{"id":1725,"date":"2017-09-20T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T16:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oclc.org\/next\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2021-04-27T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T18:32:27","slug":"the-greatest-coincidence-in-library-employment-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oclc.org\/next\/the-greatest-coincidence-in-library-employment-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest coincidence in library employment history?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1746 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.oclc.org\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/kilgour-house.jpg\" alt=\"kilgour-house\" width=\"1160\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although I spent the first 20 years of my library career in New York, I had, of course, heard of Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Metropolitan Library being such an innovative system and winning so many awards. OCLC having its headquarters in Dublin, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus). And, of course, the fantastic libraries at The Ohio State University. If there was ever a list of \u201cgreat cities to be a librarian in,\u201d Columbus would certainly be at the top.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So, in 2016, I excitedly started my current role as Associate Director for Information Technology at OSU. Now, while I\u2019m not a superstitious person, it really felt like the signs all pointed to the fact that I had made a wonderful career choice\u2014IFLA WLIC 2016 was even held in Columbus that year. What are the odds of that timing?<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.oclc.org%2Fnext%2Fthe-greatest-coincidence-in-library-employment-history%2F&#038;text=Is%20this%20the%20greatest%20coincidence%20in%20library%20employment%20history%3F%20%23OCLCnext&#038;related' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is this the greatest coincidence in library employment history? #OCLCnext <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.oclc.org%2Fnext%2Fthe-greatest-coincidence-in-library-employment-history%2F&#038;text=Is%20this%20the%20greatest%20coincidence%20in%20library%20employment%20history%3F%20%23OCLCnext&#038;related' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>But then I received the biggest sign of all, from OCLC\u2019s founder and first President, Fred Kilgour. 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