@article{bibcite_9799,
  author = {George Needham and Richard Van Orden},
  title = {A Brief History of the OCLC Members Council},
  abstract = {<p>On May 19, 2009, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Members Council held its 90th and final meeting. It was the end of an era that began in 1977, when the Ohio College Library Center changed its name to OCLC and adopted a new governance structure that extended membership in the cooperative to libraries outside Ohio. In the ensuing 30 years, libraries around the world elected 450 delegates to attend three Council meetings each year at OCLC.</p>},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {Journal of Library Administration},
  volume = {49},
  pages = {575-84},
  note = {<p>Focus on activities of the OCLC Members Council in its final decade, 1999-2009</p>},
  language = {English},
}