2021-2023 Committee Members

Chair: Joseph Hafner, McGill University Library, Canada

  • Eder Áliva Barrientos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
  • Anders Cato, Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, Denmark
  • Nancy Lorimer, Stanford University, USA
  • Rehab Ouf, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Representative from the Committee on Standards
  • Mélanie Roche, BnF, France

IT Support Team

  • Metadata Management, Jon Phipps and Diane Hillman

Membership and terms of office

The Sub-Committee comprises a minimum of 5 and up to 7 members with relevant professional and technical expertise, including

  • the Chair of the IFLA Linked Data Technical Committee, and
  • one member of the Committee on Standards as ex-officio liaison.

Members chosen should be as geographically diverse as possible.

Members, selected on the basis of their expertise, will be appointed for two years, renewable once.

Members of the Sub-Committee will be appointed by the Professional Committee in consultation with the Chair of the Committee on Standards and relevant professional units.

The Chair will be nominated by the Committee on Standards and endorsed by the Professional Committee. The term of office of the Chair is two years, renewable once, preferably to coincide with the term of the Professional Committee. The role of the Chair is to coordinate the work of the Sub-Committee, ensure liaison with the Committee on Standards / Professional Committee and relevant professional units as well as with external namespace registration management bodies.

All members (except ex-officio member) are expected to assist and support IFLA professional units in the publication of their standards as linked data.

Previous Members

2019-2021

Chair: Joseph Hafner, McGill University Library and Archives, Canada

  • Getaneh Alemu, Southampton Solent University, UK (first term)
  • Anders Cato, Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, Denmark
  • Haliza Jailani, National Library Board Singapore
  • Ana Vukadin, National and University Library in Zagreb, Croatia
    Liaison between this sub-committee and the IFLA FRBR Review Group
  • Rehab Ouf, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Representative from the Committee on Standards
  • Mélanie Roche, BnF, France

During the term 2019 – 2021, LIDATEC members have also agreed to identify a person with responsibilty for liaison with the following IFLA groups: