What impact does the Library of Texas service and training programs have on existing programs, services, and policies, particularly InterLibrary Loan?
There is no mandatory participation in the Library of Texas. Librarians will be enabled, but not required to offer these services. There are no costs involved in order to offer these services. Web-based training, video conferencing, and train-the-trainer sessions at library conferences will be available to all interested librarians. Citations will be easier to identify, and they will be handed to libraries electronically for processing by existing systems. Future policies are being considered and discussed concerning the effect on Interlibrary Loan protocols by the staff of the Texas State Library and various advisory groups, such as the Texshare ILL working group and the TexShare Library of Texas Working Group. The Library of Texas is a discovery tool, but there is an obvious need for a “discovery to delivery” link.
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