Lorcan Dempsey
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Lorcan Dempsey (b. 1958) is the Vice President and Chief Strategist of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
He is a native of Dublin, Ireland, where he worked for some years in public libraries. 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.
Lorcan maintains Orweblog, an influential blog aimed at the wider library and digital information sectors.
[edit] Career
Lorcan was appointed Director of UKOLN, an internationally renowned research and policy unit at the University of Bath, in 1994. He served on the PACS Review editorial board from 1992 to 2000.
During most of his time at UKOLN, Lorcan also served as a director of the popular Ariadne magazine. He was a co-founder of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).
In May 2000 Lorcan moved to work for the JISC; part of this new employment involved being Programme Director of the DNER. In 2001 he joined OCLC as Vice President of Research. Lorcan was named OCLC Chief Strategist in March 2004.
He is currently a member of the NISO Board and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
