OCLC PICA was a library automation systems and services company which originated from a co-operation of the Pica Foundation (Stichting Pica) of the Netherlands and the non-profit library company OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) of the U.S. In 2007, OCLC acquired the shares of OCLC PICA it did not already hold to become the sole owner of OCLC PICA. By the end of 2007, OCLC PICA lost its separate identity and was integrated with OCLC under the OCLC brand.[1]
The Pica Foundation was created in 1969 as an initiative of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands, and several university libraries, in order to advance the Dutch Central Catalog (Nederlandse Centrale Catalogus). The acronym PICA stands for Project for Integrated Catalogue Automation.
In December 1997 Pica became part-owned by OCLC, and this was further consolidated in January 2002, at which time OCLC PICA also became responsible for all of OCLC's activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. At the time, OCLC held 60% of the shares in OCLC PICA, while the Pica foundation held 40%. In 2005 OCLC PICA acquired Sisis Information Systems of Germany and the Fretwell-Downing Informatics Group (developer of the VDX interlibrary loan software) of the UK. In 2007, OCLC acquired the remaining shares of OCLC PICA to become the sole shareholder of OCLC PICA.
OCLC PICA / OCLC EMEA employed over 200 people.
OCLC PICA software is used by the Netherlands union catalog, several German library consortia (including GBV, Hebis and SWB), the Australian national library, the French union catalog SUDOC and many other libraries. Sisis and Fretwell-Downing also have many notable customers in Germany, the UK and worldwide.
(This information is based on a rough translation of the German Wikipedia page 'PICA'.) de:PICA
^"OCLC and OCLC PICA form one global organization". OCLC News Release, 22 October 2007
OCLCPICA was a library automation systems and services company which originated from a co-operation of the Pica Foundation (Stichting Pica) of the Netherlands...
of OCLCPICA, a library automation systems and services company which has its headquarters in Leiden in the Netherlands and which was renamed "OCLC" at...
Look up pica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pica or PICA may refer to: Pica (disorder), an abnormal appetite for earth and other non-foods Posterior...
and ScopusId. SURFfoundation has, in cooperation with OCLCPICA, created a connection with PICA National Thesaurus Authornames (NTA) that is supplied...
same time OCLC developed new services (like QuestionPoint). OCLC made several acquisitions such as the Research Libraries Group (2006), PICA (2007), Ezproxy...
expensive to manufacture than the NASA PICA heat shield material. A second enhanced version of PICA—called PICA-3—was developed by SpaceX during the mid-2010s...
Library Network (GBV). From 1997 to 2000 he worked for the Dutch company OCLCPICA for library software. Since 2000, he was - later as Deputy Director -...
La Calera, Pica-Matilla and Puquio de Núñez. In 1918, geologist Juan Brüggen mentioned the existence of 23 socavones (shafts) in the Pica oasis, yet these...
(1922) Koninklijke Bibliotheek The Hague OCLCPICA Leiden "Article Exchange" (retrieved November 18, 2016, via www.oclc.org) De Nederlandsche Centrale Catalogus...
Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466. Pyrénées Team - Croix du Canigó Raguenaud, Virginie (2012). The...
called pica for ten characters per horizontal inch and the other elite, for twelve. This differed from the use of these terms in printing, where pica is a...
both singular and plural) is applied to a large edible top shell, Cittarium pica, also known as the magpie or West Indian top shell, family Trochidae. In...
associated with Rapunzel syndrome, such as trichotillomania, trichophagia, and pica. Trichotillomania is the compulsion to pull out one's own hair; if an individual...
Units of measurement on a basic line gauge usually include inches, agate, picas, and points. More detailed line gauges may contain sample widths of lines...
was claimed this was because the mirror was too small. Eurasian magpie (Picapica): The Eurasian magpie is the first non-mammal to have been found to pass...
Coprophagia has also been observed in some people with schizophrenia and pica. Coprophagous insects consume and redigest the feces of large animals. These...
reported among children and pregnant women. Human geophagia is a form of pica – the craving and purposive consumption of non-food items – and is classified...
7 January 2011 Dehaene, Stanislas; Izard, Véronique; Spelke, Elizabeth; Pica, Pierre (2008), "Log or Linear? Distinct Intuitions of the Number Scale in...
The inhabitants of Qisarya, south of Haifa, lived and cultivated Jewish (PICA) and Greek Orthodox church lands. One leading family evacuated the village...
years". Searching for a cure: national health policy considered. New York: Pica Press. pp. 92–171. ISBN 0-87663-741-1. Gottschalk, Marie (2000). "Labor embraces...
have also been adopted by Lithuanian. Some of these include: Taksi (taxi) Pica (pizza) Alkoholis (alcohol) Bankas (bank) Pasas (passport, pass) Parkas (park)...
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