Welcome to TexShare!
TexShare is a consortium of Texas libraries joining together
to share print and electronic materials, purchase online resources, and
combine staff expertise. TexShare services are available to patrons of participating
member libraries all across Texas, regardless of institution type, size,
or location. The consortium is administered by the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission.
Find out more: Librarians
| Library
Users
Search Online Resources
- Find a local Texas TexShare library for eligibility and access instructions
TexShare Member Library List
- List of TexShare Member Libraries (Includes Home Page Links, Online catalog links, Program Participation Verification)
Contact
- Send e-mail to: texshare@tsl.state.tx.us with any questions or comments
Featured Information
- TexSelect / Statewide
California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) Partnership
- NOTE: This offer is only for Private Colleges and Universities
in Texas! License electronic resources not currently available
through the TexShare program.
- Card
Statistics for Fiscal Year 2010 - They will need to be submitted
starting August 31, 2010. The deadline for submission is no later than
September 15, 2010.
- Database Fees Information
for Fiscal Year 2011: View the fee schedules,
Loan Star Libraries form, faqs, and more.
- Interlibrary
Loan Study Task Force blog: See links to the charge, member
roster, fact sheet and more information on task force activities.
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Employees of Texas state government agencies are eligible to access the
TexShare Databases Online Resources: These licensed resources
offer authoritative, full-text news articles plus business, medical, literature,
and history resources from subscription-only sources.
- Texas
Statewide Resource Sharing Summit 2008:
Read the Final
Report for more information.
Download a Word viewer, if necessary.
- Courier Monthly
Statistics Reporting Form
- Click on the graphic to
access the mp3 file. Winner of a Texas
Library Association Branding Iron Award for Broadcast Advertising!
Libraries may put this graphic and / or the mp3 on their library web sites,
but may not play this specific mp3 on local radio stations. Downloadable
transcripts available at the TexShare radio
spots page.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Using genealogy resources available through TexShare, an egg discovers his family tree! This video and many others are available for linking or embedding at the TexShare YouTube channel.
K-12 Databases Videos Win Texas Library Association Branding Iron Award
K-12 Databases outreach videos produced in partnership by Education Service Center 20 and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission have won a Texas Library Association Branding Iron Award in the Non-Traditional Media category.
These three videos are an effective way to inform Texas K-12 students about the online resources available to them. Click on the image or on this link to see all three videos hosted at the Educational Service Center 20 site. Congratulations to all involved!
Announcements
- TexShare Annual Report Form for FY2009 - The TexShare
Annual Report Survey Form details library membership program participation
and allows libraries the opportunity to offer their evaluation of these
library services while also providing contact information for each program
Click
on this link to access the form.
- TSLAC Announces Selection of the Future Platform for Statewide
Interlibrary Loan in Texas Public Libraries - The Texas State
Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is pleased to announce the selection
of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Texas Group Catalog and
WorldCat Navigator solution as the future platform for statewide interlibrary
loan in Texas public libraries.
“The Texas Group Catalog and WorldCat Navigator platform offers a customized, comprehensive solution that will be easy to implement in all sizes of libraries,” says Director and Librarian Peggy Rudd. “We look forward to working with OCLC and the library community to improve library services to Texans.”
For more information, go the Resource Sharing Projects blog.
To read facts about the process, click on this link.
- TPS Reports - TexShare
Participation Summary Reports for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
- Annual Rate for TExpress courier service for Fiscal Year
2010 To all TExpress participants (courier participants within the state
of Texas ONLY):
The annual full rate for TExpress courier service for FY10
(July, 2009 - August, 2010)5 - day service $4,500 - *$900 subsidy = $3,600 library's cost
3 - day service $3,075 - *$540 subsidy = $2,535 library's cost
2 - day service $2,425 - *$360 subsidy = $2,065 library's cost*The Texas State Library and Archives Commission subsidy is $900 annually for 5-day service, $540 annually for 3-day and $360 annually for 2-day service.
Amigos works diligently with our courier partner to hold costs down; however the recent rise in fuel costs necessitated this increase.
The TexShare Databases are supported in part by funds granted to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.