operate pursuant to that licence, or to decline.”
On July 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its ruling in the York University v. Access Copyright case in favour of universities, which affirmed that a tariff is not mandatory and, thus, gives universities the freedom to clear their copyright obligations for literary works without involving Access Copyright. The ruling in the case quoted from the factum Howard Knopf drafted for CARL and agreed with CARL’s main submissions. The ruling also referenced Professor Katz’s writings (who also intervened in that case).
When it comes to whether copyright tariffs are mandatory in Canada, it is undeniable that Ariel Katz’s articles “Spectre: Canadian Copyright and the Mandatory Tariff,” (Parts I and II) published in two parts in 2015 in the Intellectual Property Journal, have played an important role in recent years in persuading the courts that such tariffs are not in fact mandatory.
CARL would like to congratulate Ariel Katz and Howard Knopf on this very well-deserved award and thank them for their ongoing support of CARL’s advocacy initiatives in this arena.
2021 - Jeff Moon & Lisa Goddard
CARL Honours Lisa Goddard with Award of Merit
November 17, 2021 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to present Lisa Goddard, Associate University Librarian for Advanced Research Services at the University of Victoria Libraries (UVic), with the CARL Award of Merit, which is conferred on an individual who has made an outstanding local, regional, or national contribution within an area of research librarianship and whose contribution has had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community.
Lisa Goddard receives the Award of Merit in recognition of her leadership in advancing digital scholarship, digitization, and digital preservation initiatives, as well as in building new partnerships across interdisciplinary audiences.
Prior to assuming her current role in 2015, Ms. Goddard began developing her visionary approach to digital scholarship first as Head of Library Systems and then as Acting Associate University Librarian for Information Technology at Memorial University.
At UVic Libraries, Ms. Goddard leads the vision for the Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC), which assists faculty, students, staff, and the wider Victoria community in learning digital tools and digital research methodologies in an interdisciplinary space. Ms. Goddard was also involved in the creation of UVic’s Library Services for Grant-Funded Research Projects (Grants Menu), which has resulted in a vast array of collaborative and cross-institutional grants and grant-funded projects, collectively valued at over $5M.
Ms. Goddard has been involved in numerous research projects, most recently including the SSHRC-funded project “Research Data Management for Digitally Curious Humanists” at DHSI in Victoria. Regarding her collaboration with Ms. Goddard on the SSHRC-funded project “Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past,” Ann B. Stahl, a faculty member and active researcher at UVic, stated that “This was not an ‘armchair librarian’ venture – Lisa traveled to Ghana, participated in community meetings and co-delivered workshops to train Ghana’s upcoming generation of university and museum professionals.”
Ms. Goddard has also long been an advocate of the value of linked open data for research libraries and is a lead researcher with the CFI-funded “Linked Infrastructure Network for Networked Cultural Scholarship” (LINCS) project, which uses semantic web technologies to interlink Canadian research and heritage data from across the web.
“Lisa is particularly valuable as a collaborator in LINCS in that she combines the vision of what is ideally possible with a crystal-clear, unshakeable commitment to what is feasible within a particular context, which is very helpful to us in prioritizing our activities.” said Susan Brown, Kim Martin, and Deborah Stacey, LINCS Executive.
Ms. Goddard has led or contributed to the work of numerous committees and working groups, including chairing the Dataverse North Working Group, the Compute Canada RAC Expert Review Committee on HSS, and the ORCID-CA Advisory Committee, and being an active member of the CRKN/Canadiana TDR Review Committee, the CRKN Canadian Persistent Identifier Advisory Committee, the SSHRC Connections Grant Adjudication Committee, the CANARIE RDM Advisory Committee, and the CARL Repositories Working Group.
“Throughout her career, Lisa has been a trusted and respected colleague to many, fostering and mentoring a new generation of academic librarians while creating a dynamic and collegial culture of academic librarianship in Canada, with meaningful and lasting impact within the CARL community.” said Jonathan Bengtson, University Librarian at UVic.
CARL would like to congratulate Lisa Goddard on this very well-deserved award. Ms. Goddard has elected to receive the award in-person during the 2022 CARL Annual General Meeting in Toronto next spring, and we look forward to further celebrating her accomplishments at that time.
CARL Honours Jeff Moon with Award of Merit
May 18, 2021 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce that Jeff Moon, Portage Director, was awarded the CARL Award of Merit today during its Annual General Meeting.
The CARL Award of Merit recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding local, regional, or national contribution within an area of research librarianship and whose contribution has had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community. Mr. Moon receives the CARL Award of Merit in recognition of his outstanding performance as Director of the Portage Network and his significant contributions to the advancement of research data management (RDM) in Canada.
When CARL Portage began its work in 2015, Mr. Moon, who was a respected member of the library data practitioner community, began his engagement with Portage’s Data Management Planning Expert Group. His leadership as chair of that group led to the development and launch of Portage’s first service, the DMP Assistant, in collaboration with the University of Alberta.
In 2017, Jeff Moon succeeded Chuck Humphrey as Director of Portage. In this role Mr. Moon has helped position RDM as integral to the research process and libraries as central to RDM. The goal was to support Canadian researchers in the production of enduring, discoverable data and ensuring its responsible curation and stewardship for reuse.
“Jeff understood that Portage needed to be not about technology but about articulating a compelling vision, developing policy and practice, conducting quiet diplomacy, shepherding grassroots effort, securing funding, building expert HR capacity, ensuring the timely delivery of useful tools, and engaging in ceaseless outreach and promotion,” stated Susan Haigh, CARL Executive Director.
Some of Mr. Moon’s other notable achievements during his secondment to CARL as Director of Portage include:
- Growing Portage operations and funding, including successfully positioning Portage within the New Digital Research Infrastructure organization (NDRIO) and contributing to the development of the Data Management component of NDRIO’s Strategic Plan 2021-2024.
- Growing Portage’s volunteer Network of Experts to over 160 members, including the development of a national curation network and the growth of a nascent network of Preservation Service Providers (PSPs) in Canada.
- Overseeing the development, operations, and governance of RDM platforms and services including the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) and the DMP Assistant.
- Advancing work on sensitive data management and relationship building between the Portage Secretariat and the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) for using and working with Indigenous data.
- Increasing the visibility of Portage offerings within the Canadian and international research data management community via in-person and virtual training, promotion, and outreach.
- Managing the growth of the Portage Secretariat from a team of two to a team of fifteen.
- Developing two national funding calls: CoreTrustSeal Repository Certification Pilot and Covid-19 Data Management and Support.
- Promoting the adoption of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) by Canadian repositories through efforts supporting the creation of the DataCite Canada Consortium with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).
- Accompanying Tri-agency officials on the pan-Canadian Tri-agency Policy stakeholder consultation tour in 2018 and helping to lay the groundwork for the new Data Management Policy.
CARL would like to congratulate Jeff Moon on this very well-deserved award and thank him for his vision and dedicated leadership in the remarkable growth and many accomplishments Portage has made.
2020 - Pat Riva & Eugene Barsky
CARL Honours Eugene Barsky with Award of Merit
November 17, 2020 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to have presented Eugene Barsky, Head, Research Commons, University of British Columbia Library, with the CARL Award of Merit during its Fall General Meeting. The CARL Award of Merit is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding local, regional, or national contribution within an area of research librarianship and whose contribution has had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community.
Mr. Barsky receives the Award of Merit in recognition of his contributions and impact in advancing research data management (RDM) in Canada and internationally.
“For at least a decade, Eugene has been dedicated to furthering the use and management of Research data at UBC and in Canada. From his position first as UBC’s first and only data librarian, he led UBC’s Research Data Management Task Force, helping to establish UBC’s initial programmatic efforts in RDM. Now as head of UBC Library’s Research Commons, he will be joining a new campus-wide committee of experts to help create and advance UBC’s research data infrastructure,” stated Susan Parker, University Librarian, UBC.
“He has been teaching the RDM course at the UBC iSchool since 2014 and has been mentoring the new generation of RDM librarians in Canada. Many Portage current employees and RDM librarians in Canada were Eugene’s students and were mentored to provide innovative and collaborative RDM Services in Canada,” added Aleteia Greenwood, Associate University Librarian, Research Services, UBC.
Mr. Barsky also served as Chair of the Portage Data Discovery Expert Group (2015-2020), acting as a catalyst for the development and delivery of a wide range of essential supports, services and national platforms, including the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR), Dataverse North, and Geodisy. As an original member of the Portage Data Management Planning Expert Group, he worked with a team at the University of Alberta to release the first iteration of the DMP Assistant. Countless researchers, post secondary institutions, and organizations across Canada continue to benefit greatly from these platforms and services.
He co-authored the first RDM survey for researchers in Canada in 2015, an impactful dataset that has been used many times for comparative analysis of RDM maturity in Canada and abroad. He also initiated the work to embed FRDR’s research data feed into the OpenAIRE project and served on CARL’s Open Repositories Working Group, working to integrate Canadian open research data into other platforms for enhanced discovery.
Outside of CARL-Portage, Mr. Barsky has contributed to CASRAI and RDC initiatives. As a member of Research Data Canada’s National Data Services Framework Working Group, he has helped to organize all three National Data Summits.
“Eugene is very highly regarded amongst colleagues both within and beyond the Library world as a champion of all things related to research data management,” notes James Doiron, Research Data Management Services Coordinator, University of Alberta Library, and Academic Director, University of Alberta Research Data Centre.
CARL would like to congratulate Eugene Barsky on this very well-deserved award.
CARL Honours Pat Riva with Award of Merit
May 26, 2020 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to have presented Pat Riva, Associate University Librarian, Collection Services, Concordia University Library, with the CARL Award of Merit during its virtual Spring General Meeting. The CARL Award of Merit is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution within an area of research librarianship and whose contribution has had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community.
Ms. Riva receives the Award of Merit in recognition of her national and international accomplishments on behalf of Canadian academic libraries and universities in the development of bibliographic standards and the conceptual modelling of bibliographic information.
Ms. Riva has multidisciplinary training in mathematics, linguistics and library science, an extensive research dossier including 80 publications and 41 conference papers and presentations, and over 3 decades of experience in university and national libraries. Prior to Concordia, she served in different capacities at McGill University and Bibliothèques et Archives nationales du Québec.
She has made outstanding contributions as chair or contributor of different national and international committees and “her contributions to the development of international bibliographic standards have productively advanced the activity of metadata creation in the 21st century, as well as advancing the community’s understanding of the necessity for changes,” said Christine Oliver, Head, Metadata and Processing, University of Ottawa Library.
For over two decades Ms. Riva has served as Chair of the Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM), now known as the Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange, which contributes to the international development of MARC 21 so that bibliographic data can be exchanged and re-used seamlessly by all libraries.
In 2001, she joined the Format Variation Working Group, an international working group tasked with integrating IFLA’s Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) concepts into the cataloguing code, AACR2, early groundwork that contributed to the development of RDA.
In addition to her long-term involvement with the development of RDA, she played a significant role in the implementation of this new standard, including translation and training. She was a key player in the project that produced a French translation of RDA and went on to train francophone cataloguers in Québec and New Brunswick.
As chair of the FRBR Review Group, she led the consolidation of three IFLA models into one logically consistent and streamlined model, IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM), which is now the basis for RDA. Under her leadership, IFLA LRM was brought up to date with current conceptual modelling practices and optimized for use in the linked data/semantic web environment.
As a member of the International Working Group on FRBR and CIDOC CRM Harmonisation, she was engaged in the harmonization of IFLA LRM with the international museum model (CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model) which yielded the two object-oriented models: FRBROO and LRMOO. This work has had a significant impact because it connects library data to museum data through shared modelling and provides the infrastructure for data interoperability across these communities.
“Pat has a formidable presence and a strong impact in her network and in academia in general. She is an exceptionally intelligent, engaged and engaging colleague who influences library and information policy at institutional, national and international levels at this pivotal moment in the evolution of libraries,” said Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor, Concordia University. CARL is pleased to be able to present Ms. Riva with the Award of Merit in honor of her numerous and significant contributions to this crucial field for academic libraries.
2019 - Dr. Selinda Berg
CARL Honours Dr. Selinda Berg with Award of Merit
Montebello, Quebec, November 7, 2019 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to have presented Dr. Selinda Berg, Associate University Librarian, University of Windsor, with the CARL Award of Merit during its Fall General Meeting. The CARL Award of Merit is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding local, regional, or national contribution within an area of research librarianship and whose contribution has had broad and beneficial impact within the CARL community. She joins nine previous recipients of this award, which was introduced in 2001.
Dr. Berg receives the Award of Merit in recognition of her contributions to CARL’s Librarians’ Research Institute (LRI) and her sustained leadership in building research capacity within Canada’s academic library community.
Dr. Berg co-founded the LRI, hosting the first meeting at the University of Windsor in 2012. Since that time, she has consistently sustained the growth and impact of the Institute, chairing or co-Chairing it in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2018, and serving as a Peer Mentor to attendees in 2017. Over the years, the LRI has become a key vehicle for strengthening Canadian academic librarians’ research capacity and creating a dedicated hands-on experience for librarians engaged in research.
“Selinda is a very intuitive leader, who plans holistically. She thinks about the background of those she works with, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, smoothing over gaps to make sure the experience is seamless for the attendees” said Pascal Calarco, University Librarian, Windsor University.
“Selinda is an excellent team player and is very effective at leading a group of peer mentors to review, plan, organize, and deliver the LRI program. She is an active listener and a strong communicator, both with the peer mentors and in the delivery of the program to the participants. She is innovative in her thinking, and very collegial, respectful, and inclusive in her approach” added Tony Horava, retired Associate University Librarian (Content and Access), University of Ottawa, and 2018 peer mentor co-chair.
Dr. Berg recently completed her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science and has numerous scholarly publications and presentations to her credit. As such she is a role model for librarians who aspire to develop themselves as researchers and who want to learn from someone who has been very successful in this area.
2018 - Charles Humphrey
CARL Honours Charles Humphrey with Award of Merit
REGINA, May 1, 2018. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to have presented Mr. Charles (Chuck) Humphrey with the CARL Award of Merit during its spring membership meeting on April 30, 2018. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian research librarianship by individuals who are not employed by CARL member libraries. Mr. Humphrey was long employed at the University of Alberta Libraries, but has recently retired. He joins eight previous recipients of this award, which was introduced in 2001.
Mr. Humphrey receives the Award of Merit for his outstanding work while seconded to CARL as the initial Director of the Portage research data management network from September 2015 until the fall of 2017. During that time, he provided incredible leadership and worked to build a shared vision in challenging circumstances, tending to the needs of a wide range of stakeholders with varying interests spread across the country. He delivered on that vision in key ways that cemented the credibility of research libraries in the digital research infrastructure landscape.
However, Mr. Humphrey’s contributions to the successful launch of Portage began well before he took on the role of Director, and he was a key participant in the CARL initiative that drew together research data stakeholders in December of 2013. He then served on CARL’s Project ARC Working Group from early 2014 to the spring of 2015, where he spearheaded two key initiatives that served as proof of concept for both the network of expertise and infrastructure aspects of Portage. First, he navigated a complex set of relationships to pilot the data repository workflow that led to the Federated Research Data Repository, which he shepherded into service as Portage Director. Second, he brought together a group of experts across the country to develop and implement the DMPAssistant.
“It was largely thanks to Chuck’s expertise, enthusiasm and personable approach that the pre-Portage planning was successful. Chuck brought to the table a wealth of collaborative experience,” said Queen’s University Vice-Provost (Digital Planning) and University Librarian, Martha Whitehead. “When we appointed Chuck to the role of Portage Director, we said that one of the goals of that first phase was to create a foundation of expertise. By that measure, and every other, Chuck’s contribution to research librarianship in Canada has been truly outstanding.”
Prior to this Mr. Humphrey had supported data services at the University of Alberta since 1992, and had worked on numerous regional, national and international initiatives to increase access to data for teaching and research purposes. These earlier contributions to data librarianship were recognized by CARL in 2000 with the CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship. Mr. Humphrey was also involved in OECD Global Science Forums on Data and Research Infrastructure for the Social Sciences in 2010-2011 and on Ethics and Big Data in 2014-15. He was the lead investigator on a University of Alberta Libraries’ successful application for a data centre in the Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) Data Assembly Centres Network. He was instrumental in the formation of Research Data Canada and served on its Steering Committee, and he was a Board member of the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administrative Information.
Mr. Humphrey has always been extremely generous in his mentoring and support for colleagues, and the fact that Portage has continued successfully since his departure is a tribute to his leadership.
2017 - Brent Roe
CARL Honours Brent Roe with Award of Merit
OTTAWA, November 14, 2017. – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to have presented Mr. Brent Roe with the CARL Award of Merit during its fall membership meeting on November 8, 2017. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian research librarianship by individuals who are not employed by CARL member libraries. Mr. Roe joins seven previous recipients of this award, which was introduced in 2001.
Mr. Roe receives the Award of Merit for his leadership and vision during his work as Executive Director of CARL from 2008 to 2014. During that time, he organized CARL’s advocacy activity in the lead up to the adoption of the Copyright Modernization Act of 2012. He also supported the work of CARL in the promotion of open access to the results of publicly funded research and the preservation and sharing of research data.
“The work that Brent did in the early years on the importance of research data has helped inform government and stakeholders of the centrality of effective data management to research in Canada,” said University of Calgary Vice-provost (libraries and cultural resources) Thomas Hickerson. “The conversations that began in 2009 have laid the groundwork to what we today know as CARL’s Portage Network and the national partnerships that CARL is now engaged in for research data management and infrastructure.”
“In addition to the great work Brent did relating to data management, he was also heavily involved in the Copyright Act review.” stated CARL President Donna Bourne-Tyson. “Thanks to his attention to this matter, we were able to ensure that our voice was heard to achieve a very balanced Copyright Act in the revisions finally adopted in 2012.”
“It was exciting for me to work closely with the Board and members of CARL on the many issues of concern to Canada’s research libraries” said Mr. Roe. “I’m proud of the progress that we achieved, often with partner organizations, in areas of information policy, scholarly communication and research librarianship.”
2015 – Kathy Scardellato
OTTAWA, 19 May 2015 – CARL Honours Kathy Scardellato with Award of Merit – Return
OTTAWA, 19 May 2015 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is happy to present Ms. Kathy Scardellato with the CARL Award of Merit. This award recognizes outstanding contribution to Canadian research librarianship by individuals who are not employed by CARL member libraries. Ms. Scardellato joins six previous recipients of this award, which was introduced in 2001.
Ms. Scardellato receives the Award of Merit for her leadership and vision in developing what has become a widely respected consortium, the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), together with her positive and enduring influence on the development of partnerships and collaborations within the library community in Canada and beyond.
“Kathy has both fostered, and served as the essential steward of, OCUL’s evolving vision of library collaborations,” said University of Guelph Chief Information Officer and University Librarian Rebecca Graham when presenting the award. “She frequently serves as a resource both within OCUL and beyond – facilitating understanding of libraries and library practices, and of their value to organizations.”
“Kathy Scardellato understands technology, libraries, their users, and the power of networks,” said CARL President Gerald Beasley. “Our university libraries, especially in Ontario but also all across the country, gained by Kathy’s leadership at OCUL.”
“Working with colleagues across Canada has been a very rewarding aspect of my OCUL position,” said Ms. Scardellato. “We have collaborated over the years in advocacy, planning, and policy development for copyright reform, digitization of Canadian heritage materials, professional development, open access, print and digital preservation, research data management, resource sharing, and support for Canadian scholarly communications. Thank you to CARL for this recognition of my efforts.”
The Award of Merit is the latest recognition of Ms. Scardellato’s achievements. She is also the 2015 recipient of the CLA Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award.
CARL members include Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries as well as Library and Archives Canada and NRC Knowledge Management. Enhancing research and higher education are at the heart of its mission. CARL promotes effective and sustainable scholarly communication, and public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information.
For more information:
Susan Haigh, Executive Director
613.482.9344 ext. 101
2013 – Faye Abrams
CARL Honours Faye Abrams with Award of Merit
OTTAWA, 7 November 2013 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is happy to present Ms. Faye Abrams with the CARL Award of Merit. This award recognizes outstanding contribution to Canadian research librarianship by individuals that are not employed by CARL member libraries. Ms. Abrams joins the five honoured recipients of this award introduced in 2001.
Ms. Abrams receives the Award of Merit for her impressive and transformative work in the negotiation of digital content licenses in Canada. She played a crucial role through her work at the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).
“Faye dared to be different – and to take risks,” said CARL Board Member and Waterloo University Librarian Mark Haslett when presenting the award. “Faye benefitted hundreds of thousands of faculty and students across Ontario, and indeed beyond in her OCUL role.”
“Faye Abrams did truly ground-breaking work,” said CARL President Gerald Beasley. “Our university libraries, especially in Ontario and indirectly across the country and beyond, owe much to Faye’s intelligence and hard work at OCUL over many years.”
“It is very humbling to be singled out for special attention,” said Faye Abrams in a message to CARL members. “During my 12 years at OCUL I was challenged to develop new schemes for consortial licensing. It was a most rewarding and exciting part of my career. My peers define this as an Award of Merit, while for me it was a labour of love.”
The Award of Merit is the latest recognition of Ms. Abrams achievements. She also received the 2007 OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Award and was the 2011 OCULA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner.
CARL members include Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries as well as Library and Archives Canada and NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information. Enhancing research and higher education are at the heart of its mission. CARL promotes effective and sustainable scholarly communication, and public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information.
For more information:
Brent Roe, Executive Director
613.482.9344 ext. 101
2011 – Onil Dupuis
Onil Dupuis Winner of the CARL Award of Merit
MONTREAL, May 5, 2011 – Mr. Onil Dupuis , former Chargé de recherche principale at Conférence des recteurs et principaux des univesités du Québec – Sous-comité des bibliothèques, was made the recipient of the CARL Award of Merit at a reception hosted by McGill University.
CARL presents this award to a Canadian individual as recognition for an outstanding contribution to research librarianship. The award was made to Mr. Dupuis in recognition of his exceptional leadership in the development of Canadian research libraries and librarianship through his publications and deep involvement over many years in numerous library organizations.
CARL President Ernie Ingles said, “Anyone who has worked with Onil recognizes him as a man of great quality. It’s impossible to think of all the accomplishments of CREPUQ’s Sous-comité des bibliothèques without remembering that they were enabled through the work of an exceptionally dynamic facilitator. CARL is absolutely pleased to offer this award to Onil. Over the years, he has amassed a wealth of knowledge through all the files he worked on, about all the implications of every project for the life of university libraries.”
A librarian by training, he has always been devoted to the cause of culture, knowledge, and libraries – particularly the Quebec university libraries. He served for 35 years as coordinator for the activities of the Sous-comité des bibliothèques of CREPUQ. He attended 220 meetings and worked with 20 presidents.
Other notable positions Onil held include: president of the Corporation des bibliothècaires professionnels du Québec (CBPQ) in 1978-1979, president of the organizing committee for the 48th World Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), which was held in Montreal in 1982, and president in 1987 of the Association pour l’avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation (ASTED).
His remarkable collaborations on numerous library-themed publications bear mention, particularly “L’innovation: catalyseur du développement concerté des bibliothèques universitaires québécoises,” published on the occasion of the 74th IFLA Congress and featured in the work entitled Rayonner etpartager: l’innovationdans les bibliothèques canadiennes, and “Les bibliothèques universitairesquébécoises” which appeared in Bulletin des bibliothèques de France in 1994.
During the presentation of the award at a reception hosted by the McGill University Library, Sylvie Belzile, Directrice, Service des bibliothèques et archives, Université de Sherbrooke, said, “What can be said of Onil? He possesses exceptional editorial capacity; a knack for writing; phenomenal memory; he brings meticulous attention to every follow-up; consideration for others in the manner in which he facilitates meetings; he’s a consummate professional and a great story teller. His colleagues know that at work he has always expected a great deal of others, but also that he can do so because he expects so much of himself first and foremost.”
CARL is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community. The Association’s members are the 29 major academic research libraries across Canada together with the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), Library and Archives Canada, and the Library of Parliament. CARL strives to enhance the capacity of member libraries to partner in research and higher education, and to seek effective and sustainable scholarly communication and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information.
For more information
Brent Roe
Executive Director
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
613-482-9344 ext. 101
2009 – Brewster Kahle
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle Receives Special Recognition by CARL
OTTAWA-GATINEAU, November 12, 2009 – At a dinner gathering of library directors and guests, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) bestowed upon Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle special recognition for his significant contributions to the preservation and sharing of knowledge through the Internet Archive, in general, and to the open access digitization of Canadian print collections, more specifically. In his remarks, Mr. Kahle emphasized the great things research libraries can achieve when they bring together their collective energy and resources.
Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Director and Co-Founder, Internet Archive, graduated from MIT in 1982 with a BS degree in Computer Science & Engineering, focusing on artificial intelligence. With an interest in the possibilities of the Internet, he was inventor of the WAIS search system and developed Alexa for learning from Internet traffic patterns. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a major supporter of the Open Content Alliance. He was also elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Internet Archive, founded by Kahle in 1996, is a “non-profit [entity] that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.1” The Archive’s vast collection includes snapshots of the World Wide Web, texts, audio, moving images, and software. Some of the main facets of Internet Archive are the Wayback Machine, Open Library, Archive-It, nasaimages.org, and several media collections. Carole Moore, University Librarian, University of Toronto, has said, “Brewster is a visionary who looks at things differently. He is able to imagine doing things that everyone else thinks are impossible. But then he does them.2”
The Internet Archive, which Kahle initiated, although based in the United States, has been one of the largest single supporters of the digitization of Canadian content and has been a catalyst for drawing new players into Canadian cooperative digitization efforts. Canadian research libraries, especially those of the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta, have worked with the Internet Archive in the development and application of cost effective, high quality scanning technologies for public domain collections. Ernie Ingles, CARL President, and Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian, University of Alberta, remarked that “Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive have made an enormous contribution to the ability of Canadian research libraries to build an exciting future for digital collections with equitable access to knowledge as an important principle.”
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) counts as its members the 28 largest Canadian university libraries and the three major federal national libraries (Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information [CISTI], and the Library of Parliament). CARL strives to enhance the capacity of Canada’s research libraries to partner in research and higher education, seeking effective and sustainable scholarly communication and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information.
1 Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/about/about.php (as accessed November 9, 2009)
2 The Economist, “The internet’s librarian” (March 5, 2009)
For further information:
Brent Roe
Executive Director
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Tel.: (613) 562-5800 ext 3652
2008 – Claude Bonnelly
CLAUDE BONNELLY WINNER OF CARL AWARD OF MERIT
OTTAWA, August 7, 2008 – Mr. Claude Bonnelly, former University Librarian at Université Laval, was named recipient of the CARL Award of Merit, which was presented at a special reception held during the 2008 IFLA General Conference in Quebec City.
The award was made to Mr. Bonnelly in recognition of his exceptional leadership in the development of Canadian research libraries and librarianship through his publications and deep involvement over many years in numerous library organizations, including IFLA.
“Research libraries and librarianship in Canada and beyond have been greatly enriched by the work over so many years by Claude Bonnelly,” stated CARL President Leslie Weir. “Over the course of his career spanning almost 40 years at the Library of Université Laval, Claude Bonnelly has championed a number of innovative projects that have kept the institution a leading Canadian research library, often playing a crucial role in the translation of new technologies and ideas across language communities. His career has been characterized by wide consultation and collaboration, both nationally and internationally.”
Claude Bonnelly joined the Library at Université Laval in 1971 and was Director from 1988 until his retirement in 2006. At Laval, he promoted the development of the virtual library, the institutional digital repository, and the library-based electronic publication of various Quebec-based scholarly journals. Nationally, he took a leading role in the creation of the Canada-wide online local history project “Our Roots/Nos Racines” and served for many years on the Board of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproduction (CIHM), of which he was also President. Mr. Bonnelly was a very active Director in CARL. He served on the Board of Directors in 1991 – 92, and was very active in many committees and working groups, including Chair of the Task Force on Statistics and Measurement. He has also served as President of the Libraries Sub- Committee of the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ). Internationally, he has been very active with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) serving on a number of committees; as well as IFLA, serving as Chair of both the Organizational Committee and National Advisory Committee for the 74th Meeting of the Association, which, thanks greatly to his efforts, is being held in Quebec City, Canada. Claude Bonnelly has published a number of scholarly and professional papers and has been a frequent speaker at professional conferences.
“We are pleased to offer this award to Mr. Bonnelly.” added Ernie Ingles, CARL Vice-President/President-Elect. “It is a wonderful opportunity for his peers to offer recognition for a long and successful career of leadership, innovation, and collaboration for the advancement of libraries and the profession.”
CARL is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community. The Association’s members are the 27 major academic research libraries across Canada plus Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) and the Library of Parliament. CARL members are the backbone of Canada’s intellectual holdings in all disciplines.
For further information:
Leslie Weir
President
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Tel.: 613.562.5880
Brent Roe
Executive Director
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Tel.: 613.562.5385
2006 – Timothy Mark
Timothy Mark winner of CARL Award of Merit
OTTAWA, May 16, 2006 – Mr. Timothy Mark, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries was named recipient of the CARL Award of Merit at the 2006 Annual General Meeting of the Association.
The Award was made to Mr. Mark in recognition of his outstanding leadership of the Association and his commitment to developing the capacity of Canada’s research libraries through policy development, advocacy, and international cooperation.
“The Association has seen real growth over the last ten years,” stated CARL President John Teskey. “The work done by Mr. Mark over this time has resulted in great benefits to our members through such initiatives as the campaign for reimbursement of the indirect costs of research, the initiation of the highly successful Canadian National Site Licensing Project (now the Canadian Research Knowledge Network), the continuing work for copyright reform, and many other initiatives too numerous to mention.”
Timothy Mark was appointed Interim Executive Director to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries in September 1995 and Executive Director in September 1997. Prior to his hire to the Association, Mr. Mark spent over twenty years in public library service.
“We are pleased to be able to offer this award to Mr. Mark.” added Leslie Weir, CARL Vice-President/President-Elect. “It is the perfect opportunity for his peers to offer recognition for the tremendous amount of work he has done in advancing the issues and profile of the Association.”
CARL is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community. The Association’s members are the 27 major academic research libraries across Canada plus Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) and the Library of Parliament. CARL members are the backbone of Canada’s intellectual holdings in all disciplines.
For further information:
John Teskey
President
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Tel.: (506) 458-7959
Leslie Weir
Vice-President/President-Elect
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Tel.: (613) 562-5880
2001 – Deb deBruijn
Deb deBruijn winner of CARL/ABRC Award of Merit
OTTAWA, November 7, 2001– Ms. Deb deBruijn, Executive Director of the Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP) was named as the first recipient of the CARL/ABRC Award of Merit at the 2001 Fall General Meeting of the Association.
The Award was made to Ms. deBruijn in recognition of her outstanding leadership of the Canadian National Site Licensing Project, which provides increased access to information for the Canadian research community.
President Bill Maes stated in his presentation: ADeb has demonstrated great vision, skill and tenacity of purpose in taking the dream of Canadian national site licensing of scholarly journals and making it a reality. Agreements are now in place with seven major publishers, providing over 700 scholarly journals to approximately 650,000 academic researchers and students across Canada.@
CNSLP is a consortium of 64 Canadian universities engaged in a three‑year pilot project to bolster the research capacity of the country=s universities. This entails increasing dramatically the quantity, breadth and depth of published research available to academic researchers; speeding the take‑up of electronic publication formats; and leveraging the buying power and influence of Canadian universities. The Canada Foundation for Innovation awarded the Project $20 million. Another $30 million was raised from institutional and provincial funding sources. The Project helps underpin world‑class research and helps allow Canadian researchers to remain internationally competitive.
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries / Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (CARL/ABRC) was established in 1976 and comprises Canada=s twenty-seven major academic libraries, the National Library of Canada/Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, and the Canada Institute of Scientific and Technical Information /Institut canadien de l=information scientifique et technique (CISTI/ICIST). Membership is institutional, and is open primarily to libraries of Canadian universities with doctoral graduates in both the arts and the sciences. CARL/ABRC was instrumental in establishing the CNSLP.
For further information:
Timothy Mark
Executive Director
Canadian Association of Research Libraries/
Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada
Tel: (613) 562 – 5385
