DAN CLARK, Head of the Warren D. Allen Music Library, came to the FSU library system in 1994. Previous positions include head of the Music Library at James Madison University and the Music/Dance Library at Ohio University. He holds a master's degree in music theory and composition from Ohio State University and a master's degree in library science from the University of Illinois, where he also did graduate work in composition.

Mr. Clark is active at the regional and national levels in the Music Library Association and has served on the joint national MLA/NASM Library Futures committee, edited a five-state regional music library newsletter for a number of years, has made presentations at MLA regional and national conferences, and has chaired the Chesapeake Chapter of MLA, which includes the Library of Congress. His research interests center around the definition of a canonical core collection of books on music as well as the application of modern technologies in libraries including the utilization of text-based management systems.