Lorcan Dempsey is a librarian who was a vice president and Chief Strategist of OCLC, where he worked for 21 years between 2001 and 2022.[1][2] He is currently a professor of practice at the University of Washington Information School.
He is a native of Dublin, Ireland, where he worked for some years in public libraries.[3] He writes and talks about libraries and networked information. He is interested in the impact of changing patterns of research and learning on libraries, in libraries as public institutions, and in the architecture of digital information environments.[4]
- ^ "Lorcan Dempsey". www.oclc.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ Dempsey, Lorcan (30 June 2022). "Reflections .. on my last day at OCLC". www.lorcandempsey.net. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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