The OCLC Non-Event
The topic sparking the most buzz in
library tech circles at ALA’s Annual Conference
was the unfortunate turn of
events surrounding OCLC leadership.
OCLC had named Jack Blount as its
new President and Chief Executive Officer
on June 8, 2012 and then rescinded
the appointment with a subsequent and
surprising announcement. A letter from
Larry Alford, chair of the OCLC Board
of Trustees, to the organization’s membership
dated June 20, 2012, gave the first
public statement of this dramatic change
of course.
--Marshall Breeding
Also in this issue
- Bibliotecha Enters E-Book Arena
- 3M Cloud Library Forges Ahead
- EBSCO Releases EBSCO Discovery Service API
- Library Technology News in Brief
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