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Your membership voice and vote

Poul Erlandsen, EMEA Regional Council Chair

Fiona Parsons, EMEA Regional Council Vice-Chair

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ADVANTAGES OF

MEMBERSHIP

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Leading library-centred

research

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Supporting the profession

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A voice and a…

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OCLC Governance Structure

~16,500

institutions

Members

3

councils

Regional Councils

48 delegates

3 officers

Global Council

15

trustees

Board of Trustees

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OCLC Global Council

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EMEA Regional Council 2014-15

Poul Erlandsen

Royal Library

DENMARK

Cendrella Habre

Lebanese American

University

LEBANON

Bert Looper

Tresoar

NETHERLANDS

Guy Cobolet

Université Paris-

Descartes

FRANCE

Robert Moropa

University of

Pretoria

SOUTH AFRICA

Fiona Parsons

University of

Wolverhampton

UK

Jacques Malschaert

Bibliotheekservice Fryslan

NETHERLANDS

Martha Speirs

ADA University

AZERBAIJAN

Rupert Schaab

University of

Göttingen

GERMANY

Amada Marcos

Blazquez

IE Business School

SPAIN

(Chair)

(Vice-Chair)

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EMEA Regional Council Alternates

-Annette le Roux (South

Africa)

-Fernando Martin

Rodriguez (Spain)

-Sania Battalova

(Kyrgyzstan)

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EMEA Regional Council Executive

Committee 2014-2015

Delegate Constituency Term expires

Cendrella Habre Middle East / India 2015

Bert Looper Museums / Archives 2015

Robert Moropa Africa 2015

Rupert Schaab Germany 2016

Guy Cobolet Non-core 2016

Fiona Parsons United Kingdom 2016

Poul Erlandsen Non-core 2016

Jacques Malschaert Public Libraries 2016

Amada Marcos

Blazquez

Non-core 2017

Martha Speirs Non-core 2017

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Election Cycle

Activity Timeframe

Call for Nominations October 29, 2014

Nominations Closing December 10, 2014

Nominating Committee is

composed by the Executive

Commitee

December 12, 2014

Nominating Committee selects

the candidates

January 20, 2015

Candidates are presented

during EMEA Regional Council

February 10 & 11, 2015

Elections 11 February to 25 March,

2015

Results presented at Global

Council meeting

20-22 April, 2015

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Elections Criteria

1. Bylaws:

Candidate is part of an OCLC Member organization.

2. Bylaws:

The candidate is from Africa, the Middle-East, the

Netherlands (core-country) or represents a Museum

and Archives institution.

3. Decision EC:

The candidate is from a country, not yet represented in

the Executive Committee (Decision EC).

4. Elections Handbook:

The candidate holds a leadership position in an EMEA

member organization: director or deputy/assistant

director (department head normally is not considered

as a leadership position).

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CandidatesCandidate Institution Seat

Kaelo Molebatsi Deputy Director,

University of Botswana

Africa

Veno Kauaria Director, National Libray of

Namibia

Africa

Mustafa Abelwahid Director of the Library

Alfaisal University, Saudi

Arabia

Middle-East

Cendrella Habre University Librarian,

Lebanese American

University, Lebanon

Middle-East

Hubert Krekels Director Wageningen UR

Library

The Netherlands

Anne Rube Director, Probiblio The Netherlands

Claudio di Benedetto Director, The Uffizi Library,

Italy

Museums and Archives

Annette le Roux Collection developer

archival resources,

University of South Africa

Library

Museums and Archives

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Video of OCLC candidates

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Don’t forget!

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