Services Consultation Committee

Mandate

The mandate of the Services Consultation Committee is to give Library and Archives Canada (LAC) user and professional perspectives, as well as advice, guidance and feedback on the direction and priorities of its public-facing services on the Web, in the National Capital Region and all across Canada.

Members

The Group members represent varied users such as the general public, genealogists, professional researchers, members of the media, academics, the Government of Canada, members from key allied professions including archivist, librarians and museum professionals, information studies professors, as well as national memory institution executive outside of Canada.

LAC has two ex-officio members that are co-chairing the Committee, Johanna Smith, Director General, Outreach and Engagement Branch, and Karen Linauskas, Director General, Access and Services Branch.

Co-Chairs

• Johanna Smith
  Director General, Outreach and Engagement Branch, Library and Archives Canada
• Karen Linauskas
  Director General, Access and Services Branch, Library and Archives Canada

Members

• Madeleine Soubry
  Indigenous Services Canada
• Sarah Macintyre
  Ottawa Public Library
• Connie Crompton
  University of Ottawa, Department of Communications
• Jean-Pierre Morin
  Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Natasha Zwarich
  Université du Québec à Montréal
• Stephanie Scott
  National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
• David Laskey
  New Brunswick Genealogical Society
• Wendy Ng
  Twin Muses Consulting Services
• Colleen Murphy
  University of Regina
• Morgan Chapman
  Havlik Consulting Group
• Trevor Owen
  Library of Congress

Meetings

The committee meets a maximum of 4 times per year, with one in-person meeting annually.

Contact us

Should you have questions, comments, would like to obtain a document presented during one of these meetings, please contact us at: bac.bureaucesmaoperations-cooofficeadmoperations.lac@bac-lac.gc.ca.