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Embracing the Differences: Greater Understanding, Modeling, and Celebrating the Global Cooperative


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May 2009

Embracing the Differences and Greater Understanding, Modeling, and Celebrating the Global Cooperative

Agenda [PDF]

Recordings

Day Recorded sessions
Sunday,
17 May

Video recording of Opening Business Sessions

Transition Report and Discussion: Maggie Farrell (OCLC Board of Trustees), Chair
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Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative (A Report from the Fourth Forum —Worldwide Resource Sharing Forum—Looking to the future): Anne Beaubien, Director, Cooperative Access Services, University of Michigan
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Monday,
18 May
AM sessions

Video recording of Monday AM Sessions

Welcome & Announcements: Loretta Parham, Members Council President

OCLC President's Report and Discussion: Jay Jordan, President and CEO
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Reports from each Regional Council Chair:

Discuss Role of Service Groups in the Regional & Global Councils: Loretta Parham, Members Council President

Presentations by the Nominees for the Global Council Vice President/President Elect:

Introductions: Anne Prestamo, Nominating Committee Chair
Nominees:Vic Elliott, Director, Scholarly Information Services & University Librarian, The Australian National University
Jennifer Younger, Chair, Review Board of Shared Data Creation & Stewardship
Monday,
18 May
PM session

Video recording of Monday PM Sessions

Record Use Policy Update: Jennifer Younger, Chair, Review Board of Shared Data Creation & Stewardship and Karen Calhoun, OCLC Vice President, WorldCat & Metadata Services.
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Global Issues Panel Discussion: What challenges are libraries in fact facing across the OCLC regions? What is OCLC planning to do in concrete terms to meet those challenges?

Chair: Graham Jefcoate (OCLC EMEA)
Panel: Vic Elliott (OCLC Asia Pacific)
Robin Green (OCLC EMEA)
Beth Barlow (OCLC Canada)
Moderator: Barbara Dewey (Lyrasis/SOLINET)

Social Networking and WorldCat: Jasmine de Gaia, OCLC Global
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Tuesday,
19 May

Video recording of Tuesday AM Sessions

Announcement of Election Results: Michael LaCroix, Chair, Teller Committee

Transition of Global Council to the WebJunction Private Website: Chrystie Hill, Director WebJunction Community Services
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Members Council Business Meeting

  • Vote on (OCLC Definition of Membership and RC Frameworks)
  • Recognition of Departing Delegates and OCLC Staff
  • Passing of the Gavel and comments by the new Global Council President

February 2009

Embracing the Differences and Modeling the Expectation

Jump to: Recordings | Presentation materials | Group meeting minutes

Agenda [PDF]

Recordings

Day Recorded sessions
Monday,
09 Feb

Plenary Session

  • Call to Order, Loretta Parham, President, OCLC Members Council
  • OCLC Board of Trustees Update, Larry Alford, Chair
  • OCLC President’s Update, Jay Jordan, President & CEO

Monday Service Group Sessions (audio only):
(Due to technical difficulties on Monday, the Service Groups may not have started on time and may be cut short due to timing issues.)

Wrap-up (Loretta Parham, President, Members Council)
Tuesday,
10 Feb

Plenary Session

Members Council Business Meeting

  • Vote on Protocols and Bylaws Resolutions
  • Transition Committee Report, Maggie Farrel, Committee Chair (OCLC Board of Trustees)

Regional Implementation Committee Reports

  1. Americas RIC, Patrick Wilkinson, Chair
  2. Asia Pacific RIC, ChewLeng Beh
  3. EMEA RIC, Berndt Dugall, Chair

Membership Committee Report, Bruce Newell, Committee Chair (OCLC Board of Trustees)

Results of Resolution votes announced
Wednesday,
11 Feb

Plenary Session

What Makes Virtual Organizations Work Well?
Thomas Finholt, Associate Dean for Research & Innovation School of Information

Service Group Sessions (audio only)

Wrap-up
Loretta Parham, President, Members Council

Presentation materials

Group meeting minutes

October 2008

Embracing the Differences and Greater Understanding of Global Priorities

Agenda [PDF]

Minutes [PDF]

Group meeting minutes

Media links

  • or individual sessions:
    • Opening general session, including Welcome and overview of planned transition discussions by (Loretta Parham), OCLC Board of Trustees Report (Larry Alford), Nominating Committee Report (Anne Prestamo), Membership and Governance Protocols (Bruce Newell)
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    • Global Issues Discussion
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      • Introduction: “Embracing the differences?”: Discussing “global issues” in OCLC (Graham Jefcoate, Director, University Library, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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      • What Makes Libraries in my Country Special?
    • Welcome and Announcements (Loretta Parham, Members Council President) and OCLC President’s Report and Discussion (Jay Jordan, President and CEO) Listen | | Download Jay Jordan’s presentation as PDF
    • Special Collections and Global Information Services (Dr. Alice Prochaska, University Librarian, Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library)
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    • Presentations by Nominees for the OCLC Board of Trustees (Introductions: Anne Prestamo, Chair, Nominating Committee)
    • Transition Discussion Topics
    • Webscale: What and Why (Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Vice President, Programs and Research and Chief Strategist)
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    • OCLC EMEA Strategies (Rein van Charldorp, Managing Director, OCLC EMEA)
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    • Closing general session
      • Announcement of Election Results (Ariëtte Skolnik, Chair, Teller Committee)
      • Record Use Policy (Karen Calhoun, OCLC Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services)
      • Transition Discussion (Loretta Parham, Members Council President)
    • Special program: OCLC EMEA and European Libraries
      • Rein van Charldorp, Managing Director, OCLC EMEA
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      • Ariëtte Skolnik, Director, Haarlem City Library/Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem
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      • Berndt Dugall, Direktor/Librarian, Universität Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Senckenbenberg Listen
    • Additional presentations: