(a) The programs of the consortium shall include activities designed to facilitate library resource sharing. Such activities may include:
- (1) providing electronic networks, shared databases, 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 non-member entities. Under these agreements, consortium members may not provide systematic access to consortium services to non-member entities. 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 databases to members of the public.
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.