The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML; , ACBM) is a national association that represents

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across Canada. Members work in organizations that support musical activities in Canada, including libraries, archives, conservatories, and universities. The organization aims to support all aspects of music librarianship in Canada, including research and scholarship, and to cooperate with other national and international organizations concerned with music. CAML is the Canadian branch of the

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(IAML). The association archives are held at

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History

The association was preceded by the Canadian Music Library Association (CMLA), which was a section of the

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founded in 1956. In 1971, the association was reconstituted as the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, and in 1992 the name was changed to the ''Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres''.

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was made an honorary member in 1987.

Activities

Annual meetings

The association meets annually, often with the Canadian University Music Society (MusCan) and the Congress Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences. The first IAML meeting to be held in Canada took place in

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in 1975.

Cataloguing Committee

The Cataloguing Committee is responsible for giving advice on proposed rule changes as brought forward by th
Canadian Committee on Cataloguing
which is a national advisory committee on matters of cataloguing and bibliographic control. The Cataloguing Committee also communicates information to members about developments in the field of music cataloguing.

RILM/CAML Committee

This committee is responsible for abstracting Canadian music publications, which are then added to the

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(RILM) database. In addition to monographs and doctoral dissertations, the RILM Canada Committee abstracts the following journals: Primary:
Canadian journal of music therapy/Revue canadienne de musicothérapie

Intersections: Canadian journal of music

Les cahiers de la Société québécoise de recherche en musique

Musicological explorations

Studies in music from the University of Western Ontario
Secondary:
CAML review

Canadian music educator

Canadian winds: The journal of the Canadian Band Association/Vents canadiens : Revue de l'Association canadienne de l'harmonie
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Recherche en éducation musicale au Québec

CAML Review

CAML began publishing a journal in 1972 entitled ''Newsletter/Nouvelles''. The title was changed to ''CAML'' ''Review / Revue de l'ACBM'' in 2001. Since 2006
''CAML'' ''Review / Revue de l'ACBM''
has been published as an open access journal. It includes research articles (peer-reviewed section), reports, news, essays, and reviews on topics relevant to the purposes of the Association, particularly those pertaining to music in Canada, music librarianship and archival management, and bibliography. The print version of ''CAML Review'' was discontinued in 2011. An index to volumes 1 - 38 of the ''CAML Newsletter'' and ''CAML Review'' was compiled by Kathleen McMorrow.

Awards

CAML provides awards for conference attendance, participation, and research. In 1998, CAML established the Helmut Kallmann Award for excellence in music librarianship and archives work in Canada. The award is named after Dr

, chief of the music division at the

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from 1970 until 1981. The award is open to those who have made a substantial contribution to the preservation, development and/or research of Canadian music collections.

Kallmann Award past recipients

* Jane Ann Pearce Baldwin (2000) * Maria Calderisi (2002) * Dr Elaine Keillor (2004) * Daniel Paradis (2017) * Brian Thompson (2022)

References

External links

Official websiteCAML ReviewCanadian Association of Music Libraries.
In ''Historica Canada''. {{Authority control 1971 establishments in Canada Canadian library associations Archivist associations based in Canada

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