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Publication Date: 1981-Jul
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The Conception and Birthpangs of OCLC--An Account of the Struggles of the Formative Years.
Branscomb, Lewis C.; Rogers, A. Robert
College and Research Libraries, v42 n4 p303-07 Jul 1981
The five critical years in the development of OCLC (1951-56), the culmination of a century of cooperation between Ohio's colleges and universities, are used to underscore its expansion into a bibliographic utility interconnecting 2400 institutions in the United States and Canada. There are 19 references. (RAA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Online Systems, Union Catalogs
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