The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Institution of higher education--An institution of higher education as defined by Education Code, §61.003, and a private or independent institution of higher education as defined by Education Code, §61.003.
2. (2) Annual Report--The annual submission of financial and library statistics to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for inclusion in the publication "Texas Academic Library Statistics."
3. (3) Commission--The Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
4. (4) Consortium--The TexShare Library Consortium.
5. (5) Director and Librarian--Chief executive and administrative officer of the commission.
6. (6) Internet connection--A combination of hardware, software and telecommunications services that allows a computer to communicate with any other computer on the worldwide network of networks known as the Internet, and that adheres to the standard protocols listed in RFC 1920 or its current successor document.
7. (7) Request for Comments (RFC)--A version of an Internet specification, published as part of the "Request for Comments" (RFC) document series, the official publication channel for Internet standards documents and other publications of the Internet Engineering Steering Group, Internet Architecture Board, and Internet community.

Source Note:The provisions of this §8.1 adopted to be effective June 24, 1998, 23 TexReg 6436.