INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: LIBRARIES AND LABORATORIES

Acquisition

Notwithstanding any other law governing purchasing by a junior college district, a junior college district may purchase, license, or otherwise acquire library goods and services in any manner authorized by law for the purchase, license, or acquisition of library goods and services by a public senior college or university. “Library goods and services” mean:

1. Serial and journal subscriptions, including electronic databases, digital content, and information products;

2. Other library materials and resources, including books, e-books, and media not available under a statewide contract and papers;

3. Library services, including periodical jobber and binding services not available under a statewide contract;

4. Equipment and supplies specific to the storage and access of library content; and

5. Library or resource-sharing programs operated by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Education Code 130.0101

Texshare

Consortium

In accordance with Government Code Chapter 441 and 13 Administrative Code Chapter 8, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission shall establish and maintain the TexShare consortium as a resource-sharing consortium operated as a program within the commission for libraries at institutions of higher education and for public libraries, libraries of nonprofit corporations, and other types of libraries. Membership in the consortium is open to all institutions of higher education, all public libraries that are members of the state library system, and all libraries of nonprofit corporations. The commission, by rule, may also admit other types of libraries as members or as affiliated members. Gov’t Code 441.222, .224(a);13 TAC 8.1–.5