The OCLC Board of Trustees has elected two new members: Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor of the University of Kansas, and John R. Patrick, President of Attitude LLC and former Vice President of Internet Technology at IBM Corporation. The two new members replace board members whose terms have expired.
Dr. Gray-Little replaces Ralph Frasier, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (retired), The Huntington National Bank. Mr. Patrick replaces Jane Ryland, President Emerita of CAUSE, the association for managing and using information resources in higher education. The terms of Mr. Frasier and Ms. Ryland expired this year.
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"I would like to thank Ralph Frasier and Jane Ryland for their years of dedicated service on the OCLC Board of Trustees," said Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees and Dean of University Libraries, Temple University. "Their insight, judgment and experience have helped guide and shape OCLC in the pursuit of its public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. They have been forceful advocates for OCLC's members during the decade they served on the Board. The OCLC cooperative owes them a deep debt of gratitude."
The OCLC Board of Trustees is made up of 15 members. Six trustees are elected by OCLC Global Council. Eight trustees are elected by the Board itself. The President of OCLC also serves on the Board. Nine of the 15 trustees currently serving on the OCLC Board of Trustees are librarians.
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