He is encouraging senior OCLC executives to spend more time visiting libraries and networks. Flattening the organization is giving increased authority for signing off on projects and plans deeper in the organization. The President's Award, an employee incentive program, has been broadened to further encourage good ideas. In addition to having fun and learning a lot himself, Jay said that the OCLC Human Resources Department has 72 suggestions for making OCLC the best place to work in the world, or at least in Central Ohio. We need to recognize that there are a lot of new components.
Libraries are creatures of information policy.
It guides what they do from day to day. Policy shapes the technology and information services they use, and information policy is globalizing. In addition, Rick Schwieterman, vice president, Finance and Human Resources, provided an overview of OCLC finances. This service will be tested first in Ohio, Nebraska, and Missouri. New agreements with Waseda University in Japan, the Czech National Library, and South Africa highlight the growth of international records in WorldCat.