(a) The programs of the consortium shall include activities
designed to facilitate library resource sharing. Such activities may
include:
(1) providing electronic networks, shared electronic
resources, reciprocal borrowing, delivery services, and other infrastructure
necessary to enable the libraries in the consortium to share resources;
(2) negotiating and executing statewide contracts for
information products and services;
(3) coordinating library planning, research and development;
or
(4) training library personnel.
(b) Programs of the consortium are established and
administered for the benefit of consortium members. Consortium members
may sometimes enter into formal or informal agreements with other
members and with non-member entities. Under these agreements, consortium
members may not provide systematic access to consortium services to
non-member entities or to members ineligible to participate in such
services. This provision should not be construed in such a way as
to limit a member institution's ability to provide on-site access
to TexShare electronic resources to members of the public as permitted
by contract.
(c) Public school districts may participate in group
purchasing agreements provided by the consortium if such libraries
are managed by or report to a certified school librarian or other
certified staff member in the public school district or public school
campus.
(d) Affiliate members may participate in programs of
the consortium as specified in their affiliate membership agreement
or as determined from time to time by commission staff with approval
from the TexShare Advisory Board and the Director and Librarian.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §8.5 adopted to be effective June 24, 1998, 23 TexReg 6436; amended to be effective December 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 9845; amended to be effective February 15, 2005, 30 TexReg 707; amended to be effective May 18, 2006, 31 TexReg 3871; amended to be effective April 8, 2010, 35 TexReg 2742; amended to be effective November 28, 2018, 43 TexReg 7669 |