Cindy Cunningham to join OCLC as Director, Partner Programs

DUBLIN, Ohio, November 12, 2007-Cindy Cunningham, most recently
Director, Media Metadata at Corbis Corporation, will join the OCLC staff
as Director, Partner Programs, effective January 7, 2008.

Ms. Cunningham will play a leadership role in expanding the coverage of
WorldCat, and in managing external partnerships.  She will work from
Seattle, Washington.

Ms. Cunningham is well known in the library and information science
community for her leadership and vision.  She spent the last three years
as Director, Media Metadata, for Corbis, a resource for advertising,
marketing and media professionals worldwide, that provides photography,
footage and rights services.  From 1998 through February 2004, Ms.
Cunningham held a variety of positions at Amazon, including U.S. Catalog
Librarian/Program Manager for Amazon where she performed project
management and software analysis work with all Amazon teams.  Ms.
Cunningham was also the company resource at Amazon for library industry
standards, and served as liaison with partner organizations to discuss
product performance on Amazon.

Before joining Amazon, Ms. Cunningham was Head of Reference and
Information Services at Kitsap Regional Library in Bremerton,
Washington.

Ms. Cunningham is actively involved in numerous professional
organizations and speaks regularly at conferences and meetings.  She
earned a Master's degree in Library Science from the University of
Washington, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International
Relations from Stanford University.

In addition to her professional volunteer work, Ms. Cunningham also
served four years as President of the Board of World Corps, a non-profit
organization based in Seattle which oversaw the installation of Internet
kiosks-with accompanying training and economic development activities-in
four rural areas, in Kenya, India, Mexico and the Philippines.

"Cindy Cunningham has a distinguished record of achievement at some of
the most successful organizations in the information world," said Chip
Nilges, Vice President, OCLC Business Development.  "We're fortunate to
have her join the OCLC team.  Libraries and library users worldwide will
surely benefit from her experience and expertise."

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for finding library materials.  For more information, visit
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