Posted January 16, 2024
William & Mary mathematics professor Lawrence Leemis has published his first open access textbook. The book, Statistical Modeling: Regression, Survival Analysis, and Time Series Analysis, will be…
Posted August 4, 2023
VIVA, Virginia’s academic library consortium, has signed an agreement with KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) to provide publishing services for its Open Grant program. This partnership ensures the…
Posted January 31, 2023
Virginia’s public academic research libraries at William & Mary, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, James Madison University, and Old…
Posted January 31, 2022
Announcement, annoucement, annooooouuuucement! Or Extra Extra Hear All About It! (depending on your persuasion and generational tendency). W&M Libraries is incredibly pleased to share that we have…
Posted January 25, 2022
Textbook costs continue to rise, and you can be a part of the solution by incorporating low-cost and no-cost materials into your courses with Open Educational Resources (OER).
Posted December 13, 2021
In its ongoing efforts to design innovative and sustainable approaches to library subscription models, VIVA is pleased to announce a new program in partnership with Wiley. The 2022-2024 VIVA Wiley…
Posted December 6, 2021
By Rosie Liljenquist, Publishing and Open Access Librarian
Posted January 20, 2021
Six members of the Virginia Research Libraries (VRL) recently completed contract negotiations with Elsevier, the largest publisher of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) scholarly…
Posted November 16, 2020
In October deans from seven Virginia research libraries discussed their guiding principles ahead of upcoming, joint contract negotiations with Elsevier, a major publisher of academic journals.
Posted September 3, 2020
Public academic research library deans from across the commonwealth will speak to faculty members, staff, and librarians about issues related to bundled journal packages, including concerns with the…
Posted April 27, 2020
William & Mary Libraries has launched a Textbook Affordability Initiative on campus to address the rising costs of textbooks. The effort is managed by a task force of librarians, faculty, staff and…
Posted October 25, 2019
As we work together in Virginia to forge a more sustainable, equitable approach to journal deals, the Framework is a powerful statement around which research libraries in the US and abroad can align.
Posted April 11, 2019
The following open letter has been prepared and released by the deans and directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation…
Posted December 11, 2018
Interested in textbook affordability for students? Virginia’s academic library consortium, VIVA, is funding grants up to $30,000 for adopting, adapting or creating openly-licensed textbooks or course…
Posted April 23, 2018
Recently two W&M student organizations, Student Assembly (SA) and W&M Libraries Student Ambassadors, turned to the libraries to seek ways to address textbook affordability.
Posted October 25, 2017
In honor of Open Access (OA) Week, W&M Libraries have released a collection of research guides within “scholarly communications” to help the W&M community learn more about these important topics.
Posted March 9, 2016
The Student Assembly and W&M Libraries will be promoting open educational resources through campus-wide awareness efforts.
Posted October 21, 2012
For the sixth year in a row, libraries are celebrating Open Access Week, being held October 22-28. Open Access Week is an opportunity to discuss the importance of free global access to articles and…