Castroville
Public Library- Castroville
When patrons and callers asked questions like "Is
so and so buried in the cemetery in Castroville."
I would think, I guess you'll have to take a walk and
see. But I found out you can find out in the genealogy
section of Texshare. Yea!
A man showed up from society for random acts of genealogical
kindness. He was sure a woman named Velma Pepper was
buried here but I was able to teach him to use Texshare
and he found her in Pipe Creek.
Another woman had a met a friend and they had decided
their grandparents lived next door to each other. Using
Texshare they found out the address where they lived.
Many school children have used the Texshare encyclopedias
to print out information to study at home. Without Texshare
they would have had to stay in the library using reference
books.
Cisco Junior
College- Cisco
We could not afford to offer the level of access that
we do now if Texshare was taken away and we offer less
today because of cutbacks. The Cisco Junior College
libraries access to netLibrary effectively doubles the
books available, and because they are online, we can
make them available at both of our locations for one
price without the delay and staff hours of having to
request, pull, and transport them from one location
to the other and back. The full-text of periodical articles
means that we have access to literally hundreds, if
not thousands of the periodicals that will actually
be used because they match the indexing which students
use to find articles. Our budget for paper periodicals
is only about $16,000 which doubled last year when we
started carrying the periodicals for the remote location
(mostly nursing titles). Texshare (and online databases
in general) have made us better stewards of our budgets
by helping us to shift from "just-in-case"
buying to "just-in-time" buying, to use business
parlance.
Houston Public
Library- Houston
A customer submitted this via e-mail: Thanks so much
for offering NetLibrary. It is great!
Lark Branch Library-
McAllen
A librarian recalls a time when a patron was about
to interview for a job with a small laboratory in California:
We found 3 articles on the company in the TexShare Databases.
Our patron got the job!! I use many of the TexShare
databases to help students find current events info.
Lubbock
Christian University- Lubbock
At Lubbock Christian University, we maintain a collection
of the approved K-12 textbooks for the state of Texas.
The Library of Texas is my only source for searching
for cataloging for these titles. Because we catalog
most of these books into our regular circulating collection,
I was spending hours searching individual catalogs for
these titles. With LoT, I can quickly locate a Texas
library with the title and the MARC record is included.
If I desire to link to the library's actual online catalog,
that link is also available - it's one-stop searching.
The Library of Texas has helped me professionally,
as well as saving money for our library in the sense
that it saves me a great deal of time that can then
be used to perform other duties. For copy cataloging
purposes, the site is very efficient, incorporating
a large group of libraries and the Library of Congress.
University
of Texas at Arlington- Arlington (on behalf of area
public libraries)
Most public library budgets have been slashed to the
bone. If it were not for the databases that are provided
by TexShare, most libraries would not have anything
to offer students writing research papers for school.
After 25 years working with students in [public] libraries,
I can say that this database program is one of the best
tax supported programs ever offered. The money spent
is not wasted. These databases provide students with
reliable resources for their research. If it were not
for these databases many students would be using unreliable
sources from the Internet for their papers. Think about
all the students in small towns all across Texas whose
libraries are not large enough to provide this invaluable
information. I just wanted to offer my support for this
program. Most libraries could not provide quality resources
without these databases.
Val Verde County
Library- Del Rio
What I love about the TexShare databases is the look
of absolute relief that comes over the faces of students
when I introduce this treasure chest of resources for
their papers. While we are a public library, we find
that many students from the public schools and the Del
Rio campuses of Southwest Texas Junior College and Sul
Ross University come to us for their research needs.
And, since we are a public library, our collection may
not always reflect these schools' curriculum needs.
But have no fear -- TexShare is here! Again, what a
relief these students feel when they know suitable resources
are available through the public library via TexShare
-- we
virtually save their academic lives! |
