found 13 items where the company name is OCLC PICA. Showing page 1 of 1.
| Date | Event |
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| Jul 3, 2007 |
OCLC acquires remaining shares of OCLC PICA Effective July 1, 2007 OCLC EMEA B.V. repurchased the outstanding shares from its minority shareholder Stitchting Pica effectively becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of OCLC for 10,272000 Euros or $13,903,200 |
| Jan 19, 2007 |
Eric van Lubeek appointed Director of Operations and Services of OCLC PICA van Lubeek was previously Managing Director of Infor Library Solutions. |
| Nov 3, 2005 |
OCLC PICA acquires Fretwell-Downing Informatics for $8,913,100 According to the 2006 OCLC Annual Report: FDI—On November 2, 2005, OCLC PICA B.V. purchased Fretwell-Downing Group, Ltd. and subsidiaries (“FDI”), a provider of digital library solutions, for 7,383,600 Euros ($8,913,100 at November 2, 2005). |
| Jun 27, 2005 |
OCLC PICA acquires Sisis Informationssysteme for $4,504,700 According to the OCLC 2006 Annual Report: SISIS—Effective July 1, 2005, OCLC PICA B.V. purchased library management systems provider Sisis Informationssysteme GmbH and subsidiary (“Sisis”) for 3,769,500 Euros ($4,504,700 at July 1, 2005). |
| Apr 16, 2002 |
Rein van Charldorp appointed Managing Director of OCLC PICA |
| Jan 2002 |
OCLC PICA formed through the consolidation of Pica BV and OCLC Europe, Middle East and Africa OCLC PICA thorugh the integration of Pica BV and OCLC Europe, Middle East and Africa. |
| Apr 1999 |
OCLC acquires 60 percent ownership of PICA BV for $8.7 million OCLC acquires sixty-percent ownership of PICA, with forty percent retained by the Stichting Pica. From the 1999 OCLC Annual Report: "Effective December 23, 1999, OCLC acquired 35 percent equity interest in Pica B.V. for $5.4 million from the Pica Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Leiden, the Netherlands. Pica B.V. provides cataloging, interlibrary loan, local and end-user (reference) services to libraries in the Netherlands, France and Germany. Subsequently, on September 29, 2000, OCLC acquired an additional 25 percent of Pica B.V. shares for $3.3 million, bringing OCLC’s total share to 60 percent as prescribed in the agreement with Pica Foundation. For the six months ended June 30, 2000, Pica B.V. recorded revenues of $3.9 million and a positive result after taxes of $397,200. OCLC’s equity share is reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements in “Other Income.” Pica B.V. complements the activities of OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa, based in Birmingham, England. Both organizations are self-supporting from revenues generated by system use in their regions." |
| 1999 |
Stichting Pica forms PICA BV established as a Dutch limited liability company |
| 1997 |
Sisis Informationssysteme founded by Siemens Sisis Informationssysteme established by Siemens, a spin-off of Siemens' library software activities in which the company had been inovlved since the late 1970s. |
| 1996 |
Stichting Centre for Library Automation, Pica becomes Stichting Pica |
| 1992 |
Fretwell-Downing Informatics founded by Anthony Fretwell-Downing |
| 1986 |
PICA becomes an independent organization named Stichting Centre for Library Automation, Pica |
| 1969 |
PICA founded by Royal National Library and a group of Dutch University Libraries |
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