ZLOT Organizations

" The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge is a research, development and consulting service enterprise that brings together top researchers in information science, criminal justice, business information systems, and technology and cognition to provide a collaborative framework for enhancing the relationships between individual knowledge workers and the technology-based environments in which they work to advance today's global economy."

"The mission of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK) is to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research encompassing theoretical frameworks and practical applications that can enhance the creation, storage, organization, retrieval, use and evaluation of information in a wide variety of digital formats."

The TSLAC is a sponsoring organization for the ZLOT project. 

"The mission of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is to preserve the record of government for public scrutiny, to secure and make accessible historically significant records and other valuable resources, to meet the reading needs of Texans with disabilities, to build and sustain statewide partnerships to improve library programs and services, and to enhance the capacity for achievement of individuals and institutions with whom we work."

TIF is a sponsoring organization for the ZLOT project.

"The Mission of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board is to help Texas deploy an advanced telecommunications infrastructure by stimulating universal and scaleable connectivity or public schools, higher education, public libraries, and nonprofit healthcare facilities. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board will also effect technology training programs and encourage quality content that strengthens education, healthcare, and libraries in Texas. Priority will be given to rural and underserved populations."

TexShare is a cooperative program designed to improve service to Texans. Members include public libraries that belong to the regional library systems, academic libraries, and libraries of clinical medicine. TexShare enables libraries to offer a broader range of materials and services than any single library can provide for its constituents. 

"Established in 1993 for 53 publicly-supported four-year academic libraries, TexShare has evolved into a consortium of 600 community college, university, medical school, and public libraries providing cooperative purchasing for online information databases, courier delivery service of library materials, and a statewide borrower’s card."

Working Groups

• Card Program
• Courier Service
• Education Services
• Electronic Information
• InterLibrary Loan
• Texas Collections