VIVA: 2024 Announcements
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VIVA: 2024 Announcements
Art & Architecture (A&A) ePortal contains nearly 350 e-books related to the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. Most titles (80%) are exclusive to the platform and are published by Yale University Press and other leading university presses (Princeton, Harvard, MIT) and museum publishers (Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art). It contains a wide variety of content, including scholarly monographs, museum catalogs, and catalouges raisonnés.
Corresponding authors at participating institutions can publish open access at no cost in seven PLOS journals: PLOS Complex Systems, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Digital Health, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, and PLOS Pathogens.
VIVA has renewed its Docuseek subscription, initially funded through the CARES Act, with an upgrade to the Complete Collection for all public institutions, for three years from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The Complete Collection includes nearly 2,500 streaming videos from distributors like Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, Film Movement, GOOD DOCS, First Run Features, and more. These documentary films cover a variety of subjects, including anthropology, environmental studies, history, and law and politics. Docuseek streams essential independent, social-issue and environmental films to colleges, universities and K-12 schools, providing exclusive access to content from renowned leaders in documentary film distribution.
Effective January 1, 2024, VIVA will start a new Read & Publish agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) that will allow corresponding authors at participating institutions to publish open access articles in ACS journals at no additional cost. Additionally, all private institutions have been upgraded to the All Publications package.
SUMMARY: VIVA is beginning a new Read & Publish agreement with ACS. All participating institutions will now have read access to more than 70 journals in the ACS All Publications package, which represents a dramatic expansion of content for many private institutions. Corresponding authors at participating institutions will also be able to publish journal articles open access at no cost. Participating institutions will have access to a CCC RightsLink institutional portal to manage funding requests; initial administrator accounts will be created for Collection Development Contacts. We highly recommend institutions turn on automatic approvals within the Billing Profiles menu to avoid having to manually approve each funding request. The attached screenshot shows how to configure automatic approvals.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public and private institutions.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2024
ACCESS AND DISCOVERY: Participating institutions should select the ACS All Publications collection in their respective knowledge base. The current ACS All Publications title list can be downloaded on the ACS website.
AUTHOR RESOURCES: Author resources for publishing OA are available at: https://acsopenscience.org/institutions/read-and-publish/#agreements. Additionally, the attached slide deck (slides 7-17) provides more information on the submission process.
WEBINAR: Member library staff, please join ACS for a webinar about this new agreement on January 18, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. https://american-chemical-society.zoom.com/j/81607300705; Meeting ID: 816 0730 0705. We’ll record it for distribution upon request.
VENDOR SUPPORT: Please use the following contacts:
OA Publishing Support: Heather Parrett, OAOps@acs.org
Technical Support: Jamie Flora, acs_pubs_assist@acs.org
Sales Inquiries: Kevin Batt, k_batt@acs.org
Please send any questions to viva@gmu.edu.
We are excited to announce that VIVA now has a subscription to the Art & Architecture ePortal from Yale University Press.
SUMMARY: VIVA has started a new shared subscription to the Art & Architecture (A&A) ePortal, which contains nearly 350 e-books related to the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. Most titles (80%) are exclusive to the platform and are published by Yale University Press and other leading university presses (Princeton, Harvard, MIT) and museum publishers (Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art). It contains a wide variety of content, including scholarly monographs, museum catalogs, and catalouges raisonnés.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public institutions have access to this resource. Discounted pricing for private institutions has been sent to Collection Development contacts. Please let us know if your institution would like to opt in by January 31, 2024.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2024.
ACCESS AND DISCOVERY: Promotional materials are available on the A&A ePortal website. A title list and catalog records are attached.
VENDOR SUPPORT:
Technical Support: support@aaeportal.com
Sales Inquiries: Jim Hurtt, jim@accucoms.com
Please send any questions to viva@gmu.edu.
VIVA has started a two-year transformative agreement with Springer Nature that will allow corresponding authors at participating institutions to publish open access articles in Springer Hybrid journals at no additional cost, as well as reading access to more than 2,350 Continuing Access journals.
SUMMARY: VIVA is beginning a new transformative (read and publish) agreement with Springer Nature. All participating institutions will now have read access to more than 2,350 journals, which represents a dramatic expansion of content for many of the institutions. Corresponding authors at participating institutions can publish open access in Springer Hybrid journals at no cost. No administration is required by researchers or library staff at participating institutions.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public institutions, as well as participating private institutions (Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hollins University, University of Richmond, and Washington & Lee University). Opt-in options are available for private institutions.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2024
ACCESS AND DISCOVERY: Please see the attached reading and publishing title lists. Springer Nature will create a standard collection for Ex Libris Alma, EBSCO, and other discovery services that will be named “Springer Nature VIVA TA Reading.”
AUTHOR RESOURCES: Author resources for publishing OA will be shared in January. Springer Nature is creating a VIVA specific landing page to guide authors through the article submission process.
WEBINAR: Stay tuned for more details about a webinar in mid-January for member library staff to learn more about the Springer Nature Transformative Agreement.
VENDOR SUPPORT:
OA Publishing Support: Sony Joseph, sony.joseph@springernature.com
Technical Support: onlineservice@springer.com
Sales Inquiries: Maria Lopes, maria.lopes@springer.com
VIVA has started a two-year institutional partnership with PLOS in their Flat Fee Agreement, which allows corresponding authors at participating institutions to publish open access articles in seven PLOS journals at no cost.
SUMMARY: VIVA is beginning a new two-year partnership with PLOS. As part of the Flat Fee Agreement, corresponding authors at participating institutions can publish open access at no cost in seven PLOS journals: PLOS Complex Systems, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Digital Health, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, and PLOS Pathogens. No administration is required by researchers or library staff at participating institutions.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public institutions (except VCU and WM as they currently participate in another consortial agreement with PLOS). Discounted pricing for private institutions has been sent to Collection Development contacts. Please let us know if your institution would like to opt in by January 26, 2024.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2024
VENDOR SUPPORT:
Sales Inquiries: Mauricio Elwyn, melwyn@plos.org
OA Publishing Support: institutionalaccounts@plos.org
Please send any questions to viva@gmu.edu
VIVA has renewed the Docuseek2 Complete Collection for all public institutions with three years of access from 2024-2026. This includes an upgrade to the Complete Collection for public two-year institutions that currently have the Essentials Collection.
SUMMARY: VIVA has renewed its Docuseek subscription, initially funded through the CARES Act, with an upgrade to the Complete Collection for all public institutions, for three years from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The Complete Collection includes nearly 2,500 streaming videos from distributors like Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, Film Movement, GOOD DOCS, First Run Features, and more. These documentary films cover a variety of subjects, including anthropology, environmental studies, history, and law and politics.
INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED: All public institutions. Public two-year institutions that currently have the Essentials Collection will be upgraded to the Complete Collection. Discounted rates are available for private institutions.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2024
ACCESS AND DISCOVERY: MARC records are available for download from your institution’s administrative portal. After logging in, navigate to the Cataloging tab from the My Account page. Additionally, promotional materials, such as postcards, flyers, and bookmarks are available on the Docuseek website.
VENDOR SUPPORT:
Technical Support: support@docuseek2.com
Sales Inquiries: Elena Wayne, sales@docuseek2.com
Please send any questions to viva@gmu.edu