Carole Urbain
Senior Director, Academic Affairs
McGill University
Carole Urbain is currently Senior Director, Academic Affairs at the McGill University Library. Her career has been marked by numerous projects at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, the Université de Montreal, and the McGill University. These include the development of the national collection, the implementation of an Information Commons, the creation of a Numerical and Geospatial Data Centre, the establishment of an Information and Learning Hub (Cyberthèque), and the participation in a shared library services platform project. As a member of the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) Steering Committee, she has collaborated on a study to develop best practices for infrastructure to ensure the preservation of digitized material. She is currently the vice-chair of the executive committee of the NHDS. Holding a MLIS from the University of Montreal, C. Urbain has also a master's degree in public administration from the École nationale d'administration publique.
Presenting at the following sessions
October 15, 2021
1:00pm
In this session, Jonathan Bengtson, Chair of the NHDS Executive Committee, and Carole Urbain, Chair of the NHDS Advisory Committee, will provide an update on the NHDS strategic planning process to date, and share results of a community survey and open community calls. We hope to engage and inform attendees on this important national initiative as we move forward to a new strategic plan.
