VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia

07/11/2019

We are very excited for the VIVA ILL Community Forum tomorrow in Harrisonburg, VA. Safe travels to all attending members and see you soon! #vivaill2019

03/18/2019

Take a look at our newest featured member library, Roanoke College! https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=6652803

01/25/2019

Virginia Tech Libraries

Virginia Tech Libraries

“At Virginia Tech, the University Libraries is committed to providing services to the faculty related to their research and data management planning in order to continue Virginia Tech’s commitment to serve society and shape the future. In order to serve society, universities should strive to make research data available for re-analysis and extension to potentially fuel greater discovery.”—Tyler Walters, dean of the University Libraries

#VTNews Virginia Tech

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/01/univlib-waltersopendata.html?utm_source=cmpgn_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vtUnirelNewsDailyCMP_012419-f%2Fs

12/17/2018

If you haven't seen the featured member library interviews recently, we have some great new ones posted from Averett U, Library of Virginia, and Radford U! Read them all here: https://tinyurl.com/viva-featured-members @AverettU1859 @LibraryofVA @mclibru

11/30/2018

So excited to announce that our that our very first call for proposals for the VIVA Course Redesign Grants officially opens tomorrow!!! Learn more about the program here: http://vivalib.org/courseredesign Applications due January 31st.

10/10/2018

Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator

VIVA colleagues, this is it! 24 hours to go! We have TWO openings that close on the 12th. The Open & Sustainable Learning Coordinator https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/43821 & an Assessment & E-Resources Program Analyst https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/43820 . Come work with us on awesome VA initiatives! #libraryjobs #oer

Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), a State Council of Higher Education for Virginia-sponsored program housed at George Mason University and Virginia’s academic library consortium, seeks to fill the position of Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator...

10/03/2018

Hey VIVA! A reminder that we have not one, but two amazing job openings at VIVA Central!

We're hiring for an Open & Sustainable Learning Coordinator (https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/43821) and an Assessment & E-Resources Program Analyst (https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/43820).

Please help us spread the word, positions close October 12th! Come work with us!

09/04/2018

Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator

Colleagues! We are thrilled to post two new VIVA positions - an Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator (https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/43821) and an Assessment and E-Resources Program Analyst (https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/43820).

Both of these positions are now live, and directly support our new open and affordable course content program. Applications close October 12th. Come work with us!

Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), a State Council of Higher Education for Virginia-sponsored program housed at George Mason University and Virginia’s academic library consortium, seeks to fill the position of Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator...

07/23/2018

So many awesome libraries, so little time. Two of our newest featured community college member library interviews are now live! https://tinyurl.com/viva-gcc-library and https://tinyurl.com/viva-nvcc-library @germannalibrary @NOVALibraries #vivalibs

07/13/2018

Virtual Library of Virginia

It's happening! The 20th Annual ILL Forum underway! Listening to Tina Baich discuss the intersection of OA and ILL! #viva20thillforum http://www.vivalib.org/interlibraryloan/illforum/illforum.html

To discuss VIVA Interlibrary Loan issues and learn about trends and new developments nationally as well as internationally.

06/12/2018

Virtual Library of Virginia

Today is the day! Last chance to register for the 20th Annual VIVA ILL Forum! Details here: http://www.vivalib.org/interlibraryloan/illforum/illforum.html

To discuss VIVA Interlibrary Loan issues and learn about trends and new developments nationally as well as internationally.

06/07/2018

Just 5 more days to register for the 20th Annual VIVA ILL Forum! http://ow.ly/zkUE30kovBR (Photo cred UMWLibrariesSimpson)

06/07/2018

A Book Arts Studio and a Digital Scholarship Lab - University of Richmond's Boatwright Memorial Library has all the things going on. #VIVAlibs Boatwright Library ! http://ow.ly/f9eT30kogBV

05/30/2018

Check out our latest featured member library interview with Union Presbyterian Seminary Librarian Dr. Christopher Richardson! @UPSemLibrary @UPSeminary https://tinyurl.com/viva-ups-library

05/15/2018

can'twait

The countdown to VIVA's 20th Annual ILL Forum has begun! 59 days to go! http://ow.ly/8hd930k0MpK

03/07/2018

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02/26/2018

ALCTS’ Piercy Award to Alison M. Armstrong

Congratulations to Alison M. Armstrong, this year's recipient of the ALCTS' Piercy Award! http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/02/alcts-piercy-award-alison-m-armstrong

CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) named Alison M. Armstrong, collection management librarian in the McConnell Library at Radford University, the winner of the 2018 Esther J. Piercy Award. This award will be presented on Saturday, June 23 at the ALCTS Awar...

02/16/2018

2018 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Winners Announced

Congratulations VCU James Branch Cabell Library on their Excellence In Academic Libraries Award! http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/15310?platform=hootsuite

ACRL announces the recipients of the 2018 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award – Naugatuck Valley Community College Max R. Traurig Library, Waterbury, Connecticut; State University of New York, College at Geneseo Milne Library, Geneseo, New York; and Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, R...

02/06/2018

Virtual Library of Virginia

Almost 1 million in reduced textbook costs for VA students over this past year through the VIVA OTN program. Check out the full story here: http://vivalib.org/committees/outreach/product_announcements/VIVA-OTN-2018.html … #vivaotn Open Textbook Network

The Outreach Committee promotes and publicizes VIVA and its resources and advocates VIVA's funding needs and the benefits that VIVA confers to appropriate agencies, organizations and legislative groups.

12/18/2017

Annnnddd our December featured member library is here! Take a look at Emory & Henry College's Kelly Library: https://tinyurl.com/viva-kelly-library Kelly Library - Emory & Henry College

12/08/2017

New class of 2018 Emerging Leaders announced

Congrats to all the Virginia Emerging Leaders in this 2018 cohort: Netanel Ganin, Lauren Howell, Stephen Krueger, and
Garrison Libby! http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/12/new-class-2018-emerging-leaders-announced

The American Library Association (ALA) has selected 50 people to participate in its 2018 class of Emerging Leaders. The program is designed to enable library staff and information workers to participate in project planning work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and?...

12/07/2017

Textbook Affordability: What’s Happening in Your State | From the Bell Tower

Look at all these awesome library textbook affordability programs! Plus your very own VIVA OTN program gets a mention! http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/steven-bell/textbook-affordability-whats-happening-state-bell-tower/#_

The good news is that more academic librarians are leading textbook affordability and open educational resources (OER) initiatives at their institutions. What if we could do even more good work with

11/27/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

Since inception, UVA's campus has been centered around the library. Read more about VIVA member the University of Virginia Library here: https://tinyurl.com/memberlibraryuva

11/27/2017

OpenCon 2018 Virginia

Ooh! VIVA member library VCU James Branch Cabell Library is hosting OpenCon in January! Details on how to participate here: http://www.opencon2017.org/opencon_2018_virginia

Empowering the Next Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data.

11/20/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

Check out W&M Libraries VIVA member profile now! https://tinyurl.com/w-lprofile

11/06/2017

ATG Newsflash: ATG Media’s First “Up and Comers” Awards

Congrats to VIVA members Inga Haugen (Virginia Tech Libraries) and Maoria J. Kirker (George Mason University) on their Up & Comers" awards! http://www.against-the-grain.com/2017/11/atg-newsflash-atg-medias-first-up-and-comers-awards/

ATG Media is pleased to announce the first ever recipients for the Up and Comers award. This award is intended for librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers, MLIS students, instructors, consul…

10/05/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

From books to laptops, and databases to seed libraries, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Libraries have something for everyone. Check out our featured member library here: https://tinyurl.com/viva-reynolds

The EBSCOHost collection is essential. Our partnership with VIVA makes it possible for us to provide this high-quality resource for our students, a resource that they will continue to use after they transfer to a four-year university.

10/02/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

Marymount students consistently rank their library at the top! Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/viva-marymount

09/25/2017

When You Need That One and Only Book

ILL is magic! A huge thank you to our own incredible VIVA ILLers across the state for the important work they do. http://www.chronicle.com/article/When-You-Need-That-One-and/241210

The student and faculty projects universities tout are built on research. Interlibrary-loan managers help make sure that research is available.

09/08/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

Director Falciani-White notes that the "creative and fun approaches" student workers apply to their job responsibilities help make the Randolph-Macon College McGraw-Page Library a welcoming place. Read more about our featured VIVA member here: https://t.co/pgM2cpPLwU

Our users gravitate to two newer areas on the main level of the library: booths that were installed last December near windows and power, and powered tables that are located near our DVD collection in a low-traffic part of the main level. Also popular are our study rooms, most of which are located o...

09/07/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

What a beautiful space - take a look at featured VIVA member Regent University Library
- an interview with Dean Gillie! http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-regent-20170830.html

The two most popular spots in the library are both on the first floor, near a row of windows that provides plenty of natural light. The “Gallery” is an area where we sometimes hold special events and exhibits. Students like it because it has comfortable furniture that they can move around to suit th...

09/05/2017

Director Hodges on what he is most proud of about TNCC Library - the people: "My staff are an amazing group of people. They are the library! Their dedication to our students is incredible." Read more about this month's featured VIVA member Thomas Nelson Library and Learning Resources Center here: http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-tncc-20170818.html

08/03/2017

Best College Library | The Princeton Review

Congrats to VIVA members University of Virginia Library, Hamden-Sydney College, and W&M Libraries for making the Princeton Review's top 20 Best College Library List: https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-college-library

Find out where the biggest, brightest, and best college libraries are, based on ratings from real students.

07/21/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

This month's featured member is Virginia Wesleyan! Check out our conversation with Director Sue Erickson! http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-vwu-20170717.html

Our five group study rooms are very popular with students. They appreciate that they can reserve them online. Our 24-hour study is also popular, especially leading up to exam times.

07/06/2017

VIVA Announcements » Innovation Award recognizes VIVA’s Whole Ebook Lending Initiative!

Honored to receive the Innovation Award from Rethinking Resource Sharing for our Whole Ebook ILL Initiative. More here http://timesync.gmu.edu/viva/?p=2161!

’s Innovation Award for our Whole Ebook Interlibrary Lending Initiative! Carrie Cooper, VIVA Steering Committee Chair and Dean of Libraries at the College of William and Mary, accepted the award on behalf of the consortium. This award comes with a $500 stipend and honors individuals or institutions…

06/21/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

So many great VIVA member libraries! Check out University Librarian Rosemary Arneson's interview about the wonderful work they're doing at UMW Libraries: http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-umw-20170510.html Simpson Library of UMW Stafford Campus Library of UMW

Everyone loves the Simpson Library “treehouses.” These double-decker carrels on the third floor of the building give students a quiet, somewhat private place to study. When alumni bring their children through the building on campus visits, they take them up to the third floor to see their favorit...

05/03/2017

Our featured library for May! Longwood University: http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-longwood-20170418.html

04/07/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

Take a look at our featured member library - Liberty University! http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-liberty-20170210.html

The Jerry Falwell Library (JFL) is proud to have a beautiful, user-centered 179,000 square foot facility which opened in January 2014. With over 30 group study rooms that include fully writable walls and projection equipment, three different levels of quiet in seven unique learning commons, an activ...

02/28/2017

Blicher named 2017 Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award winner

Congratulations to VIVA member Heather Blicher on this award recognizing her work in distance librarianship! http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/02/blicher-named-2017-routledge-distance-learning-librarianship-conference

CHICAGO – Heather Blicher, online learning librarian at Northern Virginia Community College, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Routledge Distance Learning Librarianship Conference Sponsorship Award. This annual award, sponsored by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, and administrated by the Ass...

02/14/2017

Affordable Course Content

How cool is this "Affordable Course Content" award the Libraries are partnering on to offer at VCU? https://www.library.vcu.edu/services/faculty/course-content/ VCU James Branch Cabell Library

The high cost of course materials is a concern for both students and parents, and it has also been shown to place many students at academic risk. "Affordable course content" describes any free or low-cost educational resources that can serve as alternatives to high-cost resources.

02/13/2017

Virtual Library of Virginia

Check out this month's "Featured VIVA Member" Hollins University! http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/member-profiles/member-hollins-20170206.html

Our beautiful, light-filled building contains a wide variety of attractive spaces, and it’s tough to pick the most popular. Students working on long-term projects, or who just want their own quiet space, like to reserve (and then personalize!) a study carrel for the semester. Groups congregate in bo...

01/30/2017

VIVA Announcements » SAVE THE DATE! Registration for the Biannual VIVA Collections Forum Now Open!

Save the date! VIVA Collections Forum VCU James Branch Cabell Library May 19th! Registration is now open! http://timesync.gmu.edu/viva/?p=2154

Registration for the VIVA 2017 Collections Forum is now open! This year’s Forum will be held at VCU’s James Branch Cabell Library,

01/19/2017

Thanks so much to Luke Vilelle, Adam Murray, John Ulmschneider, and Carrie Zebrowsky Cooper for being such wonderful advocates for VIVA! Yesterday we went down to the VA General Assembly and talked about all the great resources VIVA provides to students! (We also brought cookies, because ebooks go better with cookies.)

01/12/2017

Georgia Girl Who Has Read 1K Books At Age 4 Visits Library of Congress, Becomes Honorary Librarian

Seems like an appropriate first VIVA post for 2017! http://ktla.com/2017/01/11/georgia-girl-who-has-read-1k-books-at-age-4-visits-library-of-congress-becomes-honorary-librarian/

Daliyah Marie Arana likes to read. A lot. The 4-year-old Gainesville, Georgia girl has read 1,000 books and she hasn’t even started kindergarten, the Gainesville Times reported. Daliyah joined Georgia’s “1,000 Books B4 Kindergarten" program at the age of 2 and completed the challenge, her mother tol...