"In 1980, OLAC was founded to establish and maintain a group that could speak for catalogers of audiovisual materials. OLAC provides a means for exchange of information, continuing education, and communication among catalogers of audiovisual materials and with the Library of Congress. While maintaining a voice with the bibliographic utilities that speak for catalogers of audiovisual materials, OLAC works toward common understanding of AV cataloging practices and standards."[1]
Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc., otherwise known as OLAC, was founded in 1980[1][2][3] as a group of library catalogers involved in the cataloging of audiovisual materials, but now supports the work of catalogers working on all nonprint resources.[4][5][6][7][8] OLAC provides a way for catalogers to have a method of communication among themselves as well as with the Library of Congress.[1] The first official meeting of the group happened on July 1, 1980, in New York City with Nancy B. Olson chairing the group of catalogers.[3]
^Moulaison, Heather Lee; Wiechart, Richard (2015). Crash course in basic cataloging with RDA. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited. p. 22. ISBN978-1-4408-3777-7.