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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
OCLC
Other forms of name
O.C.L.C. (1977-)
nnaa OCLC, Inc
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
Ohio College Library Center
Online Computer Library Center
O.C.L.C. (OCLC)
Start period
1977-10
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Dublin (Ohio)
Field of activity
Library cooperation
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 145425848
Wikidata: Q190593
Library of congress: n 78015294
Sources of Information
  • FTS call(during Board of Directors annual meeting 12/19-20/77 name was changed from Ohio College Library Center to OCLC, Inc.)
  • Phone call to Jean Fleming at OCLC 10-5-81(OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated, official name change; formerly OCLC, Inc.; new name will appear on publications after Feb. 1981)
  • Hildreth, C. R. Online public access catalogs, 1982:CIP t.p. (OCLC)
  • Phone calls to OCLC, 5/21-25/82:(official name: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., but form to be used in publs: "OCLC" per L. Pearse; "Online Computer Library Center" is added to OCLC (with or without "Inc.") which is the official name, to explain the acronym, per L. Morwick)
  • LC data base, 5-9-86(hdg.: OCLC, inc.)
  • Channel 2000, 1981:t.p. (OCLC Online Computer Library Center)
  • Its Website, viewed July 8, 2013(OCLC; headquarters: 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017-3395)
  • LC data base, 09-09-93 (hdg.: Ohio College Library Center; usage: OCLC, O.C.L.C., Ohio College Library Center)