From your 1998-99 OCLC Users' Council Delegates:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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MARILYN GELL MASON APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC
LIBRARY SERVICES AT OCLC

DUBLIN, Ohio, June 11, 1999--Marilyn Gell Mason, retired director of the
Cleveland Public Library, has been named special advisor to the president
for strategic library services at OCLC.  In this post, Ms. Mason will
represent OCLC in the library community, serving as a liaison for ideas,
projects, new products, research agendas and areas of mutual concern.

"We at OCLC are fortunate to be able to tap the expertise of a librarian of
Marilyn Mason's stature," said Jay Jordan, OCLC president and CEO.  "Her
broad experience in libraries and on the OCLC Board of Trustees uniquely
qualifies her for this important new role as advisor, counselor and
ambassador."

"I look forward to working with and listening to librarians from all types
and sizes of libraries," said Ms. Mason.  "I will also be serving as a
liaison between OCLC and national and international organizations as needed.
I encourage OCLC members and others in the library community to seek me
out."

Before becoming director of the Cleveland Public Library in 1986, Ms. Mason
was director of the Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library and of the 1979
White House Conference on Library and Information Science.  She served as a
member of the OCLC Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1998.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a
nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization
whose computer network and services link more than 34,000 libraries in 67
countries and territories.  OCLC is dedicated to the public purposes of
furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs.

In the United States, more information is available (via telephone:
+1-614-764-6000 or 1-800-848-5878; fax:  +1-614-764-6096; or e-mail:
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Europe office, located in Birmingham, United Kingdom (phone:  +44 121 456
4656; fax:  +44 121 456 4680; or e-mail:  [log in to unmask]).  In Asia and the
Pacific region, contact the OCLC Asia Pacific office in Dublin, Ohio (phone:
+1-614-764-6189; fax:  +1-614-764-4331; or e-mail:
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in Montreal, Quebec (phone:  +1-450-658-6583 or 1-888-658-6583; fax:
+1-450-658-6231; or e-mail:  [log in to unmask]).  In Latin America and the
Caribbean, contact the OCLC Latin America and the Caribbean office in
Dublin, Ohio (phone:  +1-614-761-5196; fax:  +1-614-718-1026; or e-mail:
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More information about OCLC, its affiliated U.S. regional networks,
international divisions and distributors is available on the OCLC Web site
<http://www.oclc.org/>.  (PS/ND)

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