The Texas Library Journal v. 78, no. 3 (Fall 2002) has two articles on portals or virtual libraries. "A Service-Based Approach for Virtual Libraries" by William E. Moen and Kathleen R. Murry provides a theoretical structure to design a virtual library. The service-based approach is broader than a user-base since it includes library staff as well. The article "Designing and Demonstrating a Resource Discovery Service for the Library of Texas" by the same authors provides a concrete example of how the process works. The Library of Texas (LOT) is a cooperative effort of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK), Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), Texas Infrastructure Funding Board (TIF) and TexShare Some very fine work is going on here in Texas. Yahoo: buy web host Library Portals portals
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