DUBLIN, Ohio, May 16, 2013
Skip Prichard, an experienced senior executive in the information services market, has been named the next OCLC President and CEO.
Mr. Prichard has led multi-national organizations that serve libraries across the full spectrum of library services and content needs. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Ingram Content Group Inc., which [...]

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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 4 March 2013 — Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, has issued the following statement on the withdrawal today of a lawsuit filed in 2010 by Innovative Interfaces and SkyRiver Technology Solutions:
“We applaud the decision of the new owners of Innovative Interfaces and SkyRiver Technology Solutions and CEO Kim Massana to withdraw [...]

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(Letter by Larry Alford – Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees)
Dear OCLC Members,

The OCLC Board of Trustees has concluded that rather than moving forward with the appointment of Jack B. Blount as its President and CEO, it is in the best interest of OCLC to have Jay Jordan continue serving in these capacities. Mr. Jordan has [...]

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Dear OCLC Member,
The world that libraries serve, and operate within, is shaped by the Web. The Web makes it possible to now apply the dimensions of geography and scope to almost every decision we make. We can tap into tools and resources, and serve communities that are global, national, regional, local and personal. Barriers have [...]

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The National Library of South Africa and 15 of the country’s most
prestigious academic institutions choose WorldCat Local
Birmingham, UK, 28 October 2011—OCLC and Sabinet, OCLC’s partner in South Africa, have signed an agreement to provide WorldCat Local, OCLC’s discovery service, as a single point of access and delivery of electronic, print and digital resources to the [...]

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The website, http://www.theie6countdown.com/ is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide. This will save hours of work for web developers. Internet Explorer 6 was born ten years ago and it is now time to say goodbye to it.
In March 2011, 11.6% of the world was still using Internet Explorer [...]

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Earlier this week the Google Foundation announced a significant grant to further the work of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. This marks the beginning of a collaboration that will:
1. Provide much needed resources to help the Centre expand global access to the life and times of Nelson Mandela, through the Centre’s “Mandela Portal”. The grant has no [...]

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For the attention of OCLC Members:
Dear Member
We are delighted to inform you that registration for the OCLC EMEA Regional Council Meeting 2011 is now open.
The event will be taking place in Frankfurt at the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek on 2nd and 3rd March.  Dieter Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics at the Technical University in Darmstadt is the [...]

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