Lorcan Dempsey

May 22, 2017 @ 1:20 p.m.
Kennedy Auditorium, Conaton Learning Commons

Lorcan coordinates strategic planning and oversees Research, Membership and Community Relations at OCLC. He has worked for library and educational organizations in Ireland, the UK and the US. His influence on national policy and library directions is widely recognized.

In 2010 he received the National Federation of Advanced Information Services' (NFAIS) highest award, The Miles Conrad Award. He is an honorary Doctor of the Open University in the UK and has twice received an ALCTS Presidential Citation for his work with OCLC colleagues. Lorcan began his career in public libraries in his native Dublin, Ireland. Before moving to OCLC, he managed the UK higher education national investment in information services for Jisc. He is a member of the Cambridge University Library Visiting Committee. Lorcan has a BA and MLIS from University College Dublin.

Lorcan can be followed on the Web at Lorcan Dempsey's weblog and on Twitter. He publishes and presents widely.

Terry Reese

May 23, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kennedy Auditorium, Conaton Learning Commons

Terry Reese works at The Ohio State University Libraries as the Head of Digital Initiatives. His primary research interest tend to focus around the development of services and infrastructure to support large scale data projects and preservation. Terry has been an active researcher and participant in the library development community since 1999, working on a wide range of development and research projects. His unwavering interest in issues surrounding the continuing evolution of library metadata remains a common thread throughout his research, and informs his work as the author and creator of MarcEdit — a tool developed primarily for the library cataloging community to lower technical barriers and empower metadata librarians to take more control over their organization’s metadata.