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Join VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia, to learn more about the application and selection process for the VIVA Open Adopt Grants. The current round of Adopt Grants opened July 20, 2021, and applications are due October 4, 2021. Register for the webinar here: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/806564
Please join VIVA and ISKME for the VIVA Open! Advancing Open Educational Practices Workshop Series. Learn more, share with colleagues, and register for the series here: https://vivalib.org/va/open/advance
Please join VIVA and ISKME for the VIVA Open! Advancing Open Educational Practices Workshop Series. Learn more, share with colleagues, and register for the series here: https://vivalib.org/va/open/advance
VIVA is pleased to announce a new round of VIVA Open Adopt Grants. VIVA Open Adopt Grants provide awards of $2,000 to individual instructors to support 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 widely available to Virginia educators. The VIVA Open Adopt Grant RFP and application can be found on the VIVA website: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/adopt. Applications are due October 4, 2021.
Informational webinars will be held on the below dates. Registration is required.
July 28, 2021, 10:00 am: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/8065552
August 31, 2021, 1:00 pm: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/8065590
September 8, 2021, 2:00 pm: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/8065644
September 21, 2021, 9:30 am: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/806599
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Congratulations to VIVA’s Sophie Rondeau, one of the 2021 SPARC Open Education Leaders! https://sparcopen.org/news/2021/congratulations-to-the-open-education-leadership-program-class-of-2021/
Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email SPARC is thrilled to congratulate the fourth cohort of the Open Education Leadership Program on completing the program! Our 2021 graduating class includes 20 academic professionals from across the United States and Canada, officially bringing....
As part of a department-wide redesign of an introductory human geography course (a core curriculum course at George Mason University), Dr. Rosenfeld’s team adapted three open educational resources into a single online resource that includes original chapters by Dr. Rosenfeld and Dr. Nathan Burtch, incorporates ArcGIS Online, a mapping software, and homework assignments and check-point activities to facilitate assessment. https://vivaopen.oercommons.org/curated-collections/11?__hub_id=1
As part of a department-wide redesign of an introductory human geography course (a core curriculum course at George Mason University), Dr. Rosenfeld’s team adapted three open educational resources into a single online resource that includes original chapters by Dr. Rosenfeld and Dr. Nathan Burtch,...
Statewide partnership led by VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia, provides access to equity, diversity, and inclusion collections:
“It is not possible to achieve a truly inclusive environment if only one story is adequately represented in the materials available, so these resources will help move us toward a collection that is more reflective of the community that we serve and of the future that we strive for at Virginia Tech...
Please join us for the 2021 VIVA ILL Community Forum, held virtually on Friday, July 9, 2021, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Jill Hurst-Wahl will deliver this year's keynote entitled, Copyright & ILL: Change is Inevitable. Register here: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/7764323.
Please join us for the 2021 VIVA ILL Community Forum, held virtually on Friday, July 9, 2021, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Jill Hurst-Wahl, professor emerita at the Syracuse University iSchool, will deliver this ye...
Check out VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia Transformation through Pandemic: Marymount University Member Spotlight to learn how Marymount University Libraries rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=8026699
Check out VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia Transformation through Pandemic: Marymount University Member Spotlight to learn how Marymount University Libraries rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=8026699
Registration is open for the VIVA Collections Forum, which will be held virtually on Friday, May 21, 2021, from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The schedule and link to registration are available here: https://vivalib.org/va/events/collforum2021. Please join us!
Registration is open for the VIVA Collections Forum, which will be held virtually on Friday, May 21, 2021, from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The schedule and link to registration are available here: https://vivalib.org/va/events/collforum2021. Please join us!
Check out the VIVA Transformation through Pandemic: Sweet Briar College Member Spotlight to learn how @sweetbriarlibrary
rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=8026213
Check out the VIVA Transformation through Pandemic: Sweet Briar College Member Spotlight to learn how @sweetbriarlibrary
rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=8026213
Check out VIVA's Transformation through Pandemic: Virginia Wesleyan University Member Spotlight to learn how
Virginia Wesleyan University Library rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/va/outreach/member-spotlight/vwu-2020
Check out VIVA's Transformation through Pandemic: Virginia Wesleyan University Member Spotlight to learn how
Virginia Wesleyan University Library rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/va/outreach/member-spotlight/vwu-2020
Check out Transformation through Pandemic: Liberty University Library Member Spotlight to learn how LU Jerry Falwell Library
rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/va/outreach/member-spotlight/lu-2020
Check out Transformation through Pandemic: Liberty University Library Member Spotlight to learn how LU Jerry Falwell Library
rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/va/outreach/member-spotlight/lu-2020
The deadline for VIVA Open Course Grant applications is 11:59 pm on February 23, 2021. Please note that applications received after that deadline will not be considered. Grant recipients will be notified on May 14, 2021. Learn more here: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/course.
The deadline for VIVA Open Course Grant applications is 11:59 pm on February 23, 2021. Please note that applications received after that deadline will not be considered. Grant recipients will be notified on May 14, 2021. Learn more here: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/course.
Check out our Transformation through Pandemic: Washington & Lee University Member Spotlight to learn how
Washington and Lee University Library rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=8184003.
Check out our Transformation through Pandemic: Washington & Lee University Member Spotlight to learn how
Washington and Lee University Library rapidly and creatively responded to the pandemic. https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=8184003.
Please join VIVA on February 8 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. for an introduction to its Open Course Grant Program. This program awards grants from $2,000-$30,000 to assist Virginia faculty in transitioning to no/low-cost course materials. Register here: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/7335790
Please join VIVA for a general introduction to its Open Course Grant Program and discussion of its application process. This program will award grants from $2,000-$30,000 to assist faculty across Virginia in tr...
Please join VIVA on January 14 from 10-11 a.m. for a general introduction to its Open Course Grant Program and a discussion of its application process. This program will award grants from $2,000-$30,000 to assist faculty across Virginia in transitioning to course materials available at no or low cost to students. Register here: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/7335779.
Please join VIVA for a general introduction to its Open Course Grant Program and discussion of its application process. This program will award grants from $2,000-$30,000 to assist faculty across Virginia in tr...
We are thrilled to share the VIVA Open Course Grant Project, Graduate Research Methods in Social Work. Dr. Matthew DeCarlo and his team developed a complete package of materials for graduate classes in social work. Check it out here: https://vivaopen.oercommons.org/curated-collections/6?__hub_id=1
In order to both educate social work graduate students on the importance of research in the field and to better prepare them to conduct that research, Dr. DeCarlo and his team developed a complete package of materials for graduate classes in social work. This package will include a textbook, ancilla...
The first webinar of VIVA's Antiracism Webinar Series will take place on Thursday, February 25th from 10 am to 12 pm and will cover the topic of Leadership with a focus on leading at all levels of the library. Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker of this session. Register here: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/7367594.
The first webinar of VIVA's Antiracism Webinar Series will take place on Thursday, February 25th from 10 am to 12 pm and will cover the topic of Leadership with a focus on leading at all levels of the libra...
As this challenging year comes to a close, we send our deep appreciation to all those we've worked with over this last year and to our member libraries for the work they do to support higher education. We look forward to what the new year may offer.
Please join VIVA on December 16, 2020, from 1-2 p.m. for a general introduction to its Open Course Grant Program and a discussion of its application process. This program will award grants from $2,000-$30,000 to assist faculty across Virginia in transitioning to course materials available at no or low cost to students. Register here: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/7335764
We are excited to announce that our Request for Proposals for the next round of VIVA Open Course Grants (formerly Course Redesign Grants) is officially open! Applications are due February 23, 2021, and award notification will take place on May 14, 2020. Learn more here: https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=6425615.
Thanks to CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds provided by the Governor for streaming media content to support online and remote education at the public institutions, VIVA is acquiring the SAGE Counseling & Psychotherapy, Criminology & Criminal Justice, and Nursing Video Collections for all public institutions. Discounts are available for the private institutions for these collections. Access is scheduled to start on January 1st!
How did Virginia libraries adapt and respond to the unprecedented challenges they faced this year as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Find out through our Member Spotlights: Transformation through Pandemic pages: https://vivalib.org/outreach/committee/featured-members
VIVA has published video tutorials to assist our member libraries with whole e-book lending workflows in their ILL systems. Video tutorials may be accessed here: https://vivalib.org/ill-best-practices/e-book-tutorials
Thanks to CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds provided by the Governor for streaming media content to support online and remote education at the public institutions, VIVA is acquiring the Docuseek2 Essential Collection for all public institutions with three years of access. Discounts are available for the private institutions for these collections in a variety of licensing options. Access is scheduled to start on January 1st!
Thanks to CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds provided by the Governor for streaming media content to support online and remote education, VIVA is acquiring Academic Video Online (AVON) for the public institutions with discounts available for the private institutions. Access is scheduled to start on December 1st.
Thinking of starting an OER project or interested in learning more about OER? Check out the "Getting started with OER" collection on VIVA Open to find a list of helpful resources: https://vivaopen.oercommons.org/curated-collections/90
This collection contains resources intended to assist instructors in adopting, adapting, and/or creating open educational resources.
VIVA is thrilled to share the VIVA Open Grant project, Introduction to Petrology. Dr. Liu, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, and their team created an interactive microscopy textbook for use in geoscience courses, including petrology. View this OER here: https://viva.pressbooks.pub/petrology/.
We are thrilled to share, "American Literature: An Anthology of Texts From Early America Through the Civil War." This OER, spearheaded by colleagues at Virginia Western Community College, curates existing public domain early American literature into an OER and replaces an anthology required for more than 400 students of an introductory English class each year. Access the OER here: https://vivaopen.oercommons.org/courses/an-anthology-of-texts-from-early-america-through-the-civil-war?__hub_id=1
This book is the result of students who have endeavored, over the semesters, to follow links to the public domain locations of the texts I assigned in the Survey of American Literature I course. The ease with which works in the public domain can be digitally accessed has enabled this book exist. In....
A friendly reminder from our colleagues at McConnell Library at Radford University that today is the deadline for VIVA Open Adopt Grants: https://vivalib.org/open/grants/adopt.
Happy Open Access Week! #RadfordU Faculty, VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia's Open Adopt Grant Applications are due today. "These grants encourage the use of open and affordable course content...by providing funding for instructors to adopt, adapt, and create no- or low- course content for students. https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/adopt
Duke University Libraries created this fun and informative video to explain the Library Takeout service. Enjoy!
Although our stacks will be closed for the Fall 2020 semester for safety purposes, you can still get books and other materials by using our Library Takeout S...
The final webinar about VIVA Open Adopt grants before the grant application deadline will be held Monday, October 5 at 9:30 am. Registration is here: vivalib.libcal.com/event/6916979. Please join us to learn more.
VIVA Open Adopt Grants award $2,000 to individual instructors to support integrating existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus, and to ensure that the results of those efforts are widely available to Virginia educators. Applications are due on October 19, 2020. Learn more here: https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/adopt
Registration is open for this year's virtual VIVA Users' Group Meeting, on October 16, 2020. This year’s program theme is VIVA Libraries: Prioritizing Communities in Crisis. The full schedule and presenter information can be found here: https://vivalib.org/events/users-group-2020. Please join us!
$12.5 million in grants to expand the OpenStax library marks the largest investment in open educational resources to date.
HOUSTON – (Sep. 10, 2020) – OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative, is vastly expanding its library of free textbooks, working toward a goal of ensuring that no student ever has to worry about textbook costs again. This work is possible as a result of new grants totaling...
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