THE LIBRARY OF TEXAS PROJECT
(April
2000 - August 2003)
ORGANIZATIONS
Texas
State Library and Archives Commission
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission
is a sponsoring organization for the Library of
Texas projects. "The mission of the Texas State
Library and Archives Commission is to preserve the
record of government for public scrutiny, to secure
and make accessible historically significant records
and other valuable resources, to meet the reading
needs of Texans with disabilities, to build and
sustain statewide partnerships to improve library
programs and services, and to enhance the capacity
for achievement of individuals and institutions
with whom we work."
TexShare
Programs
TexShare is a cooperative program designed to improve
service to Texans. Members include public libraries
that belong to the regional library systems, academic
libraries, and libraries of clinical medicine. TexShare
enables libraries to offer a broader range of materials
and services than any single library can provide
for its constituents. "Established in 1993 for 53
publicly-supported four-year academic libraries,
TexShare has evolved into a consortium of 600 community
college, university, medical school, and public
libraries providing cooperative purchasing for online
information databases, courier delivery service
of library materials, and a statewide borrower’s
card."
The programs of TexShare include: * the Card Program
* the Courier Service * the Education Services *
the Electronic Information * the InterLibrary Loan
* the Texas Collections
University
of North Texas - Texas Center for Digital Knowledge
(TXCDK)
"The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge is a research,
development and consulting service enterprise that
brings together top researchers in information science,
criminal justice, business information systems,
and technology and cognition to provide a collaborative
framework for enhancing the relationships between
individual knowledge workers and the technology-based
environments in which they work to advance today's
global economy." "The mission of the Texas Center
for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK) is to stimulate and
support interdisciplinary research encompassing
theoretical frameworks and practical applications
that can enhance the creation, storage, organization,
retrieval, use and evaluation of information in
a wide variety of digital formats."
ADVISORY GROUPS
Z
LOT Implementation Working Group
(Virtual
Library)
The "Z" refers to the ANSI/ information
retrieval protocol that allows for searching of
multiple online library catalogs through a single
interface.
TexShare
Electronic Information Working Group (TexShare
Databases)
The TexShare Electronic Information Working Group
reviews and recommends electronic information products
(databases), and also accepts input from member
libraries.
Government
Information Team (GIT) (Electronic
Depository Program)
GIT consists of a broad-based team of professional
librarians with experience in the following disciplines:
- archival preservation, cataloging, records management,
IT technologies, depository programs, and reference.
The Team will use research and consensus as part
of their decision-making process when developing
the Electronic Depository Program.
TexShare
Education Program Working Group (Training
for Librarians)
The mission of the Education program is to provide
training for TexShare Databases to enable staff
at member libraries to better utilize TexShare services
and better serve library patrons. The working group
periodically surveys members to determine priorities
for training, as well as preferred methods for receiving
training.
OVERVIEW
OF THE LIBRARY OF TEXAS PROJECT
(April
2000 - August 2003)
