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The Florida Center for Library Automation is an off-campus center of the State University System of Florida. We are located in Gainesville, Florida, consistently rated one of the best places to live in the United States. We are administratively associated with the University of Florida. For an overview, link to University of Florida Employment Information.

FCLA provides automation services to the university libraries of the Florida Board of Governors, State University System of Florida. These include running the Ex Libris ALEPH 500 library management system to support cataloging, acquisitions, circulation and other staff functions of the libraries; supporting consortial purchase and electronic access to databases of article indexes, full-text journals, and other resources; and providing digital library services in support of local collections of digital text, images, and other media. FCLA also supports SFX, Metalib and Verde for some of the universities.

Working at FCLA combines the challenges of library and information science with large scale data processing in a fully networked, web-based environment. Application areas we work in involve:

• training of library staff
• user support of library staff in all functional areas
• e-resource licensing
• metadata
• structured and full-text search and retrieval
• web-based interfaces
• HTML, SGML, and XML markup
• relational database management systems
• next-generation integrated library systems
• digital image, audio, and multimedia

We offer a casual work environment, ample free parking, flexible hours, and full State of Florida benefits.