Table of Contents

Introduction Jay Jordan 1. Biographical sketch of Frederick G. Kilgour (from NextSpace) Phil Schieber 2. Governing a global cooperative Larry P. Alford 3. A brief history of the OCLC Members Council George Needham and Rich Van Orden 4. RLG and OCLC: Combined for the Future Lizabeth Wilson, James Neal, James Michalko and Jay Jordan 5. OCLC in the Asia Pacific Region Anthony W. Ferguson and Andrew Wang 6. History and activity of OCLC in Canada Daniel Boivin 7. OCLC in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Janet Lees 8. OCLC in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Chronology Lawrence Olszewski 9. The OCLC Network of Regional Service Providers: The Last 10 Years Brenda Bailey-Hainer 10. The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program: A Long Name for an Important Project Nancy Lensenmayer and George Needham 11. 21st Century Library Systems Andrew Pace 12. Next Generation Cataloging Karen Calhoun and Renee Register 13. The DDC and OCLC Joan S. Mitchell and Diane Vizine-Goetz 14. The Revolution Continues: Resource Sharing and OCLC in the New Century William J. Crowe 15. Virtual Reference Reflections Stewart Bodner 16. Digital Collections: History and Perspectives Greg Zick 17. The RLG Partnership James Michalko 18. WebJunction: A Community for Library Staff Marilyn Gell Mason 19. OCLC Research: Past, Present, and Future Nancy Elkington 20. Advocacy and OCLC Cathy De Rosa 21. OCLC 1998-2008: Weaving Libraries into the Web Jay Jordan 22. Chronology: Noteworthy Achievements of the Cooperative 1967-2008 Phil Schieber

About the Author

Jay Jordan became the fourth president in OCLC's 38-year history in May 1998. He came to OCLC after a 24-year career with Information Handling Services, an international publisher of databases, where he held a series of key positions in top management, including President of IHS Engineering. He is active in professional organizations, including the American Library Association and the Special Libraries Association. He is a Fellow of the Standards Engineering Society.