Nathan B. Putnam

Director, Metadata Quality, Global Product Management

Nathan joined OCLC in 2016. He has more than 15 years of library experience working in multiple academic libraries, first as a cataloger and database maintenance specialist up through the head of a metadata/cataloging department. At OCLC, he oversees the teams of specialists working on data quality for WorldCat, the WorldCat knowledge base, and the WorldCat Registry. He enjoys discussing trends in cataloging and metadata within all types of libraries and practices. He likes to spend his free time traveling, especially to Florida in August.