Welcome from your Americas Regional Council!

It is an honor to serve as this year’s Chair of the Americas Regional Council (ARC). OCLC member institutions in the Americas represent all library types, sizes, cultures, and languages. Bringing together these unique views allow for a diversity of perspectives. As a Regional Council, we are dedicated to improving the lives of our communities through our commitment to collaboration and our dedication as library professionals.

We are your elected ARC delegates, and we are here to listen and reflect the various needs of ARC libraries. OCLC provides cutting edge technology and innovation that supports libraries around the globe which is only made possible from the input of its members. Our collective values and experiences help make OCLC an even more valuable organization for libraries. As a Council, we learn from one another and inspire positive action in our communities.

I invite you to join us. Together, we can continue to solve shared challenges and build a positive future for our libraries.

Welcome from your EMEA Regional Council

Libraries today are in a uniquely powerful position to make a positive impact on the important issues and challenges we face around the world. When we join our voices, libraries become a source of strength; by combining our efforts, we can all contribute to fortifying our communities and building a better world to share.

In the EMEA region, the libraries, museums, and archives of more than 70 countries present a diversity of strengths and challenges, both of which serve to inform regional priorities regarding development of OCLC services. The Executive Committee of the EMEA Regional Council endeavors to represent the needs of all OCLC members and relies upon the membership to communicate OCLC initiatives and developments and contribute questions, comments, and concerns.

Thank you for this opportunity to contribute and learn together in Global Council. There is value in our collective decision-making and our connected sense-making of the world, together.

Welcome from your APRC Regional Council

The member institutions of OCLC serve a wide variety of different audiences but share a common purpose in their dedication to meet the needs of their local communities. We rely on OCLC resources and services as we continue to preserve and protect our regional history and culture.

As the Asia Pacific Regional Council Chair, I welcome your input, questions, comments, and concerns as we work to reflect these local needs to the broader organization, connecting our users with the global library and information community and advising OCLC in the development of technology and research solutions to the concerns we share.