01-28-2019, 06:48 PM
VIVA has started a new subscription for the EBSCO Faculty Portal, branded as the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal. Please see below for more details.
VIVA PRODUCT CHANGE: VIVA has a new, shared VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal. The Portal is a catalog designed to assist Virginia public college and university faculty in finding and selecting open and affordable textbooks for their courses in one place. It contains over 200,000 titles from VIVA’s shared library collections, open access textbooks, and ebooks available for VIVA to purchase on behalf of public colleges and universities throughout the state. More information is available here.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public institutions. (There are discounts available for private institutions; these would be local installations.)
COSTS: The public institution subscription is covered by VIVA Central Funds. VIVA will also cover the cost of DRM-free textbooks selected by public institution faculty for their courses. These textbooks will be held locally by the individual institutions.
DISCOVERY AND ACCESS: There are two links to the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal – one that can be shared widely:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?a...=facportal
and one that is protected and only for faculty access, as it contains full preview links to the EBSCO ebook content. The protected link, along with sample promotional language and search box code, will be distributed to VIVA’s public institution directors, collection development, and Open Textbook Network contacts.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO: Please promote this product to your faculty and encourage them to report adoptions! If a faculty member requests a textbook for purchase, your institution’s VIVA collection development contact will receive an emailed copy of the request. The VIVA Central Office will work with institutions to ensure that the faculty member is valid and the book is not already held at your institution, and to facilitate access if a purchase is appropriate.
VIVA PRODUCT CHANGE: VIVA has a new, shared VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal. The Portal is a catalog designed to assist Virginia public college and university faculty in finding and selecting open and affordable textbooks for their courses in one place. It contains over 200,000 titles from VIVA’s shared library collections, open access textbooks, and ebooks available for VIVA to purchase on behalf of public colleges and universities throughout the state. More information is available here.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public institutions. (There are discounts available for private institutions; these would be local installations.)
COSTS: The public institution subscription is covered by VIVA Central Funds. VIVA will also cover the cost of DRM-free textbooks selected by public institution faculty for their courses. These textbooks will be held locally by the individual institutions.
DISCOVERY AND ACCESS: There are two links to the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal – one that can be shared widely:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?a...=facportal
and one that is protected and only for faculty access, as it contains full preview links to the EBSCO ebook content. The protected link, along with sample promotional language and search box code, will be distributed to VIVA’s public institution directors, collection development, and Open Textbook Network contacts.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO: Please promote this product to your faculty and encourage them to report adoptions! If a faculty member requests a textbook for purchase, your institution’s VIVA collection development contact will receive an emailed copy of the request. The VIVA Central Office will work with institutions to ensure that the faculty member is valid and the book is not already held at your institution, and to facilitate access if a purchase is appropriate.
Tara Cassidy
Director of Library Services
Virginia's Community Colleges - System Office
Director of Library Services
Virginia's Community Colleges - System Office
