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Lorcan Dempsey is OCLC Chief Strategist and Vice President Research. Before moving to OCLC he worked for JISC in the UK, overseeing national information programs and services. He is a librarian who has worked for library and educational organizations in Ireland, England and the US. He has consulted for the EU, and national policy and service organizations in several countries. He has policy, research and service development experience, mostly in the area of networked information and digital libraries. He writes and speaks extensively, and can be followed on the web at Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog. He is currently a member of the NISO Board and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

A preeminent writer and speaker in the library and information science communities, Lorcan speaks on a wide variety topics related to library research, Library 2.0, Webscale for libraries and OCLC’s membership reports. His recent presentations have included subjects such as, “Making Data Work Harder,” “The Virtual Cultural Heritage,” “The Network Rewrites the Catalog,” and “In the Flow: From Discovery to Disclosure,” among many others.