Weaving libraries into the Web : OCLC 1998-2008
This book states the OCLC’s chartered objectives of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing the rate of rising library costs. These issues continue to resonate among libraries and librarians, as the OCLC cooperative enters its fifth decade.This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.
History
1 volume ; 25 cm
9780415518666, 9780415576901, 0415518660, 0415576903
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Biographical sketch of Frederick G. Kilgour Librarian, Educator, Entrepreneur, 1914-2006
Governing a global cooperative / Larry P. Alford
A brief history of the OCLC Members Council / George Needham and Richard Van Orden
RLG and OCLC: combined for the future / Lizabeth Wilson, James Neal, James Michalko and Jay Jordan
OCLC in the Asia Pacific Region / Anthony W. Ferguson and Andrew Wang
History and activity of OCLC in Canada / Daniel Boivin
OCLC in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 1998-2008
OCLC in Latin America and the Caribbean: a chronology / Lawrence Olszewski
The OCLC Network of Regional Service Providers: the last 10 years / Brenda Bailey-Hainer
The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program: a long name for an important project / Nancy Lensenmayer and George Needham
21st century library systems / Andrew Pace
Next generation cataloging / Karen Calhoun and Renee Register
The DDC and OCLC / Joan S. Mitchell and Diane Vizine-Goetz
The revolution continues: resource sharing and OCLC in the new century / William J. Crow
Virtual reference reflections / Stewart Bodner
Digital collections: history and perspectives / Greg Zick
The RLG partnership / James Michalko
WebJunction: a community for library staff / Marilyn Gell Mason
OCLC research: past, present, and future / Nancy E. Elkington
Advocacy and OCLC / Cathy De Rosa
OCLC 1998-2008: weaving libraries into the web / Jay Jordan
Chronology: noteworthy achievements of the Cooperative, 1967-2008