OCLC, Inc.

Also known as OCLC, Ohio College Library Center, Online Computer Library Center

OCLC, Inc. 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". 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. OCLC and thousands of its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the largest online public access catalog in the world. OCLC is funded mainly by the fees that libraries pay (around $217.8 million

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OCLC, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides shared technology services and research to libraries across the United States and beyond, helping them work together more efficiently. It is best known for maintaining WorldCat, the world's largest online catalog of library materials, which is created and managed cooperatively by thousands of member libraries.

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Within Vinony's link graph, OCLC, Inc. is referenced by 251,528 other articles, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, Ohio University and integrated library system.

The entry is geolocated on the map in OH, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 1967 establishments in Ohio, Bibliographic database providers and Companies based in Dublin, Ohio.

Its subject is documented across 75 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Organization.name: OCLC, Inc.
Organization.logo: OCLC logo.svg
Organization.logo_size: 181px
Organization.image: Kilgour Building, OCLC, Dublin, OH.jpg
Organization.caption: OCLC headquarters in 2007
Organization.type: 501(c)3 organization
Organization.tax_id: 31-0734115
Organization.headquarters: Dublin, Ohio, U.S.
Organization.founder: Fred Kilgour
Organization.founded: (as Ohio College Library Center)
Organization.region: Worldwide
Organization.revenue: $217.8 million
Organization.revenue_year: 2020–21
Organization.members: 30,000+ libraries in 100+ countries
Organization.leader_title: President & CEO
Organization.leader_name: Skip Prichard

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Funder, Nonprofit
Founded: 1967
Location: Dublin, United States
Also known as: OCLC, Ohio College Library Center
Status: Active

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GRID grid.423017.3 · ISNI 0000 0001 1482 1326

Wikidata facts

Revenue: 212166459
Official website: www.oclc.org
Image: Kilgour Building, OCLC, Dublin, OH.jpg

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inception: 1967-07-06
Commons category: OCLC
native label: Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
API endpoint URL: worldcat.org/webservices/kb
social media followers: 5000
postal code: S1 4LW
donations: 2368236
total assets: 453382737

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Presidents
Services
Software
Research
Advocacy
Online database: WorldCat
{{anchor|OCN|OCLC}}Identifiers and linked data
Company acquisitions
Criticism
See also
References
Further reading
External links

== History == 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 and hired Frederick G. Kilgour, a former Yale University medical school librarian, as first executive director.

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