Director General's Report for 2005-2006 to the Advisory Board for NRC-CISTI

The Advisory Board for NRC-CISTI is made up of leading national and international stakeholders from the academic, business, library, and publishing sectors. Its members are appointed by the NRC Council and serve renewable terms of 1-3 years. The Board plays an important role in ensuring that external stakeholders provide key advice to Council and the NRC Executive on the strategic directions, management, and overall priorities of NRC-CISTI.

Chair

• Dr. Bruce J. Balcom
• Department of Physics
• The University of New Brunswick

Members

• Dr. J. David Baldwin
• Managing Editor
• Publications Office
• Ecological Society of America

• Ms. Phyllis B. Charlesworth
• Director General
• Information Management
• Environment Canada

• Mr. Lorcan Dempsey
• VP, Programs and Research and Chief Strategist
• OCLC
• Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

• Ms. Ada M. Ducas
• Librarian
• Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library
• University of Manitoba

• Mr. Francis Ouellette
• Associate Director
• Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

• Dr. Katherine Schultz
• Vice President
• Research & Development
• University of Prince Edward Island

• Mr. Paul Wiens
• University Librarian
• Queen's University

Ex-officio

• Dr. Bruce Dancik
• Editor-in-Chief, NRC Research Press
• Associate Vice-President (Academic)
• Office of the Vice-President (Academic)
• University of Alberta

• Ms. Pam Bjornson
• Director General
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
• National Research Council Canada

• Ms. Ingrid Parent
• Assistant Deputy Minister
• Library and Archives Canada

• Ms. Llynne Plante
• Director, Ontario Region
• Industrial Research Assitance Program
• National Research Council Canada

Secretary

• Ms. Madeline McBride
• Planning and Policy Officer
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
• National Research Council Canada