RLG and OCLC: Combined for the Future

摘要

On July 1, 2006, The Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG) and theOnline Computer Library System (OCLC) combined their organi-zations and resources. RLG's products and services were integratedwith OCLC's, and RLG's program initiatives went forward within anexpanded OCLC Research division. This was a historic moment forlibraries and research institutions consonant with the incrediblechanges in the information environment that had been under-way during the previous decade. The expansion of WorldCat thatresulted and the renewed attention given to research libraries byOCLC in the merger has positively impacted libraries around theglobe.