Services Similar to the TexShare Database Program
There are a few services similar to the TexShare Database Program that provide discounted pricing on electronic resources. The first option to research would be the Amigos A-Plus Service. Depending on where your library is located, there are also regional consortia available in different areas, such as the Harrington Library Consortium in the panhandle or the LEIAN (Llano Estacado Information Access Network) consortium in West Texas.
Amigos A-Plus Service
This service provides Amigos members discounted pricing on electronic resources, library supplies, and other services. The discount covers full-text databases, abstracting/indexing databases, electronic journals, electronic books, document delivery, and library and archival supplies. Visit the Amigos Library Services website at www.amigos.org for more information.
Harrington Library Consortium
More information about the Harrington Library Consortium serving the panhandle region of Texas can be found at www.hlc-lib.org/whoarewe.html.
LEIAN (Llano Estacado Information Access Network)
LEIAN, a consortium of 27 academic and 3 public libraries in Texas and New Mexico, provides consortial buying opportunities for its participating members. More information about LEIAN can be found by contacting Lilah Gainey, Systems and IRC Librarian at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. She may be contacted at: lilah.gainey@enmu.edu or (505) 562-2640. For a list of LEIAN member libraries see the Cornette Library's website: http://www.wtamu.edu/library/circulation/circpass.shtml
GWLA (Greater Western Library Alliance)
A resource for academic libraries, the GWLA provides consortial services to its member institutions. The GWLA is a project-oriented regional consortium of leading research libraries located in the Central and Western United States. For more information, visit www.gwla.org.
If you have additional questions about the alternatives to the TexShare Database Program, please contact:
Russlene Waukechon
TexShare Database Coordinator
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512-463-7402
512-936-2306 (f)
rwaukchn@tsl.state.tx.us
This page was written by Angela Kille in Spring 2005.
This page was revised by Miranda Murray in Spring 2006.
This page was revised by Hannah Norton in Spring 2009.
INF 382S: Library Instruction and Information Literacy, taught by Dr. Loriene Roy
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin