Dublin Groundbreaking of OCLC - 1979

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.

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