Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center Inc. (OCLC), US, has named Larry Alford, Dean of University Libraries, Temple University, as Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees. He replaces Betsy Wilson, who served four consecutive one-year terms as Board Chair.
The 15-member OCLC Board of Trustees comprises the President of OCLC and eight trustees elected by the Board itself, five of whom come from fields outside librarianship. The other six Board members are elected by the OCLC Members Council.
Alford was elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees in May 2002 by the OCLC Members Council, the 71-delegate discussion forum and communications link between member libraries, regional networks and other partners, and OCLC management. He was Members Council President for the 2000/2001 session, and served as a delegate from SOLINET, the Southeastern Library Network.
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