[From nobody Fri Oct 30 15:03:02 2009 Return-path: <texshare-users-bounces@lists.tsl.state.tx.us> Received: from email.pisd.edu ([169.151.6.25]) by gwia.pisd.edu with SMTP; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:52:34 -0500 Received: from merle.tsl.state.tx.us (merle.tsl.state.tx.us [204.65.32.166]) by email.pisd.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3) with SMTP id n9UIqWes022129 for <david.schuster@pisd.edu>; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:52:32 -0500 Received: from lists.tsl.state.tx.us (unknown [172.16.100.23]) by merle.tsl.state.tx.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3E9C35E7; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:52:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cliff.tsl.state.tx.us (cliff [127.0.0.1]) by lists.tsl.state.tx.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BAF45D7E1; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:51:49 -0500 (CDT) X-Original-To: texshare-users@lists.tsl.state.tx.us Delivered-To: texshare-users@lists.tsl.state.tx.us Received: from merle.tsl.state.tx.us (unknown [172.16.100.22]) by lists.tsl.state.tx.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4096C5D7E1; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:51:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from Exchange01.win2k.tsl.state.tx.us (unknown [10.1.3.18]) by merle.tsl.state.tx.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36E8DC35D3; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:52:16 -0500 (CDT) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:52:08 -0500 Message-ID: <74F440BE5406B44DA9FA6DB4923201520100D709@Exchange01.win2k.tsl.state.tx.us> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: TexShare Membership Rules Proposed Thread-Index: AcpZkhUX60pOpatTTtWZWK/lw2h+NQ== From: "Beverley Shirley" <bshirley@tsl.state.tx.us> To: <tsab-l@lists.tsl.state.tx.us>, <texshare-users@lists.tsl.state.tx.us>, <syscon-tx@lists.tsl.state.tx.us> Subject: [texshare-users] TexShare Membership Rules Proposed X-BeenThere: texshare-users@lists.tsl.state.tx.us X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion regarding services and operations <texshare-users.lists.tsl.state.tx.us> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/texshare-users>, <mailto:texshare-users-request@lists.tsl.state.tx.us?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/pipermail/texshare-users> List-Post: <mailto:texshare-users@lists.tsl.state.tx.us> List-Help: <mailto:texshare-users-request@lists.tsl.state.tx.us?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/texshare-users>, <mailto:texshare-users-request@lists.tsl.state.tx.us?subject=subscribe> Sender: texshare-users-bounces@lists.tsl.state.tx.us Errors-To: texshare-users-bounces@lists.tsl.state.tx.us X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-10-30_12:2009-10-29, 2009-10-30, 2009-10-30 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-0910300155 The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has proposed new = administrative rules governing TexShare membership, and they are posted = in the Texas Register for a thirty-day comment period. To review the = rules, please see the Texas Register at = http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/PROPOSED/13.CULTURAL%20RESOURCES.ht= ml#171. Please send your official comments to me by mail, email, or FAX = at my contact information below. We are especially interested in your = thoughts about whether TexShare membership should continue to be limited = to nonprofit institutions or whether for-profit organizations should be = allowed to apply for membership.=20 For background information, please keep reading: At the Statewide Resource Sharing Summit held on February 28, 2008, = summit attendees recommended a change in the statutes governing TexShare = in order to give the TexShare membership more control over the = composition of TexShare membership. Potential benefits of an expanded = membership, including benefits of allowing for-profit organizations to = join TexShare, were discussed. The report from the resource sharing = summit can be found at = http://www.texshare.edu/memberinfo/advisoryboard/strategic_2008final.html= =20 In response to the recommendations of the summit, the law governing = TexShare was changed so that any future TexShare expansion would be = governed by administrative rule. We are now proposing the rules to = govern future TexShare expansion. The proposed rules reflect the following principles: In order to be a TexShare member, a library should Be credentialed, accredited, or able to show evidence that it has = adequate resources to be a contributing member of the consortium Be part of a defined group of libraries that have common interests Have gone through a period of affiliate status Have an adequate, sustainable source of funding its participation Be willing to participate beyond the database program Through its participation, enhance services to consortium members The full set of principles that provided background for the rules are = located at = http://www.texshare.edu/memberinfo/advisoryboard/ruleprinciplesrevised.20= 09-09-25.doc.=20 The proposed rules were discussed and approved for posting at the = TexShare Advisory Board meeting on September 21, 2009 and at the Texas = State Library and Archives Commission meeting on October 12, 2009. Both = the advisory board and the commission engaged in lengthy discussion of = the question of potential membership for for-profit institutions. The = board and the commission have decided to post these rules, which limit = expansion to nonprofit organizations, but to ask for comments regarding = the question of allowing for profit institutions to apply for membership = before making a final decision. If you have any questions about the rules or the process of developing = the rules, don't hesitate to contact me.=20 Please send comments on the rules to: Beverley Shirley, Division Director Library Resource Sharing Texas State Library and Archives Commission PO Box 12927 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-5433 FAX (512) 936-2306 bshirley@tsl.state.tx.us ]