During Board of Directors annual meeting 19-20 Dec 1977 name was changed from Ohio College Library Center to OCLC, Inc. On 5 Oct l981 name was changed again, to OCLC Online Computer Library Center. On 21-25 May l982 OCLC advised that OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is the official name. However, OCLC is the form to be used in publications, and this brief form without qualification has been selected as AACR2 heading per Desc. Pol. (sic)
Brief form without qualifier selected as AACR2 heading per Desc. Pol.
FTS call (during Board of Directors annual meeting 12/19-20/77 name was changed from Ohio College Library Center to OCLC, Inc.)
Phone call to Jean Fleming at OCLC 10-5-81 (OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated, official name change; formerly OCLC, Inc.; new name will appear on publications after Feb. 1981)
Hildreth, C. R. Online public access catalogs, 1982 CIP t.p. (OCLC)
Phone calls to OCLC, 5/21-25/82 (official name: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., but form to be used in publs: "OCLC" per L. Pearse; "Online Computer Library Center" is added to OCLC (with or without "Inc.") which is the official name, to explain the acronym, per L. Morwick)
