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- Help Save Texas Libraries
News from TLA.The Senate Finance Committee met on Monday to consider the Texas State Library and Archives Commission?s budget. Senators heard testimony about TexShare, Loan Star Libraries, the K-12 Databases, and the impact of losing federal funds for...
- Tx Libraries
A new report shows:Texas? public libraries, when treated as a whole, have traditionally performed poorly in comparison to most other states in terms of standard measures of inputs (funding, collection, staffing) and outputs (circulation, library visits,...
- Tx Project
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is pleased to announce an opportunity for public, academic, and other TexShare libraries to participate in the Uplift Pilot Program for the Library of Texas Resource Discovery Service. Uplift is defined...
- Tx School Libraries
At this time, the Texas Library Connection has not been recommended for funding. Library advocates are urged to call or fax their senators IMMEDIATELY, particularly if they serve on the Senate Finance Committee. Ask your senator to support funding for...
- Texas
TexShare, a statewide consortium of academic libraries, public libraries, and libraries of clinical medicine administered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, employs traditional and innovative strategies to resource sharing. Among the...
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Help Protect Statewide Library Programs
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Budget Proposal Demolishes State Funding for Libraries
The State?s budget proposals for 2012-13 affect our statewide library programs. The budgets ELIMINATE Loan Star Libraries (direct aid grants to public libraries), all state funding for TexShare databases; the K-12 Database program, the Library System Negotiated Grants Program, state funding for consulting services to libraries (program/staff based at the agency), state funding for records management, and assumes an overall loss of over $8 million in IMLS funds. This federal funding is the source of funding for the regional library systems, the TANG program, and interlibrary loan. The budget futher eliminates the Technology Allotment at TEA and entire State Law Library.
This budget shows a 99% decrease in state funding for statewide local library aid programs and a 93% state cut to library resource sharing programs at the State Library. We must not let this stand. Please contact elected officials right now and let the know of the negative impact to our communities if state funding to library programs is cut.
- Help Save Texas Libraries
News from TLA.The Senate Finance Committee met on Monday to consider the Texas State Library and Archives Commission?s budget. Senators heard testimony about TexShare, Loan Star Libraries, the K-12 Databases, and the impact of losing federal funds for...
- Tx Libraries
A new report shows:Texas? public libraries, when treated as a whole, have traditionally performed poorly in comparison to most other states in terms of standard measures of inputs (funding, collection, staffing) and outputs (circulation, library visits,...
- Tx Project
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is pleased to announce an opportunity for public, academic, and other TexShare libraries to participate in the Uplift Pilot Program for the Library of Texas Resource Discovery Service. Uplift is defined...
- Tx School Libraries
At this time, the Texas Library Connection has not been recommended for funding. Library advocates are urged to call or fax their senators IMMEDIATELY, particularly if they serve on the Senate Finance Committee. Ask your senator to support funding for...
- Texas
TexShare, a statewide consortium of academic libraries, public libraries, and libraries of clinical medicine administered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, employs traditional and innovative strategies to resource sharing. Among the...