Library Portals
The Library Journal v. 127, no. 15 (Sept. 15, 2002) has an article "The Advent of Portals" by Mary E. Jackson. It describes some of the activity, especially by ARL, in designing and implementing a scholar?s portal.
The Texas Library Journal v. 78, no. 3 (Fall 2002) has two articles on portals or virtual libraries. "A Service-Based Approach for Virtual Libraries" by William E. Moen and Kathleen R. Murry provides a theoretical structure to design a virtual library. The service-based approach is broader than a user-base since it includes library staff as well. The article "Designing and Demonstrating a Resource Discovery Service for the Library of Texas" by the same authors provides a concrete example of how the process works. The Library of Texas (LOT) is a cooperative effort of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK), Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), Texas Infrastructure Funding Board (TIF) and TexShare Some very fine work is going on here in Texas.
- Tx Libraries Roi
This year the Texas Legislature meets, so this info may be useful. TSL&A has released the report Texas Public Libraries Return on Investment Study. Did you know that for every $1.00 invested in public libraries around the state, Texans receive $4.42...
- 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...
- New Blog
I have to mention a new 'blog here in Texas, Library Technology in Texas by Christine Peterson, of Amigos, our OCLC service provider. Most of the items apply to libraries outside Texas so give it a read. Today she has some low cost, easy it do, tips...
- Metasearching
The is a new service offered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that allows users to easily discover and retrieve desired information from multiple library catalogs, databases, and other knowledge collections. Texans no longer need to...
- 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...