Rebecca Linton mentioned that a bill to bring public libraries into TexShare is pending in the legislature. The group expressed concern about increased costs associated with adding other types of libraries. The group agreed that there will be lots of issues to contend with in the future. Reminder for books circulated via the TexPress courier service. Books checked out via the Texcard and returned via ILL should use bookmark.
Transaction is still the patron's responsibility.
The group agreed that the recommended changes to the ILL protocol are all fairly cosmetic and procedural and do not need to be approved by the entire membership. The chairs of both the Courier and TexShare card working groups will be contacted by Nancy Paine for further discussion about this issue. Changes to the protocol will be submitted to the Coordinating Council. The report was submitted by Keiko Horton and Nancy Paine. Nancy and Keiko noted that Ariel is not cost effective for every library.