. . . . . . . . . "Kilgour was among the earliest proponents of adapting computer technology to library processes. At the dawn of library automation in the early 1970s, he founded OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and led the creation of a library network that today links 57,000 institutions in 111 countries."@en . "Frederick G. Kilgour : January 6, 1914-July 31, 2006"@en .