Members Council: The voice of OCLC member libraries

2003 Members Council

The focus of the 2002/2003 Members Council was two-fold:

Libraries, Their Present and Future Global Environment: National, Regional, Local
OCLC Strategic Plans and Measurements for Success

Both were required for Members Council to better understand and to contribute to the future development of OCLC as a thriving partner for libraries in the 21st century. Both were designed to facilitate Members Council in its role of assisting the OCLC Board of Trustees and management in the continued development of OCLC as a worldwide, world-class, library cooperative. As OCLC works to position itself as a leader in library services on a global scale, Members Council is also working to position itself to provide new ideas and useful feedback that represent a global view for the benefit of the global cooperative of libraries and other cultural institutions.

Accomplishments of Members Council this year include:

Reinvigorating the Library Groups, and raising their visibility and their importance within the context of Council meetings.
Continuing to push the Council upstream in advising OCLC on strategic issues. We have also made progress in this area as witnessed by the important work done by the Task Force on Staff Development that was reported out and voted on at the May Members Council meeting.
The most important innovation this year was closing the feedback loop between Council and OCLC leadership, getting our recommendations and OCLC’s response to them down in black and white for all the delegates to see and if necessary revisit from time to time.
A joint goal between the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee opened even further the lines of communication between the Board and Members Council. Trustees were involved in presentations at all three meetings and assigned to specific Interest and Library Type groups. At the May meeting the Chair of the Board of Trustees gave a speech highlighting Board activities for the year for the Council’s edification.
Lastly, the Executive Committee thought it was important to continue raising the awareness of the Members Council to the needs and concerns of OCLC members from outside of the U.S. Toward that end, Aziz Abid, Director of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Informatics Program, was a guest speaker. A panel of delegates from a variety of international backgrounds discussed library issues in their regions, and the business plan for OCLC Latin America and the Caribbean was discussed. When dividing up who went where within Members Council, international delegates were intentionally included on key committees and spread among different interest and library groups.

Thank you to all delegates, who gave so generously of your personal and professional time in order to participate in Members Council! Because of your participation and also the efforts of many OCLC and network staff, Council has moved forward in achieving its ambitious goals. Thereby, we in the OCLC cooperative are making further progress together toward the overarching vision of furthering access to the world’s information by offering valuable, collaborative services for libraries and their users.

Kristin Senecal
2002–2003 President,
OCLC Members Council

OCLC Members Council delegates 2002/2003

Chris Bailey
Director of Library Services
University of Glasgow

Jeff Baskin
Director
William F. Laman Public Library

Rosann Bazirjian
Assistant Dean Technical & Access Services
Pennsylvania State Library

Barbara Berg
Electronics Services Librarian
Juneau Public Library

Kenneth Bierman
Director of Knowledge Access Management
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Karen Boehning
Automation Program Coordinator
Winnefox Library System

Carol Bursik
Assistant Director for Access & Organization
U.S. Department of Justice Libraries

Jennifer Cargill
Dean of Libraries
Louisiana State University/A&M College

Deborah Carver
University Librarian
University of Oregon

Diane Casey
Interim Director
University Library,Governors State University

Rhoda Channing
Director, Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University

Huanwen Cheng
University Librarian
Zhongshan University

Ann Marie Clark
Director
Arnold Digital Library & Internet Services
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

David Cohen
Associate Provost & Dean of Libraries
College of Charleston

Diedre Conkling
Director
Lincoln County Library District

Greg Cotton
Technical Services Librarian
Cole Library, Cornell College

Carol Diedrichs
Assistant Director for Technical Services
The Ohio State University

Richard Doyle
Director of Library Services & Academic Computing
Coe College

Paul Dumont
Director
Educational Resources Support Services
Dallas County Community College District

James Estrada
Vice President, Information Services & University Librarian
Fairfield University

Maggie Farrell
Dean of Libraries
University of Wyoming

Susan Fifer Canby
Vice President
Library and Information
National Geographic Society

Judy Fox
Assistant Dean Access/Bibliographic Information Services
Washington University

Eleanor Frierson
Deputy Director
National Agricultural Library

Paul Gherman
University Librarian and Director
Vanderbilt University

Cliff Glaviano
Head, Technical Services
Bowling Green State University

Thomas Harris
Information Services Coordinator
Shawnee Library System

Betsy Hine
Interim Dean for Library Services
Indiana State University

Eileen Hitchingham
Dean, University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Charlene Hurt
University Librarian
Georgia State University

Ernie Ingles
Associate Vice President, Learning Systems
University of Alberta

Jan Ison
Executive Director
Lincoln Trail Libraries Systems

Victoria Johnson
Director of Libraries
Sunnyvale Public Library

Michael Kathman
Director, Libraries & Media
St. John’s University

Sheldon Kaye
Executive Director
Portland Public Library

Lynne King
Associate Director of Libraries
The Sage Colleges

Thomas Kirk
College Librarian
Earlham College

Charles Kratz
Director, Library and Information Resources
University of Scranton

Barbara Kriigel
Associate Director, Circulation, Audiovisual & Technical Services
University of Michigan, Dearborn

Joan Kuklinski
Executive Director
C/W Mars

Michael LaCroix
Director, Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library
Creighton University

Francoise Lemelle
Bibliothèque d’art et archeologie

Shirley Leung
University Librarian
Hong Kong Baptist University

Dianne Man
Deputy University Librarian
University of the Witwatersrand

Bruce Newell
Director
Montana State Library

Anne Parent
Chief of Library Services
Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services

Emma Perry
Dean of Libraries
Southern University

Sue Phillips
Associate Director for Technical & Networked Services
University of Texas, Austin

Alvaro Quijano Solis
Director
Biblioteca Daniel Cosio Villegas,
El Colegio de Mexico

Tammy Rabideau
Digital Library Services Coordinator
Swarthmore College

Norma Read
Manager, Bibliographic Access
University of Cape Town

Jerry Roca
Director
Memorial Library
Minnesota State University, Mankato

Stephen Rollins
Dean
Consortium Library
University of Alaska, Anchorage

Robert Seal
University Librarian
Texas Christian University

Kristin Senecal
Assistant Director, Technical Services
Dickinson College

Judith Sessions
Dean and University Librarian
Miami University

James Simonis
Director of the Library
Le Moyne College

Lynn Sipe
Director, Collection Resources/Information Delivery
University of Southern California

Jay Starratt
Dean of Library/Information Services
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Jerry Stephens
Librarian and Director
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Michitaro Urakawa
Director
Waseda University

Wim van Drimmelen
Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Hennie Viljoen
Senior Director
University of Stellenbosch

Edward Weissman
Assistant to the University Librarian
Cornell University

Sandy Yee
Dean, University Libraries
Wayne State University

Michael York
State Librarian
New Hampshire State Library

Marie Zimmermann
Dean of Instructional Resources
Highline Community College

The 2002/2003 OCLC Members Council Executive Committee

Seated left to right:

Robert Seal, (Amigos), Vice President/President-Elect
Victoria Johnson, (OCLC Western), Delegate-at-Large

Standing left to right:

Maggie Farrell, (BCR), Delegate-at-Large
Kristin Senecal, (PALINET), President
Charles Kratz, (PALINET), Delegate-at-Large

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