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OCLC - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History Toggle History subsection 1.1 Presidents 2 Services 3 Software 4 Research 5 Advocacy 6 Online database: WorldCat 7 Identifiers and linked data 8 Company acquisitions 9 Criticism 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External links Toggle the table of contents OCLC 75 languages Afrikaans Aragonés العربية مصرى Asturianu Azərbaycanca Boarisch Беларуская Български বাংলা Bosanski Català Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara فارسی Suomi Français Galego Ghanaian Pidgin ગુજરાતી עברית हिन्दी Hrvatski Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Ilokano Italiano 日本語 Jawa ქართული Қазақша 한국어 Kurdî Lietuvių Latviešu Македонски മലയാളം Bahasa Melayu Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Norsk bokmål ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Kapampangan Polski Português Română Русский سنڌي Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски සිංහල Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Shqip Српски / srpski Sunda Svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు ไทย Tagalog Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 吴语閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí 中文 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide Coordinates: 40°06′09″N 83°07′37″W / 40.1025°N 83.1269°W / 40.1025; -83.1269 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Global library cooperative {{cite web |url=https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/membership/membership-qualifying-subscriptions.pdf |title=OCLC Qualifying Subscriptions for Membership |website=oclc.org |publisher=OCLC |date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311061055/https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/membership/membership-qualifying-subscriptions.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>}}"},"revenue":{"wt":"$217.8 million<ref name=\"2020-21annualreport\">{{Cite web |url=https://www.oclc.org/en/annual-report/2021/home.html |title=OCLC Annual Report 2020–2021 |date=December 20, 2021 |publisher=OCLC |location=Dublin, Ohio |language=en |access-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311162629/https://www.oclc.org/en/annual-report/2021/home.html |url-status=live }}</ref>"},"revenue_year":{"wt":"2020–21"},"num_members":{"wt":"30,000+ libraries in 100+ countries<ref name=\"oclc_about\"/>"},"leader_title":{"wt":"President & CEO"},"leader_name":{"wt":"[[Skip Prichard]]"},"website":{"wt":"{{Official URL}}"}},"i":0}}]}'>OCLC, Inc. OCLC headquarters in 2007 Founded July 5, 1967; 59 years ago (1967-07-05) (as Ohio College Library Center) Founder Fred Kilgour Type 501(c)(3) organization Tax ID no. 31-0734115 Headquarters Dublin, Ohio, U.S. Coordinates 40°06′09″N 83°07′37″W / 40.1025°N 83.1269°W / 40.1025; -83.1269[[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]: {{#parsoid\u0000fragment:9}}[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=OCLC&params=40.1025_N_83.1269_W_region:US-OH_type:landmark 40°06′09″N 83°07′37″W / 40.1025°N 83.1269°W / 40.1025; -83.1269][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"}}'/> Region served Worldwide Products WorldCat Amlib BIBLIOTHECAplus Capira CatExpress CloudLibrary CONTENTdm Dewey Decimal Classification EZproxy FirstSearch LBS OLIB PiCarta Relais ILL & D2D SISIS-SunRise Syndeo Tipasa TouchPoint UnityUK VDX WebJunction Wise WorldShare[1] Members 30,000+ libraries in 100+ countries[2] President & CEO Skip Prichard Revenue $217.8 million[3] (2020–21) Website www.oclc.org OCLC, Inc.[4] is a US-based nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large".[2] It was founded in 1967 as the Ohio College Library Center, then became the Online Computer Library Center as it expanded. In 2017, the name was formally changed to OCLC, Inc.[4] OCLC and thousands of its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the largest online public access catalog in the world.[5] OCLC is funded mainly by the fees that libraries pay (around $217.8 million annually in total as of 2021[update]) for the many different services it offers.[3] OCLC also maintains the Dewey Decimal Classification system. History [edit] OCLC began in 1967, as the Ohio College Library Center, through a collaboration of university presidents, vice presidents, and library directors who wanted to create a cooperative, computerized network for libraries in the state of Ohio. The group first met on July 5, 1967, on the campus of Ohio State University to sign the articles of incorporation for the nonprofit organization[6] and hired Frederick G. Kilgour, a former Yale University medical school librarian, as first executive director.[7][8] Kilgour and Ralph H. Parker, who was the head of libraries at the University of Missouri, had proposed the shared cataloging system in a 1965 report as consultants to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.[8] Kilgour and Parker wished to merge the latest information storage and retrieval system of the time, the computer, with the oldest, the library.[8] They were inspired in part by the earlier Columbia–Harvard–Yale Medical Libraries Computerization Project, an attempt at shared automated printing of catalog cards.[8] The plan was to merge the catalogs of Ohio libraries electronically through a computer network and database to streamline operations, control costs, and increase efficiency in library management, bringing libraries together cooperatively to best serve researchers and scholars. The first library to do online cataloging through OCLC was the Alden Library at Ohio University on August 26, 1971. This was the first online cataloging by any library worldwide.[6] Between 1967 and 1977, OCLC membership was limited to institutions in Ohio, but in 1978, a new governance structure was established that allowed institutions from other states to join. With this expansion, the name changed to the Online Computer Library Center in 1977.[9] In 2002, the governance structure was again modified to accommodate participation from outside the United States.[10] As OCLC expanded services in the United States outside Ohio, it relied on establishing strategic partnerships with "networks", organizations that provided training, support and marketing services. By 2008, there were 15 independent United States regional service providers. OCLC networks played a key role in OCLC governance, with networks electing delegates to serve on the OCLC Members Council. During 2008, OCLC commissioned two studies to look at distribution channels; at the same time, the council approved governance changes that had been recommended by the Board of Trustees severing the tie between the networks and governance. In early 2009, OCLC negotiated new contracts with the former networks and opened a centralized support center.[11] In July 2010, the company was sued by SkyRiver, a rival startup, in an antitrust suit.[12] Library automation company Innovative Interfaces joined SkyRiver in the suit.[13] The suit was dropped in March 2013, however, following the acquisition of SkyRiver by Innovative Interfaces.[14] Innovative Interfaces was bought by ExLibris in 2020, therefore passing OCLC as the dominant supplier of ILS services in the U.S. (over 70% market share for academic libraries and over 50% for public libraries for ExLibris, versus OCLC's 10% market share of both types of libraries in 2019).[15] In 2022, membership and governance expanded to include any institution with a subscription to one of many qualifying OCLC products (previously institutions qualified for membership by "contributing intellectual content or participating in global resource or reference sharing"), with the exception of for-profit organizations that are part of OCLC's partner program.[16] This change reflected OCLC's expanding number of services due to its corporate acquisitions.[16] Presidents [edit] The following people served successively as president of OCLC:[17] 1967–1980: Frederick G. Kilgour 1980–1989: Rowland C. W. Brown 1989–1998: K. Wayne Smith 1998–2013: Jay Jordan 2013–present: Skip Prichard Services [edit] Company headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, 1981 OCLC provides bibliographic, abstract and full-text information to anyone. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat—the OCLC Online Union Catalog, the largest online public access catalog (OPAC) in the world.[5] WorldCat has holding records from public and private libraries worldwide. The Online Computer Library Center acquired the trademark and copyrights associated with the Dewey Decimal Classification System when it bought Forest Press in 1988. A browser[18] for books with their Dewey Decimal Classifications was available until July 2013; it was replaced by the Classify Service. Until August 2009, when it was sold to Backstage Library Works, OCLC owned a preservation microfilm and digitization operation called the OCLC Preservation Service Center,[19] with its principal office in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Starting in 1971, OCLC produced catalog cards for members alongside its shared online catalog; the company printed its last catalog cards on October 1, 2015.[20] QuestionPoint,[21] an around-the-clock reference service provided to users by a cooperative of participating global libraries, was acquired by Springshare from OCLC in 2019 and migrated to Springshare's LibAnswers platform.[22][23] Software [edit] OCLC commercially sells software, such as: CONTENTdm for managing digital collections[24][25][26] Wise, an integrated library system and "community engagement system"[27][28] WorldCat Discovery, a bibliographic discovery system that allows library patrons to use a single search interface to access an institution's catalog, ebooks, database subscriptions and more[29][30] WorldShare Management Services, an electronic resource management system[30][31] cloudLibrary, a cloud-based software system through which libraries manage and lend electronic books, digital magazines, newspapers, comics, and streaming media[32] Meridian, a "web application and set of APIs" designed to support library resource management workflows involving linked data. Meridian is part of OCLC's larger linked data strategy.[33] Research [edit] OCLC has been conducting research for the library community for more than 30 years. In accordance with its mission, OCLC makes its research outcomes known through various publications.[34] These publications, including journal articles, reports, newsletters, and presentatio…