Facts at a Glance

  1. How many TexShare members are there?
     
  2. How many TexShare Databases are there?
     
  3. How many journals, magazines, e-books, and e-media items are included in the TexShare Databases Core?
     
  4. Where does the database money come from?
     
  5. How much would it cost individual libraries to subscribe to the core set of TexShare Databases?
     
  6. How much are the TexShare Databases used?

  7. Do patrons really use the TexShare Cards?

1. How many TexShare members are there?

Total: 667 as of November 14, 2022

Breakdown:

TexShare Members FY2023

  TexShare
Members
Card Program
Participants
Databases Program
Participants
Academic - 2 Year 60 53 60
Academic - 2 Year Private 1 1 1
Academic - 4 Year Private 47 41 44
Academic - 4 Year Public 35 35 35
Academic - Specialty 1 0 1
Academic - Medical/Health Science 14 8 14
Library of Clinical Medicine 4 0 4
Public Library 499 349 436
TexShare Affiliate 6 2 2
TOTAL 667 489 597

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2. How many TexShare Databases are there?

Number of core databases: 129

All Core databases are available to all TexShare member libraries participating in the Databases Program.

(updated January 24, 2023)

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3. How many journals, magazines, e-books, and e-media items are included in the TexShare Databases Core?

TexShare Core Materials Count FY2023*

Vendor: Resource e-media
materials
e-book titles
(full-text)
e-serials titles
(full-text)
EBSCO: EBSCOhost 3,317,390 7,973 16,830
EBSCO: LearningExpress Library 9000,595 219 0
EBSCO: NetLibrary 0 31,855 0
GaleCengage Learning: Platinum Package A 5,822,487 5,504 9,384
Gale eBooks: General Reference Collection 0 50 0
Udemy 80,000 0 0
ProQuest eBook Central (platform) 0 328,184 0
ProQuest: Genealogy Package 1       
Fold3 2,345,289 54 0
African American Heritage 10 10 0
Heritage Quest Online 8,054,645 22,181 0
ProQuest Health Package      
Health Research Premium Collection 60,984 254 6,416
Behavioral and Mental Health Online 7,521 1,0005 0
Health and Medicine Book Collection 0 18,965 0
ProQuest: Academic Video Online (AVON) 79,232 0 0
ProQuest: Sanborn Maps of Texas 2,118 0 0
ProQuest: Austin American-Statesman 1 0 1
ProQuest: SciTech Premium Package 106 123 8,270
TeachingBooks.net 503,490 0 0
TOTALS 29,273,868 425,377 40,901

*as of January 24, 2023. Counts come from vendor-supplied information.

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4. Where does the database money come from?

The TexShare Databases are funded by the State of Texas, TexShare member institutions, and a grant from the US Institute of Museum and Library Services. The annualized cost of the TexShare electronic resources was approximately $9.3 million.

For FY22, institutions may calculate the state and federal portion of the total cost of the TexShare electronic resources as a per user subsidy. The subsidy amounts by type of institution are:

  Per Capita Subsidy Basis Total Population
Academic - Community College $2.48 Undergraduate FTE 420,117
Academic - 4 Year $0.78 Undergraduate FTE 664,886
Academic - Special $32.65 Total student FTE  5,173
Academic - Medical/Health Science $8.43 Total student FTE 22,619
Library of Clinical Medicine $6.42 Physicians, residents, staff 111,975
Public Library $0.17 Service population 26,266,414

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5. How much would it cost individual libraries to subscribe to the core set of TexShare Databases?

It would have cost TexShare member libraries a total of $108,827,407 to purchase the electronic resource subscriptions at vendor retail price in state fiscal year 2022. The annualized price paid by TSLAC was $9,326,139, and membership fees made up $1,817,703 of that total.

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6. How much are the TexShare Databases used?

In state fiscal year 2022, users of the TexShare Databases investigated almost 53 million individual articles, books, images, and other materials, and downloaded over 18 million items for personal use. Individual libraries can request information about their patrons’ usage by contacting TexShare vendors. For more assistance, contact us at texshare@tsl.texas.gov.

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7. Do patrons really use the TexShare Cards?

In state fiscal year 2022, 496 libraries participated in the Texshare Card program. Almost 15,000 of their patrons used their TexShare Cards at member libraries to borrow more than 341,000 books, DVDs, and other items from other participating libraries. Only 748 of those items were not returned, for a total program cost to participating libraries of $15,565.

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Contact TexShare

TexShare Coordinator
Texas State Library and Archives
PO Box 12927
Austin, TX 78711-2927
512-463-5465 or 800-252-9386
512-936-2306 Fax
Email: texshare@tsl.texas.gov

Page last modified: February 2, 2023