Dublin

In 1979, the OCLC cooperative broke ground for a new facility on 40 acres of farm land in Dublin, Ohio. Hard to believe today, but there was not even a restaurant in Dublin in 1979, so the facility had to include an employee cafeteria. At the groundbreaking ceremony, OCLC Founder Fred Kilgour boldly stated that the new facility is not a base but a catapult into the future.

Buckner's old horse farm is now an abandoned 10 acre plot in the middle of Muirfield Village with an old barn, rusted tractors and 1950s cars strangled by weeds. Oh, and there are at least a half dozen deer who call this 10-acre wood home. A walking path borders part of the old farm. Mr. Buckner or his family makes an appearance periodically.