ORDAC Committee Members

Committee Members

The ORDAC Committee currently consists of representatives from the National Library of Australia, National Library of New Zealand, LIANZA Cataloguing Special Interest Group (CATSIG), and the ALIA Community on Resource Description (ACORD).

Chair: Michela Goodwin (National Library of Australia, Australia)

RSC Representative: Charlotte Christensen (National Library of New Zealand, New Zealand)

CATSIG Representative/Secretary: Bridget Jennings (Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand)

Information Officer/ACORD Representative: Brad Chugg (Royal Australian Mint, Australia)

ACORD Representative: Renata Beilharz (Schools Catalogue Information Service, Australia)

ACORD Representative: Catherine Barnes (University of South Australia, Australia)

Co-opted members

In addition to the committee members, the ORDAC Committee can co-opt up to 3 people as co-opted members to ORDAC. These are currently the following people:

Co-opted Member/Oceania RSC Backup Representative: Jack Ennis-Buttler (National Gallery of Australia, Australia)

Co-opted Member: Jamie Solomons (Australian Institution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australia)

Co-opted Member: Chingmy Lam (University of New South Wales, Australia)

RDA Board Representative

The Oceania representative to the RDA Board is an ex-officio member of ORDAC:

RDA Board Representative: Julia Hickie (National Library of Australia, Australia)

Terms of Reference

The ORDAC committee is formed under a Terms of Reference. The latest version was approved in 2025.