Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that Jay Jordan will retire as President and CEO of OCLC Online Computer Library Center on June 30, 2012. The announcement was made by the OCLC Board Chair Larry Alford at the OCLC President's Luncheon during the Annual Conference of the American Library Association in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Board is forming a search committee and is preparing to launch an international search for the fifth President and CEO of OCLC. According to Alford, the composition of the Search Committee will be announced in the near future.
Jordan became OCLC's fourth President and CEO on May 8, 1998. Since then, the number of libraries participating in the OCLC cooperative has grown from 30,000 to more than 72,000. The number of participating institutions outside the US has increased from 3,200 in 64 countries to 16,215 in 170 countries. At the same time, the OCLC cooperative has become global in its governance, with regional councils in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa sending delegates to a new Global Council.
Under Jordan's leadership, OCLC built a new technological platform, introduced new Web-scale services and created a library advocacy programme.
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