Jay Jordan

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Jay Jordan
Born
Robert L. Jordan

1943 (age 80–81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColgate University
OccupationBusiness executive

Robert L. Jordan (born 1943), known as Jay Jordan, is an American business executive who most recently served as president and executive officer of OCLC, an international computer library network and conglomerate of databases and Web services. He served as president of OCLC from 1998 to his retirement in June 2013, and was succeeded in that position by Skip Prichard.[1]

Biography

Jay Jordan earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from

Frederick G. Kilgour, Rowland C. W. Brown and K. Wayne Smith.[2]

OCLC

At the time Jordan joined OCLC, the nonprofit organization represented around 8,300 member libraries.

VIAF
was implemented and hosted by OCLC. VIAF is a service to link identical records from different data sets together, thereby making it easier for patrons to find e.g. books from Dostoyevsky/Dostoïevski

During Jordan's presidency OCLC also created a library advocacy program ("Geek the library"). It invested in new computer infrastructure, so it could handle non-Roman scripts. OCLC introduced new initiatives to make libraries and their paper and digital holdings more visible. CONTENTdm was set up to create better and stable online visibility for special collections and art treasures.

In June 2012 Jay Jordan announced that he would postpone his retirement, which was planned for that year, and continue leading OCLC until June 2013.[5] In May 2013 OCLC announced Skip Prichard to be the new CEO and President of OCLC as of July 2013.[6]

References

  1. ^ Schwartz, Meredith (2013). "Skip Prichard named OCLC president, CEO". Library Journal. 138 (11). Media Source Inc.: 14.
  2. ^ "OCLC Presidents". www.oclc.org. OCLC. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. OCLC 1226313217
    . Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. OCLC 1226313268
    . Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. ^ "Jay Jordan will continue as President and CEO of OCLC". www.oclc.org. OCLC. 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  6. ^ "Skip Prichard named OCLC President and CEO". www.oclc.org. OCLC. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2022-03-10.

External links

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by President of OCLC
1998–2013 		Succeeded by
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