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# RLG Programs staff

Who we are, what we do and how to reach us.

RLG Programs staff work directly with partners to ensure that they benefit from their affiliation. Staff also: consult individually with partners to understand their needs and priorities, and seek out opportunities to advance shared agendas through collaboration with RLG Programs and colleague institutions organize events, collaborative projects, and working groups create opportunities for partners to participate in standards and best practices development, and pursue other professional interests; these programs enable staff at RLG Programs partner institutions to develop expertise they can apply to their institutions.
| Arnold Arcolio, program analyst, works on user experience research, requirements definition, and prototyping as well as library services frameworks, WorldCat user research, mass digitization, and shared print. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: arnold_arcolio@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2120
| Jackie Dooley, consulting archivist, works on projects related to archival description and disclosure, including evaluation of tools for effecting sustainable processes. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: jackie_dooley@oclc.org Phone: +1-949-295-1529
| Nancy Elkington, director, partner relations, manages relationships with affiliated institutions, oversees the communications efforts of the division, and assists in the planning of partner-focused events. Location: Dublin, Ohio E-mail: nancy_elkington@oclc.org Phone: +1-614-764-6375
| Ricky Erway, senior program officer, works on topics related to mass digitization (policies, end-user behaviors, and increasing the scale of digitization of special collections). Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: ricky_erway@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2125
| John MacColl represents RLG Programs in Europe, working with partner institutions as well as allied organizations on issues and topics of common interest. Location: University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland E-mail: john_maccoll@oclc.org Phone: +44-(0)1334-462310
| Constance Malpas, program officer, works on issues related to measuring and shaping the outcomes of large-scale print conversion projects, and collaborative efforts to develop definitions and policies in shared print storage. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: constance_malpas@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2131
| Dennis Massie, program officer, works with SHARES participants and others on collection-sharing activities. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: dennis_massie@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2132
| Jeanette McNicol, executive assistant, plans and oversees partner events and provides administrative support for RLG Programs staff. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: jeanette_mcnicol@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2133
| James Michalko, vice president, RLG Programs, provides the leadership, vision and operational direction of RLG Programs. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: james_michalko@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2134
| Merrilee Proffitt, senior program officer, works on topics related to archival description, special collections access, terminologies, copyright status determination and digital library initiatives. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: merrilee_proffitt@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2136
| Melissa Renspie, senior communications officer, works to establish clear connections with partners and the wider community through effective announcements and publications. Location: Dublin, Ohio E-mail: melissa_renspie@oclc.org Phone: +1-614-761-5231
| Jennifer Schaffner, program officer, works on topics related to rare books and special collections, renovating description. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: jennifer_schaffner@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2140
| Karen Smith-Yoshimura, program officer, works on topics related to renovating descriptive and organizing practices with a focus on large research libraries and area studies requirements. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: karen_smith-yoshimura@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2141
| Roy Tennant, senior program officer, works on topics related to grid services, service layers, and the developers network. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: roy_tennant@oclc.org Phone: +1-707-287-5580
| Günter Waibel, program officer, focuses on art libraries and museums, access standards for describing and sharing cultural materials, terminologies, and integrative activities among libraries, archives and museums. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: guenter_waibel@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2144
| Bruce Washburn, consulting software engineer, produces web-based tools to be tested by the community and prototypes applications related to program themes. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail: bruce_washburn@oclc.org Phone: +1-650-287-2145