Collaborative Programs

Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) EdNET Faculty Editors and Authors FORO 2003 Greater Western Library Alliance Health Science Center Alliance IMLS Grant LibQUAL+ ™ Multicultural Storytelling Project Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program Story Time Outreach Literacy Program TAMUS Virtual Reference Project Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) TexShare		Collaborative Programs The Texas A&M University Libraries participate in a number of different local, state-wide, national, and international projects. Click the links to the left to find more specific information about these programs. Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) AgNIC is a distributed network that provides access to selected agriculture-related information, subject area experts, and other resources. It was established by an alliance of the National Agricultural Library, land-grant universities, and other organizations committed to facilitating public access to agricultural and related information. China Archive The China Archive is a collaborative project between various departments at Texas A&M University and individuals from around the world to develop and maintain an archive of data on China and China-U.S. Relations. EdNet The Education Network (EdNet) is a joint project of the College of Medicine, the Learning Resources Unit, and the Medical Sciences Library to provide an electronic learning environment for medical students that integrates and provides convenient, searchable access to relevant tools and resources. Faculty Editors and Authors Texas A&M University Libraries honor faculty editors and authors at Texas A&M University. FORO 2003 FORO, the Transborder Library Forum, is a volunteer organization which works to provide a venue for the cooperative exchange of ideas and discussion of experiences and efforts concerning the provision of library services in the bi-national border regions between the U.S. and Mexico, and Canada. Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) The Greater Western Library Alliance is a consortium of 30 research libraries located in the mid-west and western United States, and includes the Texas A&M University Libraries. Health Science Center Alliance The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Alliance of Libraries (The Alliance) seeks to assure information access for all Texas A&M University System Health Science Center affiliated students, faculty and staff, as well as the librarians serving them. The Alliance is responsible for making a comprehensive array of information resources easily accessible to all individuals in the participating institutions. IMLS Grant The Texas A&M University Medical Sciences Library, in partnership with the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences, has received a grant of $401,668 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The funds will be used to pilot an innovative recruitment and teaching model program to recruit students into health sciences librarianship, support lifelong learning in the profession, and train librarians for the challenges of the 21st century electronic environment. LibQUAL+ LibQUAL+(TM) is a research and development project undertaken by ARL in collaboration with Texas A&M University as one of the ARL New Measures Initiatives. The project is defining and measuring library service quality across institutions and creating useful quality assessment tools for libraries. Multicultural Storytelling Project The Multicultural Storytelling Project is an undertaking of the Texas A&M University Libraries that seeks to promote the history, influences and values of the many cultures that have played a role in shaping American society through the planning and development of educational outreach activities. Serials Cooperative Cataloging Training Program (SCCTP) The Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program is a cooperative program that provides standardized training materials and trained trainers in the field of serials cataloging. Story Time Outreach Literacy Program Story Time is a diversity outreach literacy program sponsored by the Texas A&M University Libraries to benefit children in the community and the university international student's families. Faculty and staff volunteers read books and do crafts with children ranging in age from infants to 12 years old. This outreach program began July 2, 2002 and is a collaborative effort with the Department of Residence Life. TAMUS AskNow Virtual Reference Service Pilot AskNow is a collaborative pilot project providing virtual reference via chat to affiliates of several Texas A&M University System schools. Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) The Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) Project is a cooperative, grant funded initiative begun in 1999, which has resulted in an ever-expanding, browsable and searchable database or online repository of archival research materials from libraries and special collection repositories all over the state of Texas. TexShare TexShare is a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in partnership with academic and public libraries in Texas.