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VIVA: Listservs, Contacts, and Systems

Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

This guide has variable layouts and houses the majority of the "sub" pages for VIVA's website.

VIVA Listservs, Institutional Contacts and Systems

VIVA maintains a number of listservs for communicating with member libraries, outlined below. Institutional contacts are linked from the left menu, and institional systems information, including ILS, discovery, and resource sharing systems, may be downloaded.

Operational:

VAVIRTUA-L (General VIVA Information)
VIVA-ANNOUNCE-L (Institutional Announcements, such as job/event notices)
VIVAILL-L (Interlibrary Loan)
VIVAOER-L (Open Educational Resources)
VIVASC-L (VIVA Special Collections and Archives)
VIVA-UNIVBORR-L (VIVA Cooperative Borrowing Program)
VIVA-TECHISSUES-L (Technical Information)

Issue Discussion:

VIVAALMA-L (Alma ILS Discussion)
VIVA-CAT-L (Cataloging)
VIVA-COLLECTIONS-AND-OA-L (Collections and Open Access)
VIVA-EDTECH-L (Educational Technologies)
VALIBLICENSE-L (Licensing Issues)
VIVATIPASA-L (VIVA Tipasa Users Group)

 

The VIVA listservs are VIVA's primary means of communicating with VIVA member librarians throughout the Commonwealth. Messages generally involve VIVA committee announcements and VIVA requests for comments from the Virginia higher education library community.   Vendor promotions, external event notices, job postings, and other announcements not directly related to VIVA’s mission and operations are not appropriate postings to these listservs.

Operational Listservs:

VAVIRTUA-L Purpose The primary means of communicating with VIVA participants throughout the Commonwealth. In addition to posting VIVA committee meeting announcements and minutes, other important announcements are made on this list, and committees often request comments from the VIVA community via this listserv. We encourage all members of the Virginia academic library community and VIVA vendors to subscribe.
Subscribe

To subscribe to VAVIRTUA-L, please send a request to be added to the list to viva@gmu.edu.
Post a Message

Send mail to VAVIRTUA-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff vavirtua-l
VIVA-ANNOUNCE-L Purpose A way for VIVA member institutions to announce items such as job postings or events.  We encourage all members of the Virginia academic library community to subscribe.
Subscribe

Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: subscribe viva-announce-l
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Send mail to VIVA-ANNOUNCE-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff viva-announce-l
VIVAILL-L Purpose

Facilitates discussions among VIVA interlibrary loan librarians. The official means of communication to the VIVA interlibrary loan community from the VIVA Resource Sharing Committee.
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: subscribe vivaill-l
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Send mail to VIVAILL-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff vivaill-l
VIVAOER-L Purpose

The VIVAOER-L listserv is for any VIVA members interested in discussing and learning more about Open Educational Resources. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
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To subscribe to VIVAOER-L, please send a request to be added to the list to viva@gmu.edu.
Post a Message Send mail to VIVAOER-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff vivaoer-l

VIVASC-L

 Purpose The VIVASC-L listserv is for VIVA Special Collections and Archives librarians and for those participating in the Virginia Heritage (vaheritage.org).

Subscribe

Send e-mail to listserv@lists.vcu.edu with the following message:

sub vivasc-l [Your Name]
[Substitute your name]

Leave the subject area blank and delete any automatic signatures your e-mail may have. You should get a confirmation from the listserv that you have been added to the list. Save those instructions for later reference.

Post a Message

 Send mail to vivasc-l@lists.vcu.edu

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Send e-mail to listserv@lists.vcu.edu with the following message: signoff vivasc-l
VIVA-UNIVBORR-L Purpose

The VIVA-UNIVBORR-L listserv is for VIVA circulation librarians and staff to discuss issues related to VIVA's Cooperative Borrowing Program. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
Subscribe To subscribe to VIVA-UNIVBORR-L, please send a request to be added to the list to viva@gmu.edu.
Post a Message Send mail to VIVA-UNIVBORR-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff viva-univborr-l
VIVA-TECHISSUES-L Purpose

The VIVA-TECHISSUES-L listserv is for discussion of technical issues faced by VIVA members. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
Subscribe To subscribe to VIVA-TECHISSUES-L, please send a request to be added to the list to viva@gmu.edu.
Post a Message Send mail to VIVA-TECHISSUES-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff viva-techissues-l

 

Issue Discussion Listservs:

VIVAALMA-L Purpose The VIVAALMA-L listserv is for VIVA librarians and staff to discuss issues related to the Alma Integrated Library System. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
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To subscribe to VIVAALMA-L, please send a request to be added to the list to the VIVA Office.
Post a Message Send mail toVIVAALMA-L@listserv.gmu.edu
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff vivaalma-l
VIVA-CAT-L Purpose The VIVA-CAT-L listserv is for VIVA cataloging librarians and staff to discuss issues related to cataloging. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
Subscribe To subscribe to VIVA-CAT-L, please send a request to be added to the list to the VIVA Office at viva@gmu.edu.
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Send mail to VIVA-CAT-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff viva-cat-l
VIVA-COLLECTIONS-AND-OA-L Purpose The VIVA-COLLECTIONS-AND-OA-L listserv is for VIVA librarians and staff to discuss issues related to collections and open access, both for shared and local resources. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
Subscribe To subscribe to VIVA-COLLECTIONS-AND-OA-L, please send a request to be added to the list to the VIVA Office at viva@gmu.edu.
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Send mail to VIVA-COLLECTIONS-AND-OA-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff VIVA-COLLECTIONS-AND-OA-L
VIVA-EDTECH-L Purpose The VIVA-EDTECH-L listserv is for people at VIVA member institutions (both inside and outside libraries) to discuss issues related to educational technologies. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
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To subscribe to VIVA-EDTECH-L, please send a request to be added to the list to the VIVA Office.
Post a Message Send mail to VIVA-EDTECH-L@listserv.gmu.edu
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff viva-edtech-l
VALIBLICENSE-L Purpose

This listserv serves as a communication method for librarians across Virginia to discuss issues related to licensing. It is restricted to VIVA member institution staff members.
Subscribe

To subscribe to VALIBLICENSE-L, please send a request to be added to the list to the VIVA Office.
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Send mail to VALIBLICENSE-L@listserv.gmu.edu.
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Send an e-mail tolistserv@listserv.gmu.eduwith the following message: signoff valiblicense-l
VIVATIPASA-L Purpose

The VIVATIPASA-L listserv serves as a communication method for librarians across Virginia to discuss issues related to the Tipasa library system. It is a closed listserv, restricted to VIVA participants only.
Subscribe To subscribe to VIVATIPASA-L, please send a request to be added to the list to viva@gmu.edu.
Post a Message Send mail to VIVATIPASA-L@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
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Send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.gmu.edu with the following message: signoff vivatipasa-l