Research Libraries Group

Research Libraries Group

The Research Libraries Group (RLG) was a U.S.-based library consortium which developed the Eureka interlibrary search engine, the RedLightGreen database of bibliographic descriptions and ArchiveGrid, a database containing descriptions of archival collections. RLG was founded by a group of major research libraries in 1974, two years after OCLC, another library consortium, was founded. A major motivation for RLG’s establishment was dissatisfaction among research institutions with OCLC’s record keeping.

The founding libraries were the university libraries of Columbia, Harvard and Yale and the New York Public Library. RLG moved its offices to Stanford University in 1978 and adopted Stanford Library’s BALLOTS computerized processing system which evolved into the online database, RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network). RLIN was generally only for use by library specialists and in 1993 RLG developed Eureka as a user-friendly interface for use by non-librarians. RLG expanded its membership to other research libraries throughout the U.S. and in 1992 the British Library became the first non-North American member.

In June 2006, RLG merged with OCLC. Its catalog became part of OCLC's WorldCat; its current programs have joined with OCLC Research to become OCLC Programs and Research; [http://www.oclc.org/programsandresearch/] and Eureka databases have been migrated to OCLC's FirstSearch service. The office has relocated from Mountain View, California to San Mateo, California.

Current projects

* [http://www.archivegrid.org ArchiveGrid]
* [http://www.oclc.org/camio/default.htm CAMIO]

References

* [http://www.oclc.org/programs/about/history.htm History of RLG]
* [http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200618.htm RLG to combine with OCLC] , press release on May 3, 2006
* [http://www.oclc.org/programs/contact/default.htm Contact us]


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