VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia

Since the beginning of the OEN Workshops and Reviews program, there have been 183 workshops at 19 institutions and over 1,000 participants.

Did you know VIVA helps train representatives from across the state to provide assistance for their campus community? Check to see if your institution has a Campus Leader at https://vivalib.org/va/about/contacts/open-textbook

The goal of the VIVA Course Mapping Project is to support the discovery of Open Educational Resources (OER) aligned to Virginia courses. Recognizing that competing demands and time constraints present barriers to OER adoption for many instructors, the Course Mapping Project works to consolidate and align OER for high enrollment courses at Virginia higher education institutions. Find Faculty Reviewed OER in 23 disciplines here: https://vivaopen.oercommons.org/hubs/vccs_course_mapping

Registration is now open for VIVA's 2024 Collection Forum! Learn more: https://vivalib.org/va/2024CollectionsForum

VIVA provides open grant opportunities that encourage the use of open and affordable course content by providing funding for instructors and libraries to adopt, adapt, and create course content that can be made available to students for no or very little cost. Learn more at https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants.

Check out all grant recipients and their projects at https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/awards.

There's still time to register for this VIVA and ISKME professional learning series!

Happy Open Education Week! Join us daily, March 4-8 to learn more about VIVA OER.

The Virginia General Assembly has provided funds to support an Open and Affordable Course Content Grant Program through VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, a program of the State Council of Higher Education. This grant program, VIVA Open Grants, focuses on reducing the costs of higher education for Virginia students by eliminating textbook costs, a significant barrier to student success. The program is open to faculty at any Virginia higher education institution. Learn more on our website: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/adopt.

REMINDER: The deadline for the VIVA Open Course Grants is next Friday, March 1st. Application materials, including the RFP, instructions, and application form, are available at https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/application.

CORRECTION: VIVA is pleased to announce 25 VIVA Open Adopt Grants awards were awarded to individuals at 15 institutions. The VIVA Open Adopt Grant program provides support for the time it takes to integrate existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus and to ensure that the results of those efforts are available to Virginia educators. The 2023 awards have an anticipated student cost avoidance of $1,430,451 and will impact 16,105 students. The full press release is available at https://lnkd.in/e2GbCQMA.

In partnership with Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, this three-part series is open to VIVA member institutions to develop and strengthen open education outreach and communication strategies. Additional information and registration are available now: http://bit.ly/open-ed-alliance

Registration is now open! https://vivalib.libcal.com/calendar/events/2024CommunityForum

VIVA Open Grants application period is open! The goal of the VIVA Open Course Grants is to make textbook and course materials free to students by empowering faculty with the resources and time they need to develop their curricula using open, library, or no cost resources. Learn more on the VIVA website: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/course

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The VIVA Member Meeting is coming up! Are you already registered for VLA? Be sure to add the meeting to your schedule! Only want to attend the Member Meeting? No problem! Just select the VIVA option to register for free.

https://vivalib.org/va/Fall2023MemberMeeting

Date: October 23, 2023
Time: 4PM-6PM
Place: 2023 VLA Conference

Here's a friendly reminder to please join us for the VIVA Anti-Racism Webinar Series #6: Metadata and Cataloging. Registration and more details are available through this link: https://vivalib.org/va/arwebinar6.

Registration for the VIVA Anti-Racism Webinar Series #6 is now open! We will cover the topic of Metadata and Cataloging. The webinar will take place on Thursday, March 22, 2023, from 10:00 am -12:00 pm. Whitney Buccicone and Jeremy Bartczak from the University of Virginia Library, David Heilbrun from the George Mason University Libraries, and Merrilee Proffitt from OCLC will join us. More information about the event, the speakers, and the link to the registration can be found here: https://vivalib.org/va/arwebinar6.

On March 23, 2023,VIVA will hold its second Community Forum, a virtual event meant to bring VIVA members together to consider ideas relevant to the future of the consortium. This year’s theme, “Accessibility, Usability and Inclusion” will examine ways that VIVA members are working to address issues that face Virginia libraries and identify actions that can bring about positive change. We’ll begin the day with keynote speaker Renee Grassi, followed by panel discussions and engaging presentations. Registration for the 2023 VIVA Community Forum is now live. Check out our website for the event information:
https://vivalib.org/va/community-forum-2023.

Registration for the VIVA Anti-Racism Webinar Series #6 is now open! We will cover the topic of Metadata and Cataloging. The webinar will take place on Thursday, March 22, 2023, from 10:00 am -12:00 pm. Whitney Buccicone and Jeremy Bartczak from the University of Virginia Library, David Heilbrun from the George Mason University Libraries, and Merrilee Proffitt from OCLC will join us. More information about the event, the speakers, and the link to the registration can be found here: https://vivalib.org/va/arwebinar6.

Registration is open for the VIVA Open Skills Academy: Building Your OER Practice. The VIVA Open Skills Academy, facilitated by Megan Simmons, ISKME, is a project-based, three-part webinar series that builds on the foundational skills and practices of collaborating to curate, evaluate, create, and share Open Educational Resources (OER) to further develop projects to advance OER.

Participants are expected to attend all three sessions and complete approximately five hours of practice activities to find, curate, publish, and share their OER project. Those who complete their projects will receive a Certificate of Completion. More details including dates and the link to the registration form can be found on this webpage: https://vivalib.org/va/viva-open-academy.

The Academy is open to Virginia higher education professionals, including faculty, educational technologists, library professionals, and administrators. Registration is open until noon on January 18, 2023 and registrants will be notified of their acceptance into the VIVA Open Skills Academy by January 20, 2023.

We’re very pleased to announce that we are recruiting for two positions at VIVA!

The first is an E-Resources Librarian, who will work closely with the VIVA staff, member libraries, and committees to manage the standard collections renewal process and opt-in subscriptions by member libraries and provide e-resource access, management, and troubleshooting. More information is available here: https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/55746.

The second is a Digital Publishing Coordinator, who will be an integral part of the VIVA program, supporting the VIVA Open Grant program and publishing activities of grant recipients, including developing a wide range of awarded digital publishing projects across institutions of higher education in Virginia. More information is available here: https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/55745.

For full consideration, applications need to be received by 11/30/22.

The Open and Affordable Community Forum is coming up on Friday, October 14, 2022 and is now less than a month away!

Register for this year’s Open and Affordable Community Forum - https://vivalib.libcal.com/calendar/events/Open-Community-Forum-2022 – by September 30, 2022.

Visit the event page (https://vivalib.org/va/oacc-forum-2022) for the agenda and brief descriptions of breakout sessions. This year’s theme, “One Size Doesn’t Fit All,” seeks to open conversations about the diverse ways that Open Education Initiatives can meet the needs of students, instructors, and pedagogical goals. We’ll begin the day with keynote speaker Jasmine Roberts-Crews, followed by panel discussions and engaging presentations.

The event will be hybrid, with the in-person conference to be held at VCU’s campus. Morning refreshments and lunch are included.

We look forward to gathering and learning with you this fall!

-- On behalf of the Open and Affordable Planning Committee

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Registration for the VIVA ILL Community Forum is now open! The ILL Forum will be hybrid this year – and all sessions will be available for online attendees. We hope you will join us on Friday, July 15 at Hotel Madison in Harrisonburg, VA or connect with us online!
Agenda: https://vivalib.org/va/2022-ill-forum
Registration: https://vivalib.libcal.com/calendar/events/2022-ill-forum