public library consortia

[Beverley Shirley]

While my answers to Rebecca's question are "no" and "no" with regards to
Texas public libraries, I feel that I must add that all Texas public
libraries are qualified and invited to be part of our statewide
consorium.  Not all of them have registered, however.

Currently the Texas State Library and Archives Commission provides
registered Texas public and state governmental agency libraries free
access to 

Over 70 databases through the First Search interface (including ABI
Inform, Ebsco Masterfile, Periodical Abstracts full text, Books in
Print, World Cat, Articles First, Wilson Select, Health Reference
Center)
Britannica Online
Electric Library
Archives USA

We expect to add databases to the offering this year.

The total full text journal count is over 2,270  titles, but this figure
does not take into account the duplicate titles indexed by different
databases.

Beverley Shirley
Networked Information Coordinator
Texas State Library and Archives
bshirley at tsl.state.tx.us           http://link.tsl.state.tx.us
VOICE   (512) 463-5433            FAX  (512) 936-2306


> Topic No. 5
> 
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:45:55 +1000
> From: rtoohey at slv.vic.gov.au
> To: publib at webjunction.org, web4lib at webjunction.org,
> Subject: public library consortia
> Message-ID: <4A25671A.00167463.00 at domino.slv.vic.gov.au>
> 
> Dear all (please excuse cross-posting),
> 
> Does any state (or country) have a public library consortium that
> includes
> 100% of public libraries in that area?
> 
> Does any state (or country) have 100% of public libraries connected to
> the
> Internet?
> 
> 
> Which products does the consortium have access to?
> Approximate total number of journals?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> Rebecca Toohey
> Project Officer
> Libraries Online
> State Library of Victoria
> 328 Swanston Street
> Melbourne Victoria 3000
> AUSTRALIA
> Ph   613 9669 9808
> Fax 613 9669 9958
> Email rtoohey at slv.vic.gov.au
> WWW http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/libonline/
> 
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