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# Dr. J. Richard Madaus

## College Center for Library Automation

As Executive Director of the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA—www.ccla.lib.fl.us ) in Tallahassee, Florida, Dr. Madaus has responsibility for the implementation and operation of the centralized automated library system serving the 28 community colleges in Florida. Florida's Community College System has 71 campus libraries in 57 cities from Key West to Pensacola. CCLA provides a wide range of automated library products and services through the LINCC System (Library Information Network for Community Colleges—www.linccweb.org ). LINCC enables Florida's nearly one million community college students to access a union database of statewide community college library holdings and offers Web based access to a wide array of electronic information products.

Dr. Madaus has consulted internationally in Indonesia and Australia, and has made numerous presentations throughout the country concerning automated library systems and the economics of the information marketplace. He is active on numerous state, regional, and national committees in the library and technology environment.

Dr. Madaus holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of New Orleans and a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science as well as a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.